OREANDA-NEWS. July 10, 2013. The total throughput of Klaipeda Port and in Butinges terminal in June of 2013 totalled 3,3 mln. tn, i.e. less by  -4,7 % or by 163,5  thou. tn if to compare with the corresponding period of 2012. 

The cargo handling turnover in Klaipeda Port in June of 2013 reached 2,63 mln. tn, (the year-on-year change was  -9,2%  or -265,3 thou. tn), meanwhile 701,0 thou. tn of cargo were handled at  Butinges terminal (+17,0 % or +101,8 thou. tn yoy). 

Cargo handling turnover in Klaipeda Port increased by +2,3 pct. from the beginning of the year (within the period of six months of the current year). The year-on-year change of cargo handling turnover in Riga Seaport constituted -8,8 pct. (within the period of five months of the current year), in the Seaport of Ventspils it was 3,4 pct. (within the period of five months of the current year), in Tallin Seaport it was 8,9 pct. (within the period of five months of the current year) and in the Port of Liepaja  it was 28,9 pct. (within the period of five months of the current year).

- Crude oil  ( 701,0 thou. tn were handled,   +17,0 % or +101,8 thou. tn yoy);

- natural and chemical fertilizers (bulk) ( 618,0 thou. tn were handled, -19,7 % or -151,9 thou. tn
oy);

- oil products (473,9 thou. tn were handled,  -20,7 % or -123,9 thou. tn yoy);

- agriculture products  (142,6 thou. tn were handled, +40,6 % or +41,2 thou. tn yoy) were the categories of cargo that made the greatest impact on cargo handling turnover in June of the current year.