Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja, Latvia in January-April 2018 climbed by 14%, year-on-year, to 1,998,100 tonnes, the Port Authority says.
In the reporting period, transshipment of grain grew by 47.3% to 1,227,600 tonnes, construction materials – by 10.6% to 186,900 tonnes, timber – up 44.1% to 164,700 tonnes, oil products – down 9.1% to 123,700 tonnes.
Container traffic fell by 23% to 994 TEUs, handling of Ro-Ro grew by 24% to 12,325 units.
The number of calls grew by 4% to 515, passenger traffic increased by 37% to 11,539 passengers.
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 2017, throughput of Liepaja port was 6.59 million tonnes.