Throughput of port Helsinki (Finland) up 16.6% to 2.8 mln t in QI'15

In January-March 2014, the port of Helsinki (Finland) handled 2.8 mln t of cargo (+16.6%, year-on-year), the port authority says. According to the statement, imports totaled 1.2 mln t (the level of the previous year), exports totaled 1.3 mln t (+6%).

In March, the port handled 1 mln t of cargo (+6%) including 440,000 t of imports and 480,000 t of exports (+6%).  Over the month the port serviced 776,000 passengers (-2%, year-on-year), over the 3-months period – 2.1 mln passengers (+1%).

The Port of Helsinki is one of the largest ports in Finland, the largest passenger port and the third largest in the Baltic Sea. In 2014, the port handled 10.8 mln t of cargo (+3%, year-on-year).