Klaipeda Port has all chances to become a leader among the Baltic ports according to 2010 strong results, the Lithuania Ministry of Transport press service said quoting the statement by Minister Eligijus Masiulis. The official noted that the Klaipeda Port’s first-quarter result at 14.4% trade volumes growth made it the second leading port, next to the Port of Tallinn that reported it handled 1 million tons more.
"The rapid strong throughput growth proves the port of Klaipeda has a real chance to overtake the Port of Tallinn and regain its leading position among the ports of the Baltic Sea", Eligijus Masiulis was quoted as saying.
Klaipeda showed in Jan.-Mar. a significant growth in container trade. The port looks for higher container volumes this year from the last year’ numbers.
An earlier report said the first-quarter results posted by the Baltic ports showed freight traffic at 31.23 million tons, or a 2.02% gain over the same period in 2009. The port of Tallinn is leading among the regional ports with its 8.481 million tons (11.7%). Port of Klaipeda comes next handling 7.396 million tons (14.2%). Ventspils Port’s trade volumes in Q1,10 totaled 7.207 million tons, down 8.1% year-on-year.
"The rapid strong throughput growth proves the port of Klaipeda has a real chance to overtake the Port of Tallinn and regain its leading position among the ports of the Baltic Sea", Eligijus Masiulis was quoted as saying.
Klaipeda showed in Jan.-Mar. a significant growth in container trade. The port looks for higher container volumes this year from the last year’ numbers.
An earlier report said the first-quarter results posted by the Baltic ports showed freight traffic at 31.23 million tons, or a 2.02% gain over the same period in 2009. The port of Tallinn is leading among the regional ports with its 8.481 million tons (11.7%). Port of Klaipeda comes next handling 7.396 million tons (14.2%). Ventspils Port’s trade volumes in Q1,10 totaled 7.207 million tons, down 8.1% year-on-year.