Port of Liepaja cargo traffic up 16.4 percent in Jan-Aug
Throughput of the Latvian port of Liepaja for eight months of the year grew by 16.4 percent year-on-year, to 3,175,600 tons, the Port Authority said.
Shipments of grain cargo fell 12.5 percent to 704,900 tons, petroleum products volume rose by 25.4 percent from a year earlier, to 347,800 tons (diesel fuel was up 10.2% to 42,200 tons). Construction materials totaled 329.500 tons.
Cargo throughput in August amounted to 435.600 tons.
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90s of last century at the former Soviet Union’s naval base. Liepaja ranks third port of Latvia by handled cargo volume. Half of the port’s cargo throughput is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2010, Liepaja handled 4.38 million tons of cargo, on a par with 2009’s numbers.