Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 3.65 million tonnes of cargo in 6M'2019, down 5.5% Y-o-Y

Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja, Latvia in January-June 2019 fell by 5.5%, year-on-year, to 3.655 million tonnes, the Port Authority told IAA PortNews.

In the reporting period, transshipment of grain fell by 23.9% to 1,306,800 tonnes, anthracite – grew by 16.8% to 772,000 tonnes, construction materials – grew by 12% to 450,500 tonnes, oil products – grew by 5% to 192,700 tonnes.

Container traffic decreased by 3% to 1.602 million TEUs, handling of Ro-Ro cargo grew by 10% to 21,967 units.

The number of calls grew by 12% to 856, passenger traffic decreased by 18% to 16,515 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 2018, throughput of Liepaja port was 7.54 million tonnes.