Cargo traffic at Latvia's Port of Liepaja climbed by 20.8% to 2.28 mln t in 4M’17
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja, Latvia in January-April 2017 climbed by 20.8%, year-on-year, to 2.28 mln t, the Port Authority says.
In the reporting period, transshipment of coal surged almost 9 times to 561,500 t, wood pellets – up 2.5 times to 139,000 t, construction materials – up 2.9% to 169,000 t, oil products – up 46% to 136,100 t. Transshipment of grain fell by 16.2% to 833,100 t, timber – by 18.7% to 114,400 t.
Container traffic grew 1.66 times to 1,292 TEUs, Ro-Ro – down 3% to 9,961 units.
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90s of last century at the former Soviet Union’s naval base. Liepaja ranks third port of Latvia by handled cargo volume. Half of the port’s cargo throughput is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2016, throughput of Liepaja port was 5.68 million tonnes.
