Port of Tallinn the fastest growing port in Eastern Baltic
21.10.2010, 09:17Port of Tallinn was the fastest-growing port in Eastern Baltic by its nine-months cargo handling, according to figures reported by The Lithuania Tribune.
In comparison of nine-month 2010 results with the nine months of 2009, Port of Tallinn increased its cargo turnover 16.8% from 23.3 million tons to 27.2 million tons.
Second-fastest growth (16%) was posted by Ust-Luga in Russia that handled 8.3 million tons of cargo, up from 7.1 million tons a year earlier.
Ust-Luga was followed by St. Petersburg that increased cargo handling 15% growth from 37 million tons to 42.5 million tons.
Fourth by growth was Klaipeda that gained 11.8% from 20.1 million tons to 22.5 million tons.
Ljepaja in Latvia managed to grow 0.4% from 3.15 million tons to 3.16 million tons, while Riga was down 0.2% from 22.36 million tons to 22.32 million tons, Primorsk fell 2% from 58.7 million tons to 57.7 million tons, Ventspils fell 8.5% from 20.7 million tons to 18.9 million tons, Vyborg was down 6% from 0.8 million to 0.7 million tons.
Data for Kaliningrad was not available.
Link to the original: http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/10/19/review-of-cargo-turnover-results-at-the-klaipeda-port-and-other-ports-of-eastern-baltic/