Throughput of port Helsinki (Finland) up 15.3% to 2.14 mln t in Jan-Feb'17
In January-February 2017, the Port of Helsinki (Finland) handled 2.14 mln t of cargo (+15.3%, year-on-year), the port authority says.
Transshipment of export cargo totaled 961,200 t (+11%), import - 838,500 t (+8.5%).
According to the statement, the port’s passenger throughput grew by 3.5% to 1.41 mln passengers.
The Port of Helsinki is one of the largest ports in Finland, the largest passenger port and the third largest in the Baltic Sea. The Port of Helsinki accounts for 77% of Finland's passenger traffic. In 2016, the port handled 11.64 mln t of cargo (+1.9%, year-on-year).