Klaipeda
port sets new freight record in 2017
BC, Vilnius,
03.01.2018.
The Lithuanian
port of Klaipeda set a new cargo handling record in 2017 – reloading nearly 43
million tons of freight, which is an increase of 2016 results by over 7%,
reports LETA/BNS.
"The final
loading results can still change, as some vessels that arrived at the end of
December are still being loaded. In any case, the port has set a new loading
record. This result encourages us to brace up and work to keep the same level
this year," Dovile Ringis, spokeswoman for the port, told BNS.
According to
preliminary results, the port handled 42.99 million tons of freight over 2017,
a rise by 7.1%, from 40.13 million tons, in the year before, which was also a
new record at the time.
In December alone,
the port's handling operations expanded by 13.6% to 3.77 million tons
year-on-year.
Detailed
freight loading results should be published next week.
Riga
Freeport projects 4% turnover drop in 2018; investments - EUR 50 mln
BC, Riga,
02.01.2018.
The Riga
Freeport plans a 4% turnover drop in 2018, and investments in development are
planned at EUR 49.7 million, the port’s representative Vita Gerharde reported
LETA.
She explained
that when planning this year’s budget revenues, a cautious forecast of cargo
turnover was considered, based on plans submitted by stevedore companies.
"The
overall cargo turnover is planned at 30 million tons, which is by 4% lower
compared to last year," said Gerharde.
In line with
the port’s board decision, the port’s administration budget this year is
planned at EUR 43 million.
Riga Freeport
administration this year will continue the launched investment projects in
Krievu Sala and Kundzinsala, said Gerharde.
"The
projects aimed at promoting the port’s competitiveness. Investments this year
will grow more than three times compared to 2017," she said.
As reported, in
the first 11 months of 2017, the Riga Freeport reloaded 31.117 million tons of
cargo, down 6.7% year-on-year.
Riga port is
the largest Latvian port by cargo turnover and passenger numbers.
Cargo
turnover of Ventspils port terminals rose by 7% in 2017
BC, Riga,
05.01.2018.
The terminals
based in the north-western Latvian port of Ventspils reloaded 20.04 million
tons of cargo in 2017, which is 7% more than a year before, the port’s spokeswoman
Inga Ievina told LETA.
In December
2017, the Ventspils port terminals reloaded 1.5 million tons of cargo in what
was the best monthly cargo turnover result in half a year.
The steepest
annual growth in 2017 was recorded in the segment of coal cargos and the
traffic of ro-ro cargos continued to show steady growth as well.
The port’s spokeswoman
informed that Stena Lina ferry operator continued to raise the turnover of both
cargos and passengers carried via Ventspils. In 2017, the company set a new
record of ferry passengers as 209,894 people were carried on the Ventspils-
Nynashamn ferry line, which is a 30% increase against 2016. The turnover of
ro-ro cargos on the ferry line grew 17% year-on-year to 2.1 million tons in
2017.
While some of
the terminals operating at the Freeport of Ventspils managed to increase their
cargo turnover last year, others continued to see a decline in cargo traffic.
Kalija Parks was the least active terminal in Ventspils as it only reloaded
206,000 tons of cargo in 2017, which means that it was using 3% of its
reloading capacity, or nearly 50% less than in 2016, the port’s representatives
said.
Ventspils is
Latvia’s second largest port by cargo turnover.
