Freight traffic volume passing through the Baltic Sea ports of Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the first half of this year rose to 133.9 million tons, a 6.1-percent gain from H1, 2009, BC reporst citing Nozare.lv.
Russian ports handled slightly more than half of the total volume, followed by Latvia with some 21%, Estonia - 13%, and the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda - 11% of the total amount, LETA reports.
The Russian port Primorsk reported 38,28 million tons, the largest volume in the reporting period, the last year’s throughput level. St. Petersburg Port handled 26.35 million tons, a 16.4-percent increase. Tallinn Port posted 17,89m tons of handled cargoes, Klaipeda – 15,01m, Riga – 14,6m tons.
The Russian Ust-Luga reported the H1 record high, 5,6m tons, up 30% from the same period a year earlier.
Russian ports handled slightly more than half of the total volume, followed by Latvia with some 21%, Estonia - 13%, and the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda - 11% of the total amount, LETA reports.
The Russian port Primorsk reported 38,28 million tons, the largest volume in the reporting period, the last year’s throughput level. St. Petersburg Port handled 26.35 million tons, a 16.4-percent increase. Tallinn Port posted 17,89m tons of handled cargoes, Klaipeda – 15,01m, Riga – 14,6m tons.
The Russian Ust-Luga reported the H1 record high, 5,6m tons, up 30% from the same period a year earlier.