Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja, Latvia in January 2019 fell by 11.7%, year-on-year, to 567,800 tonnes, the Port Authority says.
In the reporting period, transshipment of grain fell by 14% to 246,700 tonnes, anthracite – grew by 21.9% to 119,800 tonnes, construction materials – fell by 56.6% to 23,800 tonnes while transshipment of oil products fell by 64.1% to 22,000 tonnes.
Container traffic fell by 27% to 157 TEUs, handling of Ro-Ro cargo grew by 247% to 3,068 units.
The number of calls grew by 13% to 144, passenger traffic decreased by 19% to 2,155 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.