Cargo traffic at Estonian Port of Tallinn (Tallinna Sadam) in January 2015 decreased by 19% compared with the same period last year, to 2.24 million tonnes, the Port Authority said.
The decline was attributed primarily to a 43.8% drop in oil products volumes to 1.57 million tonnes.
At the same time handling of Ro-Ro cargoes increased by 3% to 302,400 tonnes. Container traffic totaled 17,221 TEUs.
In the reporting period the port's passenger terminal handled 518,600 people, including 441,700 passengers on Tallinn-Helsinki ferry line and 64,100 tourists on Tallinn-Stockholm line. The number of calls in January reached 149,361 ships.
Port of Tallinn ranks third among largest seaport, next to St. Petersburg and Primorsk, on the Baltic Sea. The Port comprises five so-called port zones: Muuga, Old City Harbor, Paljassaare, Paldiski South and Saaremaa. In 2014, cargo throughput of the port of Tallinn was 28.32 million tonnes.