Klaipeda Port signed a contract yesterday for construction and extension of its quays, the Port Authority press release said.
The contract includes reconstruction of quays No.66-67 and extension of quays No. 66a-67a, building local engineering networks.
The contract worth some $19,2 million was signed with the bidding winner Josef Möbius Bau-Aktiengesellschalf. The quays renovation is scheduled to be completed in 15 months.
After completion, quays No.66a-67a will form a 236,80-m long, 30-m-wide pier, with the depth of up to 13 meters (in prospect up to 14,5 m). This would give the port additional possibilities for handling dry, general and liquid cargoes, the Port Authority said.
State-run Port of Klaipeda, the northernmost ice-free port on the East coast of the Baltic Sea, is the largest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea and inland traffic lanes. Currently, there are 17 stevedores, shipyards, other companies operating at the port and providing ranged forwarding and logistics services. Trade flows via Klaipeda port in 2009 fell by 6.3%, to 27,866 million tons.