Container shipments through Muuga, Estonia-based Transiidikeskuse container terminal in January-August 2013 increased by 9% compared with the same period a year before, to 167,337 TEUs, the terminal operator said in a press release.
In August, the facilityl handled 18,754 TEUs, a 2% gain year-on-year.
"Container traffic growth this year is an average of 10%, which is in line with our targets. The terminal performance numbers in August were affected by a vocation period at Kaliga-based Mitsubishi assembly plant. At the same time, we saw a 21-percent growth in the segment of general and refrigerated cargo in the past month", the Transiidikeskuse Board Chairman Erik Laidvee said.
In the reported eight-month period, total cargo throughput at the terminal of general and refrigerated cargo hit the mark of 1,756,488 tonnes.
This autumn, the Group will commence another phase of container terminal expansion.
Transiidikeskuse AS is an operator of dedicated terminals for container and general cargo at the port of Muuga, Estonia.