Throughput of port HaminaKotka (Finland) down 4.2% to 13.4 mln t in 2014

In January-December 2014, the Port of HaminaKotka (Finland) handled 13.4 mln t of cargo (-4.2%, year-on-year), says press center of HaminaKotka Satama Oy.

Transshipment of export cargo declined by 0.9%, import – down 10.2%. Imports of the round timber plunged by 23.9%, general cargo – by 12.6%. Liquid bulk cargo import climbed by 5.3%.

Transit cargo transportation dropped by 7%. Exports from Russia increased while import of containers and automobiles to Russia decreased. 

Inland transportation volumes remained at the level of the previous year (-0.1%). Container throughput dropped by 8.3%.

The Port of HaminaKotka Ltd is the biggest universal, export and transshipment port in Finland. Finland’s ports of Kotka (stevedoring company Kotkan Satama Oy) and Hamin (Haminan Satama Oy) merged on May 1, 2011. In 2013, throughput of the joined port fell by 3.6% to 14 mln tonnes.
The Port of Kotka is some 50 km from the Russian border, 280 km from St. Petersburg and 1,000 km from Moscow. Port of Kotka comprises ports of Mussalo, Hietanen, Kantasatama, berth Puolanlaituri (Polish berth), berth Halla, and also port premises Sunila. Port of Hamina is the eastern port of Finland located 35 km from the Russian border.