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Port of Liepaja: 6.59mt handled in 2017 (+16% yoy)

March 02, 2018

The Latvian port chiefly handles dry bulk - a total of almost 4.86mt was taken care of last year, more by 13.7% year-on-year on the 2016 result.

Port of Liepaja's volumes

 

2017

Yoy

Detailed dry bulk handlings
(thousand tonnes)

Grain & grain products

2,509.8

-12.7%

Coal & coke

1,197.3

+160%

Building materials

625.3

+26.0%

Wood chips

260.5

+2.5%

Chemicals, of which

Fertilizers

149.1

70.9

+49.2%

-3.6%

Other

92.7

+28.5%

Peat

10.3

+5.2%

Metals

7.0

-*

Ores

6.6

+66.0%

Total

4,858.5

+13.7%

Detailed general cargo handlings
(thousand tonnes)

Wheeled (ro-ro)

652.3

+31.5%

Timber, of which

Pulp

Sawn timber

470.0

466.9

3.1

+26.9%

+28.3%

-52.4%

Non-ferrous metals

60.9

+25.2%

Containerised

52.7

+44.8%

Machines & equipment

6.4

+968%

Ferrous metals

5.0

-90.8%

Ferrous fusions

4.4

-2.0%

Total

1,251.7

+22.0%

Ro-ro cargo units

39,261

+28.9%

TEU

3,829

+65.6%

Detailed liquids handlings
(thousand tonnes)

Oil products, of which

Diesel

376.1

63.8

+37.5%

+3.8%

Chemicals

64.6

+29.6%

Crude oil

34.2

-37.3%

Other

3.5

+9.4%

Total

478.4

+25.5%

GRAND TOTAL

6,588.6

+16.0%

Pax traffic

Passengers

41,111

+24.6%

* No handlings in 2016

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