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Klaipeda port projects slight drop in cargo volumes in 2018
BC, Vilnius, 18.01.2018.
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Print versionThe Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda forecasts that cargo volumes will fall slightly this year from last year's record high levels, a senior executive of the port said on January 17th, cites LETA/BNS.
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"Our forecast is somewhat conservative. We project around 42.5 million
tons this year," Arturas Drungilas,
the port's marketing director, said at a news conference on Wednesday.
"The decline may be largely due to oil product volumes, which fell
last year, too," he said.
Annual cargo traffic at the Klaipeda port rose by 2.87 million tons, or 7.2%,
last year compared with 2016 to reach a new record high of 43.01 million tons.
Drungilas noted that 2017 was not the first year that oil product loadings
decreased.
"Geopolitically, efforts are underway to shift cargo traffic away from
Baltic ports," he said.
The official added that, apart from oil products, Klaipeda may this year
see growth in other cargoes.
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