Cargo turnover at SILPORT up 1.5 times, at 2.5 million tons last year

Cargo volumes via Port of Sillamäe, SILPORT (Estonia) in 2009 increased by 1.5 times, up to 2.5 million tons, PortNews IAA reports citing the Port Authority.

According to Andrew Birov, marketing manager volumes of crude oil and petroleum products transshipped from oil terminal Alexela Sillamäe (owned by Dutch company Trafigura) added to the SILPORT growth figures.

To read more about the SILPORT statistics for 2009 see an interview of Andrew Birov with PortNews IAA.