Throughput of Klaipeda seaport (Lithuania) up 4% to 23.3 mln t in Jan-Aug’14

In January-August 2014, the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) handled 23.3 mln t of cargo (+4%, year-on-year), press center of the port authority says. In August, the port handled 2.7 mln t of cargo (+11.2%). 

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 70.7%, year-on-year. Transshipment of containerized cargo increased by 26.2% to 444,700 t. 

Transshipment of oil products totaled 480,700 t (+2%), ro-ro cargo - 360,600 t (-6.9%), ore - 101,500 t (-4.8%).

Klaipeda State Seaport is the northernmost ice–free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the most important and biggest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea, land and railway routes from East to West. The port’s throughput (including Butinge terminal) made 33.42 mln t in 2013.