Cargo turnover at the port of Klaipeda in January – October
Nov 06 2006
Cargoes | Turnover | 2006 / 2005, | |
2005 01-10 | 2006 01-10 | % | |
Total (t): | 17 701 252.9 | 19 416 376.1 | 109.7 |
Liquid cargoes | 5 851 484.3 | 6 923 465.6 | 118.3 |
Dry and bulk cargoes | 5 950 764.3 | 6 046 997.6 | 101.6 |
General cargoes | 5 899 004.2 | 6 445 912.9 | 109.3 |
Containers (TEU) | 175 534 | 185 454 | 105.7 |
Ro-ro cargoes (units) | 136 811 | 168 874 | 123.4 |
Ships | 6 802 | 6 422 | 94.4 |
Passengers, including: | 190 830 | 211 938 | 111.1 |
Cruise ship passengers | 24 107 | 25 014 | 103.8 |
Būtingė Terminal | 4 901 234.7 | 5 087 778.1 | 103.8 |
In January through October 2006 Klaipeda Port handled 19,42 million tones of cargo, which is higher by +9,7 percent in comparison to the corresponding period of 2005.
The highest growth rates recorded in ten months of this year are in handling of bulk fertilizers (+29.9 percent, ro-ro units (+23.4 percent) and oil products (+21.8 percent) in relation to the same period of 2005.
Cargo Handling at the Port of Klaipeda in October 2006
Cargoes | Turnover | 2006 / 2005, | |
2005 | 2006 | % | |
Total (t): | 1 849 181.5 | 1 883 762.0 | 101.9 |
Liquid cargoes | 609 856.4 | 551 355.1 | 90.4 |
Dry and bulk cargoes | 596 793.3 | 542 891.7 | 91.0 |
General cargoes | 642 531.8 | 789 515.2 | 122.9 |
The higher growth rate was checked by the fire at AB “Mažeikių nafta“on 12 October, as a result of which oil product handling amounts decreased. The company’s export quantities through the port of Klaipeda went down, as the light oil products processed by the company in Mažeikiai are mostly supplied to the markets of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Growth of liquid cargoes resulted from increasing oil products handling (in the first ten months of 2005 amount of oil handled stood at 4.78 million tons while in January-October 2006 – 5.82 million tons, change +21,8 percent).
Increased cargo flows of bulk fertilizers, scrap metal and peat had a major impact on growth of bulk and dry cargo handling. In January-October this year Klaipeda port handled 3.02 million tons (figure for 2005 was 2.32 million tons) of bulk fertilizers, an increase of +29.9 percent, and 0.57 million tons (figure for 2005 was 0.53 million tons) of metal scrap, an increase of + 7.9 percent.
The container handling (TEU), which increased in the three last months, made it possible to surpass the total handling amount for the ten months in relation to the previous year. In October this year 21.1 thousand TEU was handled, which is the highest monthly rate in 2006.
Increase of Ro-ro units (change + 23.4 percent) was generated by growth of handling of trailers, highway freighters and trucks in the port of Klaipeda
In October 2006, turnover of ro-ro units (gross) and metal handling was the highest in the tenth months of this year. Turnover of ro-ro units was 380 thousand tones, while that of the latter 71,7 thousand tones. Growth of the mentioned cargoes directly influenced the increase of general cargo handling flow.
On 7 October the visit of the cruise ship Boudicca closed the cruise shipping season in the port of Klaipeda. Notwithstanding the decreased number of calls of cruise ships in 2006 (change -18.6 percent in comparison to 2005), however, the numbers of foreign visitors coming on cruise ships increased (change +3.8 percent).
The total number of passengers visiting the port during the first ten months grew by 11.1 percent and amounted to 212 thousand.
E. Kateiva
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