Cargo throughput at Latvia based port of Liepaja in January-November 2014 grew 12% compared with the same period last year, to 4,909 million tonnes, the Liepaja Port Authority said.
Grain shipments through the port's bulk terminal soared by 55,9% and totaled 2,538,000 tonnes, handling of building materials increased by 13,7% to 481,500 tonnes, while timber cargo volume dropped by 14.6% to 416,300 tonnes.
Container trade counts in the reporting period shrank by 20% to 3,338 TEUs. Handling of rolling cargo increased by 15% to 33,869 units.
Passenger traffic fell 2% to 39,603 people. The number of ship calls rose 7% to 1,273 ships.
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90s of last century at the former Soviet Union’s naval base. Liepaja ranks third port of Latvia by handled cargo volume. Half of the port’s cargo throughput is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2013, Liepaja terminals handled 4.84 million tonnes of cargos.