Throughput of Tallinn port down 23.7% to 21.8 mln t in Jan-Sep 08

In January-September, 2008, the port of Tallinn handled 21.862.1 million tonnes of cargo (-23.7%, year-on-year), the port’s materials read.

In the reported period, transshipment of liquid bulk cargo amounted to 15.258 million tonnes (-12.2%), general cargo – 469,900 tonnes (-25.9%), dry cargo – 2.248.1 million tonnes (-67%). The port’s container throughput amounted to 137,914 TEU (+0.7%). Transshipment of ro-ro cargo totaled 2.765.6 million tonnes (+3.7%).

In January-September, 2008 export-import transshipment of foreign trade cargo amounted to 17.049.4 million tonnes (-30.1%) including 2.254.3 million tonnes of export (+14.1%), 14.795 million tonnes of transit (-33.9%). Internal export-import amounted to 4.684.9 million tonnes (+12.6%) including 2.790.6 million tonnes of import (+0.4%), 1.894.4 million tonnes of transit (+37.1%).