In January-September 2015, the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) handled 28.91 mln t of cargo (+9.3%, year-on-year) including 7.71 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+39.5%), 8.4 mln t of general cargo (-1.2%), 12.796 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+3%).
According to press center of the port authority, in September, the port handled 3.54 mln t of cargo (+11.2%, year-on-year).
Klaipeda State Seaport is the northernmost ice–free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the most important and biggest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea, land and railway routes from East to West. The port’s throughput (including Butinge terminal) climbed by 9% to 36.41 mln t in 2014.