Cargo throughput of the combined port HaminaKotka in the first half of this year rose by 8.8% from aggregated throughput of the two ports a year earlier, to 7,93 million tons, the Port Authority statistics said.
Exports and imports increased by 10.1% and 6.6%, respectively, while transit cargoes volume was down 1.4%. Transshipment of transit cargo imported by Russia increased by 10.7%.
Six-month container traffic grew by 27.5% (no figure available). The port handled 1,677 vessels, 11.5% more than a year before.
The Finnish ports Kotkan Satama Oy and Haminan Satama Oy merged under a new name on May 1, 2011. HaminaKotka will turn into the largest export port of the country.
Throughput of HaminaKotka in 2011 is expected to reach 16.5 million tons of different cargoes.
Kotka is located some 50 kilometers from the Russian Federation border, 280 km off St. Petersburg, 1000 km from Moscow. Port of Kotka comprises ports of Mussalo, Hietanen, Kantasatama, berth Puolanlaituri (Polish berth), berth Halla, and also port premises Sunila. In 2010, the port of Kotka handled about 9,2 million tons.
Port of Hamina is the eastern port of Finland located 35 km from the Russian border. In 2010, cargo throughput of the port totaled 3,6 million tons.