Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port down 34% to 1,256,300 t in Jan-May’14

In January-May 2014, Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port OJSC handled 1,256,3oo t of cargo (-34%, year-on-year), the stevedoring company says.

In the reported period, exports fell by 30.2% to 821,400 t including 764,600 t of dry cargo (-21.8%) and 590,200 t of general cargo (-29.6%). Imports plunged by 42.4% to 416,600 t. The company’s container throughput increased by 11.5% to 33,014 TEUs.

Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port JSC is the largest enterprise of the regional port complex. Practically all means of transport and the basic part of the export-import freight traffic passing through the region, close in the port. In 2013, the port’s throughput totaled 4.068 mln tonnes.