Throughput of Hamina-Kotka up 3.6% to 1.2 mln tons in Jan’13
In 2013, the Port of HaminaKotka (Finland) handled 1,197,465 mln tons of cargo (+3.6%, year-on-year), the Port’s administration informs.
The company’s export turnover fell by 0.9%, while import increased by 13.8% with timber import having boosted almost 2.5 times. The port’s container turnover climbed by 2.8%. Transshipment of automobiles grew by 50.5%. In the accounting period, the number of calls increased by 6.9% to 218.
The Port of HaminaKotka Ltd is the biggest universal, export and transshipment port in Finland. Finland’s ports of Kotka (stevedoring company Kotkan Satama Oy) and Hamin (Haminan Satama Oy) merged on May 1, 2011. In 2012, throughput of the joined port fell by 9.6% to 14.521 mln tons.
The Port of Kotka is some 50 km from the Russian border, 280 km from St. Petersburg and 1,000 km from Moscow. Port of Kotka comprises ports of Mussalo, Hietanen, Kantasatama, berth Puolanlaituri (Polish berth), berth Halla, and also port premises Sunila. Port of Hamina is the eastern port of Finland located 35 km from the Russian border.