Throughput of Klaipeda Seaport down 5.4% to 33.23 mln t in 2013
33,23 million tons of seaborne cargo were handled in Klaipeda Seaport within the period of January - December of 2013, Port of Klaipeda announced. Although it was less by 5,4 pct. (or -1,92 mln tn.) comparing with the corresponding period of 2012, the long-term cargo handling tendencies obviously demonstrate the increase – this cargo handling result was the third result in the history of Klaipeda Seaport.
Oil products constitute 21,2 pct. of the total turnover of cargoes handled in Klaipeda Seaport. This year 7,07 mln tn. , i.e. less by -14,4 pct. or by -1,19 mln tn. comparing with the previous year of the aforementioned products were handled in the Port:
- export of Russian oil products dropped down in all Baltic Seaports due to the interest of Russia to handle oil products in national ports (particularly in the terminals of Ust Luga Port);
- as soon as Russia has decreased the oil delivery to Mozyr (Belarus) refinery the latter decreased the processing volumes and, consequently, the handling of fuel oil rates via Klaipeda Seaport dropped down;
-in the global oil product market the profitability of processed oil decreased – consequently the volumes of processed oil in SC Orlen Lietuva and respectively volumes of oil export via Klaipeda Seaport decreased as well;
-contracted production volumes of SC Orlen Lietuva made the negative impact on the indices of Klaipeda Seaport: due to closed Ukranian Lisichansk refinery SC Orlen Lietuva increased the volumes of transportation of gasoline and diesel fuel by railways. The changed chain of logistics made impact on - SC Orlen Lietuva cargo transportation by sea routes via the terminals of „ Klaipeda nafta“ considerably decreased.
8,52 mln tn. of fertilizers were handled in Klaipeda Seaport in January – December of 2013. Redistribution in sales market between Belaruskalij and Uralkalij determined the contracted handling turnover of Belarusian fertilizers – the handling of fertilizers in the current year was less by 12,4 pct. or by -1,21 mln tn year –on- year. Notwithstanding the decreased handling turnover this cargo has remained the most multitudinous in the Port - fertilizers cut out 25,6 pct. of the total cargo turnover in the Port.
Due to constantly growing economics of Lithuania and its neighbouring countries the container throughput constituting 13,7 pct. of the total cargo handling of the Port this year saw the stable increase: 4,56 mln tn. were handled, i.e. +4,6 pct. more than in 2012. Comparing with the neighbouring Baltic Seaports Klaipeda Port is the leader in container handling.