Throughput of port HaminaKotka (Finland) up 2.6% to 8.5 mln t in Jan-July’13

In January-July 2013, the port of HaminaKotka (Finland) handled 8,546,149 tonnes of cargo (+2.6%, year-on-year), the port’s authority says. In July, the port’s throughput fell by 3.5%.

In the 7-month period, transshipment of timber surged by 18.2%, pulp and paper products – by 5.1%. Transshipment of imported cargo climbed by 4.5%, including timber – by 10.1%. Transshipment of transit cargoes was steady at the level of the previous year with transshipment of internal cargoes having dropped by 23.5%.

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 tonnes.

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.