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International Internet Magazine. Baltic States news & analytics Thursday, 28.03.2024, 17:02

Riga Port sees 25.8% drop in cargo turnover in first five months

BC, Riga, 15.06.2020.Print version
The Freeport of Riga handled 10.047 mln tons of cargo in the first five months of the year, which is a reduction of 25.8% against the same period a year ago, according to information released by the port writes LETA.

Bulk cargo, which dominated the port’s cargo structure in the first five months of this year, declined 29.4% y-o-y to 5.973 mln tons. Handling of general cargo decreased 16.6% to 2.915 mln tons and reloading of liquid cargo was down 27.1% to 1.159 tons.

 

Containerized cargo made up 18.9% of the overall cargo turnover and reached 1.904 mln tons in the first five months, down 6.1 % from the previous year.

Coal, which accounted for the second largest share of cargo reloaded in the port or 15.4%, decreased 2.8 times y-o-y to 1.55 mln tons.

 

Reloading of oil products was down 28% on year to 1.135 mln tons in the five months of this year, making up 11.3% of total cargo turnover. 

 

Handling of wood pellets rose 14.8% to 928,400 tons and grain cargo grew 18.3% to 804,500 tons. 

 

As reported, the Freeport of Riga handled 32.762 mln tons of cargo in 2019, which is a reduction of 10.1% from a year before. 

 

Riga is the largest Latvian port by cargo turnover and also by the number of ship passengers.

 






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