In January-October, the Freeport of Riga handled 17.26 million tons of cargo, down by 13.3% YoY.
According to the port’s statistics, handing of grain increased by 0.8%, to 2,150,500 tons, ore – by 13.6%, to 576,600 tons, wood pellets – by 3%, to 1,797,900 tons, sawn timber – by 84%, to 500,900 tons, and timber – by 26.1%, to 2,285,800 tons, while coal and coke handling fell by 83%, to 437,900 tons, chemicals – by 11.5%, to 1.102 million tons, wood chips – by 33.4%, to 637,600 tons, and oil products – by 17.1%, to 1,856,100 tons.
The port’s container throughput fell by 7.5%, to 347,594 TEU.
Passengers traffic plunged by 99.3%, to 2.005 million people. (PortNews/Business World Magazine)