2009 09 07

The biggest monthly cargo turnover in Klaipeda port in 2009

The biggest growth rates during January-August this year were reached in handling agricultural products (+277,7 thousand tons, difference +36,0 percent), bulk peat (+160,3 thousand tons, difference +3,1 times) and packed fertilizers  (+14,6 thousand tons, difference +6,0 percent, comparing to January-August 2008.

2,46 million tons of cargo was handled during August 2009, i.e. by +1,2 percent more than during August last year. It is not only the biggest monthly turnover this year, but for the first time it is bigger than monthly turnover during 2008.

Cargo turnover in Klaipėda port during August 2008 and 2009

Cargo	Handling		2009 / 2008,
	2008 August	2009 August	%
Total (t):	2.430.705,3	2.458.802,7	101,2
Liquid cargo	895.669,0	904.316,4	101,0
Bulk and dry bulk cargo	719.447,0	927.438,2	128,9
General cargo	815.589,2	627.048,1	76,9

During the last summer month of 2009 stevedoring volumes of liquid cargo were by 1,2 percent bigger than during January-August 2008. During August this year the turnover of bulk and dry bulk cargo increased by 28,9 percent, and general cargo volumes decreased by  23,1 percent, comparing to August 2008.

The growth of the stevedoring volumes of liquid cargo further on is predetermined by oil products handling (during August 2009, 768,4 thousand tons were handled, during August 2008 - 723,5 thousand tons, difference +44,9 thousand tons).

Comparing August 2009 and 2008 among the types of bulk cargo, as the Belarus transit fertilizers volumes going to India have increased there increased stevedoring volumes of bulk cargo (+306,8 thousand tons, 635,4 thousand tons were handled, difference +1,9 times) in Klaipėda port. The growth was observed in stevedoring volumes of agricultural products (+35,8 thousand tons, 131,3 thousand tons were handled, difference +37,5 percent). During August this year 38,7 thousand tons of peat was handled and in August 2008 there was no peat at all. During the last summer month of 2009 there mostly decreased stevedoring volumes of minerals and building materials (-78,5 thousand tons, 57,1 thousand tons were handled, difference -57,9 percent), scrap metal (-37,8 thousand tons, 24,8 thousand tons were handled, difference -60,4 percent) and raw sugar (-25,4 thousand tons, 24,1 thousand tons were handled, difference -51,3 percent), comparing to August last year.