In January-November 2015, the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) handled 35.13 mln t of cargo (+5.1%, year-on-year) including 9.11 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+28.8%), 10.27 mln t of general cargo (-2.9%) and 15.75 mln t of loose dry cargo which demonstrated a slight decline.
In November, 2015m the port handled 2.84 mln t of cargo (+14.4%, 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.