The port’s container throughput rose by 5.5%
In January-November 2022, the Port of Helsinki (Finland) handled 14 million tonnes of cargo (+5.9%, year-on-year), the port's statistics says. According to the statement, handling of unitized cargo rose by 4.7% to 11.7 million tonnes, bulk cargo rose by 7% to 1.3 million tonnes tonnes, container traffic climbed by 5.5% to 454.2 thousand TEUs. Turnover of trucks and semitrailers rose by 6.5% to 650.7 thousand units.
In the reported period, passenger traffic rose by 120.3% to 7.25 million people.
The number of ship calls rose by 4.4% to 6,868 calls.
The Port of Helsinki is one of the largest ports in Finland, the largest passenger port and the third largest in the Baltic Sea. The Port of Helsinki accounts for 77% of Finland's passenger traffic. In 2020, the port handled 13.3 mln t of cargo.