The first half of this year proved to be a mixed bag for the Latvian seaport: while the turnover of liquid bulk advanced by 23.5% year-on-year to 160.3 thousand tonnes, the handling of dry bulk and general cargo both contracted.

Dry bulk totalled 2.26mt (-7.6% yoy), including 1.38mt of grains & cereal products (-18% yoy), 393kt of building materials (+42.5% yoy), and 181.8kt of woodchips (-27.8% yoy).

Turnover of general cargo totted up to 1.02mt (-10% yoy), comprising, among many, 811.6kt of wheeled (ferry) cargo (-7.8% yoy), 162.6kt of timber (-25.3% yoy), and 42.4kt of goods in containers (+61.8% yoy).

With 39,658 ferry travellers, Liepāja's passenger traffic was down 7.6% on the H1 2024 result.