Throughput decrease attributed to 83-pct fall of anthracite
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja, Latvia in January-April 2020 fell by 22.7%, year-on-year, to 2,169,600 tonnes, the Port Authority told IAA PortNews.
In the reporting period, transshipment of grain fell by 2.2% to 903,600 tonnes, anthracite – 5 times to 109,200 tonnes, construction materials - by 2.9% to 271,900 tonnes while transshipment of oil products grew by 32.8% to 166,700 tonnes.
Handling of Ro-Ro cargo fell by 13% to 11,762 units, container throughput grew by 10% to 1,131 TEUs.
In the reporting period, the port serviced 8,614 passengers, down 10%, year-on-year.
The number of calls fell by 3% to 562.
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 2019, throughput of Liepaja port was 7.33 million tonnes.
