Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 24% to 13,454,000 t in Jan-Feb’15
In January-February 2015, port Ust-Luga handled 13,454,000 t of cargo (+24%, year-on-year), Baltic Sea Ports Authority says.
In the reported period, transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled climbed by 22% to 3,548,400 t including 3,172,300 t of coal and coke (+25%). Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 24% to 9,337,000 t including 4,499,600 t of crude (+27%), 4,666,800 t of oil products (+23%) and 170,600 t of liquefied gas (-15%). Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 300,000 t (+47%). The port’s container throughput fell by 11.8% to 15,098 TEUs (or by 5% to 121,300 t).
