HaminaKotka port throughput rises 27.9 percent to 10.8m tons
Cargo traffic at the combined port HaminaKotka for eight recent months of this year totaled 10.8 million tons, a 27.9 percent increase from the volume figures demonstrated by the ports Hamina and Kotka in January-August of 2010, the Port Authority said.In August, the port handled 1.3 million tons.
Eight-month volume of exports rose 17.6%, transit cargoes increased by 0.8%, while imports dropped 0.2%.
Container traffic grew by 23.8% to 402,746 TEUs (in August – 56,950 TEUs). In Jan-Aug, the port handled 2289 vehicles (+8.9%); in August - 261 units.
The two Finnish ports Kotkan Satama Oy and Haminan Satama Oy merged on May 1st, under the new brand name HaminaKotka. The combined port is expected to become the largest export port of the country with projected volumes of 16.5 million tons of cargo.
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.