OREANDA-NEWS. September 10, 2010. Freight flows through Port of Tallinn (Estonia) in January-August increased 16.6% from the same period in 2009 to 24,228,800 tons, port's container volume rose 13.8% to 100,639 TEUs, the Port Authority press release said.

In Jan-Aug. this year, the port stevedores handled 16, 867,200 tons of liquid bulk cargo (+8% over the same period last year), 3,855,900 tons of bulked cargo (+60.8%) 2,275,400 of tons of Ro-Ro cargo (+32%), the Port of Tallinn statistics said.

In the reporting period 4,904 ships called at the port (at the last year’s level).

Port of Tallinn, ranked the third largest seaport, next to St. Petersburg and Primorsk, on the Baltic Sea, comprises five so-called port zones: Muuga, Old City Harbor, Paljassaare, Paldiski South and Saaremaa. In 2009, freight traffic via Port of Tallinn totaled 31.597.000 tons.