In January 2019, the Freeport of Riga (Latvia) handled 2,841,700 tonnes of cargo (+2.6%, year-on-year). As IAA PortNews was informed by the port authority, transshipment of coal grew by 15.9% to 1,029,900, oil products – fell by 36.5% to 278,000 tonnes, wood pellets – surged by 58.7% to 90,300 tonnes. No ore was handled in January.
The Port’s container throughput grew by 6.5% to 38,923 TEUs.
In the reporting period, passenger turnover decreased by 14.5% to 45,373 people including 1,274 cruise passengers (-61.6%).
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.