Archive of posts tagged Seaport

In January-August 2014, the port of Gdansk (Poland) handled 20389601 t of cargo (+5.7%, year-on-year), the stevedoring company says. Transshipment of grain climbed by 25.8% to 1037251 t, general cargo and timber – by 6% to 7429415 t, other bulk cargo (aggregates, sulphur, ore) – up 37.3% to 2502119 t, coal transshipment fell 1.5 times to 2115580 t, transshipment of liquid fuel increased by 15% to 7305236 t. The port of Gdansk is a major international transportation hub situated in the central part of the southern Baltic coast.

Besides handling bulk cargoes (oil, coal, metal ores) the port provides a number of line services linking it with the ports of the Baltic Sea and Western Europe (primarily ferry, construction and ro-ro lines). In 2013, the port handled 30259295 t of cargo.

In January-August 2014, the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) handled 23.3 mln t of cargo (+4%, year-on-year), press center of the port authority says. In August, the port handled 2.7 mln t of cargo (+11.2%). Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 70.7%, year-on-year. Transshipment of containerized cargo increased by 26.2% to 444,700 t. Transshipment of oil products totaled 480,700 t (+2%), ro-ro cargo – 360,600 t (-6.9%), ore – 101,500 t (-4.8%). Klaipeda State Seaport is the northernmost ice–free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.

It is the most important and biggest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea, land and railway routes from East to West. The port’s throughput (including Butinge terminal) made 33.42 mln t in 2013.