In the first six months of the current year, 3.7 million tons of cargo were handled in the Port of Liepaja, i.e. by 2.6% more than in the corresponding period of 2023. The dry-bulk cargo volumes account for 65.9% of the entire cargo throughput during the aforementioned period. Indeed, as before, the transshipped dry-bulk cargo constitute the largest volumes in the Port of Liepaja also now, despite that the shipments of, for instance, grain and other cereal products (1.7 million tons) show a minor decrease of 1.3%, as compared to the first half of the previous year, and the cement volumes (275 800 tons) have decreased by 20.2%, as compared to the relevant time period of the year 2023. As opposed to the slight decrease in certain dry-bulk cargo segments, for instance, the volumes of transshipped woodchips (251 700 tons) in the first six months of the current year have grown by 50%, as compared to that of the previous year. The transshipped breakbulk cargo (1.1. million tons) currently rank second (30.6%), showing an increase by 13.4%, as compared to the overall cargo volumes of this segment in the first six months of the year 2023. The volumes of Ro-Ro cargo (880 600 tons) show an increase of 13.4%, as compared to the corresponding period of 2023. Due to various reasons - mainly the geopolitical situation - the volumes of liquid-bulk cargo (129 700 tons) in the Port of Liepaja currently account for just about 3.5% of the entire cargo throughput, or by 19.1% less than in the previous year. The Port of Liepaja is the third largest port in Latvia in terms of transshipped cargo.
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