Throughput of the port of Liepaja (Latvia) in January-September increased by 0.4% compared with the same period of 2009, to 3,166,000 tons, PortNews reports citing the Port Authority.
In the reporting period the volume of grain transshipment shrank by 23.8% to 965,500 tons, handling of timber cargo surged 2 times as much, to 701,800 tons, ferrous metals volume declined by 11,2%, to 357,600 tons, scrap metal shipments increased by 26.8%, to 166,600 tons. Throughput of crude oil dropped 34.2% to 88,8 thousand tons, while the volume petroleum products was up 32.6% to 308,000 tons (including 40,000 tons of diesel fuel).
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90s at the former USSR’s naval base. Today it ranks third port in Latvia in freight traffic volumes. Half of its throughput is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2009 the port’s throughput increased by 4.6%, to 4.38 million tons.
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90s at the former USSR’s naval base. Today it ranks third port in Latvia in freight traffic volumes. Half of its throughput is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2009 the port’s throughput increased by 4.6%, to 4.38 million tons.