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Klaipeda leads Baltic ports in terms of cargo traffic for 4th year in a row
BC, Vilnius, 18.10.2019.
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Print versionThe Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda has posted the best cargo handling figures among all Baltic ports for four successive years now, reported LETA/BNS.
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Klaipeda handled 34.9 mln tons of cargo in the three
quarters of 2019, a rise of 3.7% y-o-y, the port authority has told.
The Latvian Transport Ministry's figures for the
reporting period show cargo traffic declining by 10.5 % to 23.9 mln
tons in Riga, growing by 10.1% to 16.6 mln tons in Ventspils, and going down by
3.8% to 5.3 mln tons in Liepaja.
According to Tallinn Sadam, the overall cargo traffic
at the five ports it operates fell by 8.3 % in the nine months’ y-o-y to 14.3 mln
tons.
Throughput at Lithuania's Butinge crude terminal increased
by 4.6% to 7.3 mln tons of oil in the reporting period.
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