"This strong growth is partly attributable to one-off effects such as the recovery of traffic losses due to the Rhine disruption in 2017 and the acquisition of ERS Railways in June 2018," a press release from HUPAC explained.
The Polish seaport noted its new all-time freight high thanks to double-digit increases in the turnover of general cargo, coal and coke, and other dry bulk goods.
The Finish-Swedish ferry line, operating on what's said to be the world's northernmost all year round passenger route (between Vaasa and Umeå), transported last year a total of 212,122 travellers, up by 6.2% on the result from 2017.
The turnover of liquids dropped by 0.4% year-on-year to a total of 23.4mt, while the remaining 17.1mt (-1.2% yoy) were mainly supplied by the handling of general cargo, with a minor addition of dry bulk.