Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) up 2.3% to 20.636 mln t in HI’15

In January-June 2015, the Freeport of Riga (Latvia) handled 20,636,400 t of cargo (+2.3%, year-on-year). As IAA PortNews was informed by the port authority, coal transshipment climbed by 2.6% to 7,541,600 t, oil products – up 6.4% to 5,752,400 t, wood pellets – up 5.8% to 278,100 t, scrap metal – down 39.5% to 300,100 t, ore – down 40.1% to 119,300 t. 

The port’s container throughput declined by 3.1% to 180,155 TEUs. Passenger turnover fell by 40.3% to 237,520 including 20,930 passengers of cruise ships (-11.8%).  

Freeport of Riga lies on both banks of the River Daugava covering 6.3 hectares. The port’s berth length is 13,800 meters, maximum draft at the berths is 12.2 meters. Up to 80% of the Freeport of Riga cargo turnover is made up of transit cargoes forwarded to or received from the CIS countries. In 2014, the port’s throughput totaled 41.08 mln t.