Container throughput of Riga port up 25.4%, y-o-y, in Jan-Feb 08, to 37,000 TEU

In January-February, 2008, container throughput of Riga port grew by 25.4%, year-on-year, to 37,000 TEU, RZD-Partner reports. The port of Riga handled 91.5% of all containers handled in Latvia. According to Inita Ozola, expert of Latvia; Ministry of Communications, the port of Ventspils handled 2,328 TEU (-2.5%, year-on-year), Liepaja - 1,111 TEU (-7.3%, year-on-year). In the 2-month period, Latvian ports handled 40,454 TEU (+22.2%). In 2007 - 236,351 TEU (+18.8%).