Throughput of the port of Helsinki (Finland) for 10 recent months of 2011 remained unchanged as compared with January-October 2010, reaching 8.7 million tons, the Helsinki Port Authority statistics said.
In the reporting period, the volume of inbound cargo rose by 5 percent on last year’s figures, to 4.4 million tons, while outbound cargo volume dropped 3 percent to 4.1 million tons.
Passenger traffic totaled 8.8 million people, in October – 881,000 (+1%).
Port of Helsinki is a largest port in Finland. In 2010, the port’s throughput grew by 12% to 10,921,000 tons, container traffic rose 11% to 399,903 TEUs and handling of rolling cargo increased year-over-year by 13 percent to 488,772 units.