Throughput of Kaliningrad Commercial Seaport up 6% to 2.635 million tonnes in H1 08
In January-June, 2008, Kaliningrad Commercial Seaport handled 2.635 million tonnes of cargo (+6%, year-on-year), the port informs. In the reported period, transshipment of export cargo amounted to 2.019 million tonnes (+5%, year-on-year) including 177,400 tonnes of heavy fuel oil (-26%, year-on-year), rolled metal - 572,200 tonnes (-19%, year-on-year), coal and coke - 510,200 (up over two-fold), cast iron - 362,600 tonnes (+12.5%), timber - 39,700 tonnes (+17.5%).
Transshipment of import cargo totaled 615,100 tonnes (+10.3%).
In the first half of 2008, the port’s container throughput fell by 8.1%, year-on-year, to 62,690 TEU.
Kaliningrad is the western-most port of Russia, located at the South-Eastern part of the Baltic Sea at the mouth of Pregolia river. The port with the round-the-year navigation is connected with the sea by Kaliningrad Marine Canal. The port has 20 berths with total length exceeding 3 kilometers. The depth at 18 cargo berths is from 8 to 9 meters. The port is capable of handling coal, coke, ore, metal, ferrous alloys, scrap metal, grain, sugar, fertilizers (dry and liquid), containers, timber, foodstuffs, refrigerated cargo, paper, cellulose.
Kaliningrad is the western-most port of Russia, located at the South-Eastern part of the Baltic Sea at the mouth of Pregolia river. The port with the round-the-year navigation is connected with the sea by Kaliningrad Marine Canal. The port has 20 berths with total length exceeding 3 kilometers. The depth at 18 cargo berths is from 8 to 9 meters. The port is capable of handling coal, coke, ore, metal, ferrous alloys, scrap metal, grain, sugar, fertilizers (dry and liquid), containers, timber, foodstuffs, refrigerated cargo, paper, cellulose.