Eugenijus Gentvilas, former mayor of Klaipeda, to take the position of Klaipeda port Director General, the decision was announced on May 11 by Latvia’s Ministry of Communications.
Klaipeda State Seaport is the northernmost ice – free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the most important and the biggest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea, land and railway routes from East to West.
Klaipeda is a multipurpose, universal, deep – water port, providing high – quality services. 17 big stevedoring companies, ship - repair and ship – building yards operate within the port and all marine business and cargo handling services are being rendered.
The annual port cargo handling capacity is up to 40 million tons.