Throughput of port Ventspils (Latvia) down 30.8% % to 1.8 mln t in Jan'16

In January 2016, the port of Ventspils handled 1.8 mln t of cargo (-30.8%, year-on-year), the port authority says.  Transshipment via Ventspils Nafta termināls fell by 39% to 836,000 t, via Baltic Coal Terminal down 79% to 75,000 t, via Ventspils tirdzniecības osta – down 19% to 217,400 t, via Ventamonjaks – down 50% to 26,000 t, via Ventall Termināls – down 14% to 135,100 t, via Noord Natie Ventspils Terminals – down 1% to 198,000 t, via Ventbunkers – up 88% to 286,000 t, via Ventspils Grain Terminal – 30,000 t of grain, via Ventplac – up 48% to 43,000 t.

The Freeport of Ventspils Authority is set to invest 7.3 mln euros into the development of port infrastructure this year. Part of investment programmes will be financed by the Cohesion Fund of the EU.

Ventspils port is located near Venta river. There are terminals for loading and unloading of crude and oil products, liquid chemicals and fertilizers, metal and coal, timber and fish, containers and Ro-Ro trailers. In 2014, the port handled 26.02 mln t of cargo (-9%, year-on-year).