Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) in 4M’18 fell by 6% Y-o-Y to 11.4 million tonnes
In January-April 2018, the Freeport of Riga (Latvia) handled 11,448,900 tonnes of cargo (-6.3%, year-on-year). As IAA PortNews was informed by the port authority, coal transshipment fell by 1.3% to 4,613,100 tonnes. Transshipment of oil products fell by 40.5% to 1,352,600 tonnes, wood pellets – grew by 10% to 320,800 tonnes, transshipment of ore fell by 7.8% to 99,800 tonnes.
The Port’s container throughput grew by 12.8% to 223,341 including 3,466 cruise passengers (+47.9%).
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 2017, the port handled 33,674,700 tonnes of cargo.
