Freight traffic at Estonia-based port of Tallinn in January-July 2011 increased by 5% over the same period of 2010, to 22.09 million tons, the Port Authority said.
Container throughput for the period increased by 24.3% to 109 292 TEUs.
Seven-month volume of liquid bulk cargo rose by 12 percent from a year earlier to16.3 million tons, while transshipment of bulk cargo dipped 33.5 percent to 2.27 million tons. Handling of rolling cargo increased by 8.8 percent to 2.15 million tons.
In the reporting period 4 282 ships, including passenger vessels, called at the port, 1.8 percent more than a year before.
Port of Tallinn (AS Tallinna Sadam) ranks third among largest seaport, next to St. Petersburg and Primorsk, on the Baltic Sea. The Port comprises five so-called port zones: Muuga, Old City Harbor, Paljassaare, Paldiski South and Saaremaa. In 2010, Port of Tallinn’s cargo volume totaled 36,65 million tons.