Throughput of port Helsinki (Finland) in Jan'18 up 22.6% Y-o-Y to 1.32 mln t (table)
In January 2018, the Port of Helsinki (Finland) handled 1.32 mln t of cargo (+22.6%, year-on-year), the port authority says.
Transshipment of bulk cargo grew by 54.9% to 283,750 t, container throughput grew by 19.4% to 46,300 TEUs. Turnover of trucks and semitrailers increased by 13.8% to 48,110 units.
Passenger traffic climbed by 1.3% - до 678,320 passengers. The number of calls totaled 618 (+13.6%, year-on-year).
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 2017, the port handled 14.27 mln t of cargo (+14.2%, year-on-year).