Throughput of port Sillamäe (Estonia) up 4.5% to 4.96 mln t Jan-Sep’13

In January-September 2013, port Sillamäe (Estonia) handled 4.96 mln t (+4.5%, year-on-year). As IAA PortNews learnt from the port authority, by the end of 2013 the port plans to handle 7 mln t of cargo.

Besides, daily ferry service Sillamäe-Ust-Luga ULS Ferry1 of ULS GLOBAL has been working for a year already. Over this period, the service transported 4,370 units of motor-vehicle trains, trucks and trailers as well as 119,000 tonnes of cargo.

In the accounting period, the port handled 23,000 motor-vehicle trains and trucks.

In 2012, port Sillamäe handled 6.5 mln t of cargo.