In January-June 2016, the Freeport of Riga (Latvia) handled 18,265,100 t of cargo (-11.5%, year-on-year). As IAA PortNews was informed by the port authority, coal transshipment fell by 21% to 5,958,200 t, oil products – down 16.6% to 4,796,500 t, wood pellets – up 11.9% to 311,200 t, ore – up 52.6% to 182,100 t.
The Port’s container throughput climbed by 1.3% to 182,538 TEUs.
Passenger turnover increased by 5.3% to 249,996 persons including 15,547 cruise passengers (-25.7%).
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 2015, the port’s throughput totaled 40,055,800 t of cargo.