Throughput of port Riga (Latvia) in 8M’18 climbed by 5.4% Y-o-Y to 23.9 million tonnes

In January-August 2018, the Freeport of Riga (Latvia) handled 23,951,200 tonnes of cargo (+5.4%, year-on-year). As IAA PortNews was informed by the port authority, transshipment of coal grew by 13.6% to 9,512,000 tonnes, oil products – down 27.6% to 2,809,500 tonnes, wood pellets – up 27.9% to 569,000 tonnes, ore – down 5.5% to 345,200 tonnes. 

The Port’s container throughput grew by 7.5% to 303,146 TEUs.

In the reporting period, passenger turnover increased by 6.1% to 626,011 people including 67,493 cruise passengers (-9.2%).

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.