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Salacgriva port raises cargo turnover 32.1% in 2018
BC, Riga, 07.01.2019.
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he port of Salacgriga reloaded 348,200 tons of cargo in 2018, which was 32.1% more than a year before, LETA was told at the port.
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Pulpwood dominated the cargos reloaded in Salacgriva last year as handling of pulpwood in the port doubled from 2017 to 183,500 tons last year, accounting for 52.7% of all cargos.
Woodchip cargos followed with 47,300 tons, down 37.9 percent from 2017, and handling of peat increased 24.5 percent to 46,000 tons. Claydite cargos were down 5.3% to 37,800 tons in Salacgriva last year.
In 2018, the port of Salacgriva handled 120 ships, or 29 ships more than in 2017.
In 2017, cargo turnover in Salacgriva declined 9.5% y-o-y to 263,600 tons.
There are three large and seven small ports in Latvia. In 2017, Salacgriva ranked third among the small ports by cargo turnover.