Unitized cargo throughput of the Port of Helsinki in 2011 rose 3% year-on-year to 10.1 million tonnes, the Port Authority statistics said.

In the reporting period, the Port of Helsinki saw a 4-percent gain in inbound cargo, to 5.2 million tons and a 2-percent growth in outbound cargo, to 4.9 million tones.

Port of Helsinki is Finland's premier port, specializing in handling unitized cargo, containers, etc. Cargo traffic at the Port of Helsinki consists mainly of Finnish foreign trade imports and exports. The core of the cargo traffic consists of goods transported in containers, trailer trucks, trailers and similar units.

The port of Helsinki is Finland's busiest passenger port. There are connections to Stockholm, Tallinn, Travemünde, Rostock, Gdynia and St. Petersburg. At the height of the summer season, there are 17 departures to Tallinn daily. During summer time international cruise ships make almost 300 visits and bring over 360.000 tourists to Helsinki. The value of the cargo traffic at the Port of Helsinki represents approximately one third of the value of the entire Finnish foreign trade and two-fifths of the Finnish foreign trade transported by sea.