Coal cargo transhipped has increased by 177 times compared to January 2021, and ports have transferred 709.1 thousand tonnes of coal. It is also up 30 thousand tonnes, or 4%, compared to December. In January, the amount of coal transhipped at Riga port was 458.3 thousand tonnes, a 114-fold increase against January last year, while 235.4 thousand tonnes of coal were transhipped at Ventspils port. It is a hundred percent increase compared to a year earlier, the Ministry said.
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The Ministry noted growth trends in the general cargo segment, container cargo, and ferry traffic. 342.5 thousand tonnes of container cargo were transhipped in ports in January, which is 0.8% more than in January last year.
1.88 million tonnes of cargo have been transhipped at Rīga port, which exceeds last January's turnover by 10.5%. Terminals operating at Ventspils Free Port in January 2022 have totaled 1.13 million tonnes of cargo, which is 22% above last year's one-month average.
