In January-February 2019, the Freeport of Riga (Latvia) handled 5,557,200 tonnes of cargo (+1.4%, year-on-year). As IAA PortNews was informed by the port authority, transshipment of coal grew by 2.6% to 2,054,300 tonnes, oil products – fell by 30.7% to 541,000 tonnes wood pellets – surged by 81.5% to 212,400 tonnes. No ore was handled in February.
The Port’s container throughput grew by 5.8% to 80,589 TEUs.
In the reporting period, passenger turnover decreased by 13.6% to 89,326 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 2018, the port handled 36,431,900 tonnes of cargo.