Cargo throughput of the port of Tallinn (Estonia) in Jan-Dec, 2010 totaled 36,649,500 tons, up 16% from the same period a year earlier, the Port Authority press release said. The port's container traffic during the period also increased by 16% - to 151,969 TEUs.
In the reporting period the port’s stevedores handled 25,730,700 tons of liquid bulk cargo (+11.9% YOY), 5,517,000 tons of dry bulk cargo (+24.8%) and 3,533,100 tons of Ro-Ro cargo (+32.6%).
There was a slight increase in the number of calls (including cargo and passenger ships) in 2010 - by 0.5% to 7,274 vessels.
Port of Tallinn is rated the third largest seaport, next to St. Petersburg and Primorsk, on the Baltic Sea. The Port comprises five harbors: Muuga, Old City Harbor, Paljassaare, Paldiski South and Saaremaa. In 2009, cargo throughput of the port totaled 31,597,000 tons.
In the reporting period the port’s stevedores handled 25,730,700 tons of liquid bulk cargo (+11.9% YOY), 5,517,000 tons of dry bulk cargo (+24.8%) and 3,533,100 tons of Ro-Ro cargo (+32.6%).
There was a slight increase in the number of calls (including cargo and passenger ships) in 2010 - by 0.5% to 7,274 vessels.
Port of Tallinn is rated the third largest seaport, next to St. Petersburg and Primorsk, on the Baltic Sea. The Port comprises five harbors: Muuga, Old City Harbor, Paljassaare, Paldiski South and Saaremaa. In 2009, cargo throughput of the port totaled 31,597,000 tons.