Port of Klaipėda: 22.01mt handled in H1 2018 (+7.1% yoy)

The port's container traffic totalled 310,195 TEUs in the reported period, an increase by 42.1% on the H1 2017 result.

At the same time, ro-ro & ferry freight traffic advanced, too, by 3.2% year-on-year to altogether 94,582 cargo units.

Passenger traffic rose as well, by 3.0% yoy to 165.1k. Out of the total, ferry passengers accounted for 140.9k travellers going through Klaipėda's quays (+4.7% yoy), while the remaining 24.2k came on-board cruise ships (-5.8% yoy). The number of passenger cars in ferry traffic rose by 7.2% yoy to 35,419 vehicles.