Klaipeda port's cargo traffic down 6.7% to 18.4 mln tons in Jan-May

Klaipeda port's cargo traffic down 6.7% to 18.4 mln tons in Jan-MayBC, Vilnius, 23.06.2020.http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/transport/?doc=156856

The Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda handled 18.4 mln tons of cargo in January through May 2020, a decline of 6.7% y-o-y, the port authority told LETA/BNS.

Liquid cargo volumes fell by 7.1% to 3.84 mln tons,
bulk cargo volumes edged down by 1.8% to 8.6 mln tons, and
general cargo volumes plunged by 12.7% to 6.03 mln tons.
 The total number of ship calls in Klaipeda decreased by 9.9%, or 284 vessels, to 2,574.Annual cargo traffic via Klaipeda edged down by 0.6% in 2019 from 2018 to 46.3 mln tons.