Throughput of Tallinn port down 12.7% to 36 million tonnes in 2007
In 2007, throughput of the port of Tallinn totaled 36.27.6 million tonnes of cargo (-12.7%, year-on-year, against 41.258.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2006). The highest decrease was demonstrated in the sector of dry bulk cargo (-30.9%, year-on-year, to 7.8 million tonnes) and general cargo (-27.9%, year-on-year, to 749,000 tonnes). However, container turnover grew by 18.7% to 180,900 TEU, transshipment of ro-ro cargo was up 6.7%. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo fell by 7% to 22.369.1 million tonnes.
Passenger traffic in the port of Tallinn decreased by 3.6%, year-on-year, to 6.5 million people. 84.3% of people were transported by Tallinn-Helsinki route, which makes 5.489.1 million people. The number of calls to the port of Tallinn fell by 9.5% to 10,614 with 25.9% falling on cargo vessels.