Port of Klaipeda handles 30mlth ton of cargo

Year-to-date (as of Dec.20) the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) has transshipped 30 million tons of cargo, the record high of the port. According to the Port Authority, port of Klaipeda ranks the second Baltic region port, next to the Port of Tallinn, outperforming the ports of Riga and Ventspils.

As an earlier report said, the Klaipeda port’s cargo throughput in Jan-Nov period grew by 13.7% to 28.5 million tons.

State-run Port of Klaipeda, the northernmost ice-free port on the East coast of the Baltic Sea, is the largest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea and inland traffic lanes. Currently, there are 17 stevedores, shipyards, other companies operating at the port and providing ranged forwarding and logistics services. Trade flows via Klaipeda port in 2009 fell by 6.3%, to 27,866 million tons.
(Source:http://en.portnews.ru/)