Freight traffic volume passing via the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) in January-October 2010 rose by 12.7% from ten-month volume handled a year earlier, to 25.3 million tons, the Klaipeda Port Authority statistics said.
In October, the port handled 2,843,000 tons of cargo, a 19.6-percent growth.
Klaipeda port's container volume this October jumped 31.3% to 27,771 TEUs, the volume of general cargo increased by 26.6% to 914,651.8 tons.
In October crude oil shipments via the Butinge terminal rose by 33.8% from the same period in 2009, to 801,973.6 tons. Ro-Ro cargoes volume gained 30.3% to 20,869 units.
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 broad range of forwarding and logistics services. Trade flows via Klaipeda port in 2009 fell by 6.3%, to 27,866 million tons.
In October, the port handled 2,843,000 tons of cargo, a 19.6-percent growth.
Klaipeda port's container volume this October jumped 31.3% to 27,771 TEUs, the volume of general cargo increased by 26.6% to 914,651.8 tons.
In October crude oil shipments via the Butinge terminal rose by 33.8% from the same period in 2009, to 801,973.6 tons. Ro-Ro cargoes volume gained 30.3% to 20,869 units.
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 broad range of forwarding and logistics services. Trade flows via Klaipeda port in 2009 fell by 6.3%, to 27,866 million tons.