With 2.4 million tonnes, a year-over-year increase of 66.5%, liquid bulk topped the Latvian seaport's cargo traffic in the first six months of 2025.

Wheeled (ferry) cargo came in second, totalling 808kt (+20.6% yoy).

Coal transshipment from Kazakhstan totted up to 656kt (+ 22.7% yoy).

"Historically, the Port of Ventspils was developed as a hub for large-scale fossil fuel cargo, with powerful terminals for the handling of oil products and coal. Any geopolitical fluctuations in this cargo transit have a direct and significant impact on Ventspils. It is gratifying that some terminals have managed to restructure their operating models, replacing the historical East-West transit with a model based on ship-to-ship cargo import, storage, processing, and export," commented Igors Udodovs, the seaport's Acting CEO.

He furthered, "At the same time, we continue to move forward so that the Port of Ventspils can expand from its traditional fossil energy transit role to an energy port concept, with a strong emphasis on renewable energy in the broadest sense of the term. We are currently focused on developing an oversized cargo logistics corridor from Ventspils, which will play a crucial role in the development of wind parks in the Baltic States."