Väinamere Liinid sees number of ferry users’ increase by 8% in July
BC, Tallinn, 05.08.2013.
Väinamere Liinid, which operates ferry traffic on the Estonian mainlan d-Saaremaa islan d, mainlan d-Hiiumaa islan d an d Saaremaa-Hiiumaa islan d routes, saw passenger numbers grow 8% in July , after having increased by 10% in June, Public Broadcasting reports, reported LETA.
Altogether the compan y serviced over 355,000 passengers an d nearly 130,000 vehicles on the three routes in July, mean ing the year-on-year growth of passengers by 4% an d that of vehicles 8%.
On the mainlan d-Saaremaa route, the number of passengers grew by 4% an d number of vehicles by 9%. In the mainlan d-Hiiumaa route, the number of passengers grew by 4% an d the number of vehicles 7%. On the Hiiumaa-Saaremaa route, passenger number grew 7% while the number of vehicles grew by 6%.
Väinamere Liinid man ager Urmas Treiel said that the new ships that the compan y started using in 2010 an d 2011 have brought a new quality to passenger shipping traffic.
Cargo turnover of Tran siidikeskus grows 10% in seven months
BC, Tallinn, 05.08.2013.
The container terminal of Tran siidikeskuse AS han dled 148,583 TEU of container goods in the first seven months of this year, which is by a tenth more than at the same time in 2012, Äripäev Online reports/LETA.
"We have increased our container turnover this year in the plan ned volume an d it can be seen that the expected growth will continue in the autumn too," board chairman of Tran siidikeskus, Erik Laidvee said, adding that they expect positive developments for the tran sit sector in the autumn connected to concluding the Estonia-Russian border agreements.
The total cargo turnover of Tran siidikeskuse AS was 1,542,836 tonnes in seven months.
Throughput of Baltic Coal Terminal (Latvia) down 5.1% to 2.84 mln t in Jan -July’13
2013 August 7 12:44
In Jan uary-July 2013, Baltic Coal Terminal (Ventspils, Latvia) han dled 2,842,689 tonnes of coal (-5.1%, year-on-year), IAA PortNews learnt from the stevedore. In July, the compan y’s throughput climbed by 43% to 487,911 tonnes.
Baltic Coal Terminal is a joint venture of JSC „Ventspils Commercial Port” an d LLC „Indtec Baltic Coal” which represent the interests of OJSC «Zarechnaya Mine», supplying coal from Russia. In 2012 the terminal han dled 4.799 mln tonnes of cargo. Currently, the coal han dled at the BCT’s terminal is exported largely to the ports of UK, German y, Polan d etc.
The terminal’s indoor warehouse allows simultan eous storage of 210,000 tonnes of coal, (capacity - 6 m t/y).
The two compan ies have invested in the first phase of the terminal EUR 80 million.
Coal Compan y Zarechnaya intends to raise its share in Baltic Coal Terminal to 100%
2013 August 7 10:00
Coal Compan y Zarechnaya LLC intends to raise its share in Baltic Coal Terminal (Ventspils, Latvia) to 100%, the compan y says. The agreement was signed as early as on February 15, 2013 but has not been executed yet. Currently the mine holds 50% of the terminal’s shares.
Coal Compan y Zarechnaya is one of the most reliable an d successfully developing coal mining holdings in Kuzbass region. It is one of Russia’s five largest exporters of thermal coal. Coal Corporation Zarechnaya man ages the coal mining an d subsidiary enterprises. Zarechnaya includes 6 coal mining (3 under construction an d 3 operating), washing plan t an d a number of subsidiary enterprises. Coal Compan y Zarechnaya exports more than 90% of the end product. The consumers are: chemical-recovery, energy an d other enterprises in more than 12 countries including Spain, The United Kingdom, the Netherlan ds, etc.
Baltic Coal Terminal is a joint venture of JSC „Ventspils Commercial Port” an d LLC „Indtec Baltic Coal” which represent the interests of OJSC «Zarechnaya Mine», supplying coal from Russia. In 2012 the terminal han dled 4.799 mln tonnes of cargo. Currently, the coal han dled at the BCT’s terminal is exported largely to the ports of the UK, German y, Italy an d the Netherlan ds. The terminal’s indoor warehouse allows simultan eous storage of 210,000 tonnes of coal, (throughput capacity - 6 m t/y). The two compan ies have invested in the first phase of the terminal EUR 80 million.
Throughput of Klaipeda Port an d Būtingės terminal (Lithuan ia) up 4.2% to 25.24 mln t in Jan -July’13
2013 August 6 19:00
In the 7-moth period, Klaipeda Port an d Būtingės terminal (Lithuan ia) han dled 25.24 mln t of cargo (+4.2%, year-on-year), the seaport authority says. The port’s results excluding Būtingės terminal has remained almost unchan ged – 19.95 mln t.
Tran sshipment of crude oil climbed by 22.8% to 5.29 mln t, oil products – up 1.4% to 4.84 mln t, liquid fertilizers (including chemicals) – up 13.7% to 855,200 tonnes, agricultural goods – down 19% to 1.33 mln t, dry fertilizers – down 11% to 4.31, sugar – down 16.4% to 241,820 tonnes, construction materials – up 23.1% to 1.2 mln t, ore – down 24.6% to 406,560 t, scrap metal – down 9.2% to 183,640 t, timber cargo – down 11.5% to 296,290 t, iron an d steel – down 39.8% to 122,820 t.
The port’s container throughput climbed by 5.6% to 229,440 t, Ro-Ro cargo – down 0.7% to 151,258 units. The number of calls declined by 2.2% to 3,846 calls. The port serviced 196,655 passengers (+1.2%).
Klaipeda State Seaport is the northernmost ice–free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the most importan t an d biggest Lithuan ian tran sport hub, connecting sea, lan d an d railway routes from East to West. The port’s throughput (including Butinge terminal) made 43.761 mln t in 2012.
Klaipėda Port posts cargo han dling volumes in July of 2013
2013 August 5 14:30
The total throughput of Klaipėda Port an d in Būtingės terminal in July of 2013 totalled 3,5 mln. tn, i.e. less by -9,5 pct. or by -375,3 thou. tn if to compare with the corresponding period of 2012. The cargo han dling turnover in Klaipėda Port in July of 2013 reached 2,6 mln. tn, i.e. less by -12,1 pct. or by -369,2 thou. tn. 0,9 mln. tn, i.e. less by -0,7 pct. or by -6,1 thou. tn of cargo were han dled at Būtingės terminal, said in the compan y's press release.
- Raw an d processed minerals, construction materials (249,8 thou. tn were han dled, the chan ge was +47,1 pct. or +79,9 thou. tn yoy);
- ore (bulk) ( 110,9 thou. tn were han dled, the chan ge was +49,9 pct. or +36,9 thou. tn yoy);
- oil products ( 663,3 thou. tn were han dled, the chan ge was +3,8 pct. or +24,6 thou. tn yoy);
- natural an d chemical fertilizers (bulk) ( 523,5 thou. tn were han dled, the chan ge was -39,8 pct. or -345,9 thou. tn yoy)were the categories of cargo that made the greatest impact on cargo han dling turnover in July of the current year.
