In January-November 2016, the Freeport of Riga (Latvia) handled 33,336,300 t of cargo (-8.6%, year-on-year). As IAA PortNews was informed by the port authority, coal transshipment fell by 10.5% to 11,709,800 t, oil products – down 22% to 7,528,600t, wood pellets – down 17.1% to 490,100 t, ore – up over 1.7 times to 352,900 t.
The Port’s container throughput grew by 7.9% to 350,951 TEUs.
Passenger turnover increased by 8% to 530,745 persons including 69,993 cruise passengers (+3.4%).
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.