Throughput of port HaminaKotka (Finland) down 5.7% to 4.66 mln t in Jan-Apr’14

In January-April 2014, the Port of HaminaKotka (Finland) handled 4.66 mln t of cargo (-5.7%, year-on-year), says press center of HaminaKotka Satama Oy.
Transshipment of export cargo fell by 3.4%, import – by 10.8% with timber import having plunged by 41.4%. Transit transportation fell by 7.5%. The volume of domestic transportation climbed by 23.8%. Container throughput declined by 6.4%. 

Amid the crisis in Ukraine, decline of Ruble rates and turbulent environment, it is especially difficult to forecast for the coming months, the statement says.

The Port of HaminaKotka Ltd is the biggest universal, export and transshipment port in Finland. Finland’s ports of Kotka (stevedoring company Kotkan Satama Oy) and Hamin (Haminan Satama Oy) merged on May 1, 2011. In 2013, throughput of the joined port fell by 3.6% to 14 mln tonnes.
The Port of Kotka is some 50 km from the Russian border, 280 km from St. Petersburg and 1,000 km from Moscow. Port of Kotka comprises ports of Mussalo, Hietanen, Kantasatama, berth Puolanlaituri (Polish berth), berth Halla, and also port premises Sunila. Port of Hamina is the eastern port of Finland located 35 km from the Russian border.