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Thursday, 25.04.2024, 01:58
Cargo turnover at Riga port up 8.2% in 2018
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Bulk cargos accounted for 23.688 mln tons of the annual
cargo turnover last year, up 13.3% from 2017. Handling of general cargos
rose 22.6% y-o-y to 8.622 mln tons, and reloading of liquid cargos fell 28% to
4.121 mln tons.
Coal prevailed among the cargos reloaded in the Freeport of
Riga in 2018 at 39% or 14.22 mln tons, up 20.8% y-o-y.
Oil products made up 11.2% of all cargos handled in
the port last year, down 27.6% from the previous year and making up
4.085 mln tons.
In December 2018, the port reloaded 3.287 mln tons
of cargo, including 2.2 mln tons of bulk cargos, 772,900 tons of general
cargos and 313,400 tons of liquid cargos.
In 2017, the Freeport of Riga handled 33.675 mln tons.
Riga is the largest Latvian port in terms of
both cargo turnover and passengers.
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