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Klaipeda lags behind Riga in container traffic in January
BC, Vilnius, 21.02.2017.Print version
Klaipeda lagged behind Riga in terms of container traffic in January, the Lithuanian seaport's authority said LETA/BNS.
Klaipeda last month handled 32,900 TEUs, down 4.1% from 31,600 TEUs a year earlier.
TEU traffic through Riga soared by 38.6% y-o-y to 36,200 and Tallinn posted a 23.7% increase to 18,900 units. Liepaja saw TEU traffic decline by 24.4% to 129 units.
Annual TEU traffic via Klaipeda increased by 12.9% in 2016 compared with 2015 to reach 443,300 units.