Throughput of Klaipeda port (Lithuania) down 3% to 25.1 mln t Jan-Sep’13
In January-September 2013, throughput of port Klaipeda dropped by 3%, year-on-year, to 25,130,781 tonnes, the port says. The port’s throughput including the volumes of Būtingės terminal climbed by 0.3% to 32,024,736.6 tonnes.
In the reported period, transshipment of liquid bulk cargo gained 3.4% to 13,997,689.5 t. Oil transshipment climbed by 14.6% to 6,893,955.7 t, transshipment of oil product declined by 5.7% to 5,757,475.6 t.
Transshipment of dry loose cargo declined by 1.2% to 10,08,499.5 t. Transshipment of general cargo dropped by 2.9% to 7,943,547.7 t.
The port’s container throughput climbed by 6.9% to 298,325 TEUs.
Passenger turnover fell by 15.9% to 235,662 passengers.
In September, the port handled 2.8 mln t of cargo while total throughput of Klaipėda Port and Būtingės terminal hit 3.6 mln t (-6.4%).
Klaipeda State Seaport is the northernmost ice–free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the most important and biggest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea, land and railway routes from East to West. The port’s throughput (including Butinge terminal) made 43.761 mln t in 2012.