Handling of exports/imports at the Port of Riga, Latvia in January-October 2014 rose year-on-year 14% to settle at 33,571,200 tonnes, the Port Authority told IAA PortNews.
The ten-month traffic volume includes 12,298,500 tonnes (+6.8%), 8,198,000 tonnes of oil products (+36.5%), 1,776,300 tonnes of timber (+3.2%), 432,600 tonnes of wood pellets (-44.5%), 985,400 tonnes of scrap metal (+10.5%) and 312,500 tonnes of ore (-16.4%).
Container traffic edged up 1.1% to 322,226 TEUs. Passenger traffic dropped 8.7% to 662,015 people, passengers arrived on cruise ships totaled 59,520 people (-9.1%).
Latvia-based Free Port of Riga lies on both banks of the River Daugava (Western Dvina), The port encompasses 6.348 hectares, including 13,818-meter waterfront with berths max depths of 16 meters (ship draft - 12.2 m). Transit cargoes account for 80 percent of overall freight traffic moved to / from the CIS countries. In 2013, cargo throughput at the Port of Riga edged down 1.6% year-on-year to 35,466,700 tonnes.