Throughput of Kaliningrad port up 2.6% in 2007 to 15.6 million tonnes
In 2007, throughput of the port of Kaliningrad grew by 2.6%, year-on-year, to 15.624.8 million tonnes of cargo, PortNews IAA learnt from Kaliningrad branch of RosMorPort FSUE. In the reported period transshipment of export cargo totaled 13.418.7 million tonnes (-01.4%, year-on-year) including 9.034.1 million tonnes of oil products (-6.3%), 626,100 tonnes of chemical cargo (+10.2%), 1.765.2 million tonnes of ferrous metal (+5.5%), 135,100 tonnes of scrap metal (-21%), 239,500 tonnes of ferrous alloys (-18.9%), 1.065.5 million tonnes of coal and coke (+48.3%), 96,800 tonnes of grain (+9.3%), 77,900 tonnes of timber (+22.9%, year-on-year). In 2007, container throughput grew by 67.8% to 124,010 TEU (57,600 tonnes). Transshipment of export ro-ro cargo fell 8.3-fold to 4,000 tonnes.
Transshipment of import cargo amounted to 2.069.6 million tonnes (+33.5%) including 128,136 TEU of containerized cargo (+54.4%, year-on-year), 20,900 tonnes of ro-ro cargo (-26.1%), 547,800 tonnes of grain cargo (+75.2%), 57,300 tonnes of fish products (-56.4%), 53,200 tonnes of refrigerated cargo (-47.2%). No chemical cargo or oil products were imported via the port in 2007. Transshipment of other cargo amounted to 140,700 tonnes (+31%).
In January-December the port handled 136,500 tonnes of coastal trade cargo (+93.6%, year-on-year).