Cargo turnover of the port of Liepaja (Latvia) in January-October 2010 slightly lost 0.7% to 3,569 million tons, PortNews reports citing the Port Authority.
In the reporting period grain volume handled by the port shrank by 22.8%, to 1.12 million tons, crude oil transshipment fell 32% to 148,3 million tons, while petroleum products shipment, by contrast, grew by 25% to 333,700 tons. Pulp volume soared by 92% to 776 thousand tons, construction materials handling jumped 4,7 times to 223,500 tons.
In ten recent months, transshipment of ferrous metals declined by almost 17% to 383,500 tons, while scrap metal rose 24.7% to 191,600 tons.
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90-es at the former USSR’s naval base. Today Liepaja ranks the third port in Latvia by cargo turnover volume. Half of its freight traffic volume is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2009 the port’s throughput rose by 4.6% y-o-y, to 4.38 million tons.
In ten recent months, transshipment of ferrous metals declined by almost 17% to 383,500 tons, while scrap metal rose 24.7% to 191,600 tons.
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90-es at the former USSR’s naval base. Today Liepaja ranks the third port in Latvia by cargo turnover volume. Half of its freight traffic volume is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2009 the port’s throughput rose by 4.6% y-o-y, to 4.38 million tons.