Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port down 29% to 1.78 mln t in Jan-July’14

In January-July 2014, Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port OJSC handled 1.785 mln t of cargo (-29%, year-on-year),  the stevedoring company says.

In the reported period, transshipment of ferrous metal fell by 24.5% to 616,600 t, coal and coke – increased by 10% to 170,100 t, oil product – down 4.5 times to 56,900 t, scrap metal – up 1% to 76,100 t. 

The port’s container throughput climbed by 4.7% to 92,409 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.