According to comprehensive news from Worldway: On July 15, the cargo volume of Latvian ports in the first half of 2014 was 39.38 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.6% (compared to 36.90 million tons in the same period of 2013). Among them, the Port of Riga handled 20.17 million tons, an increase of 15.9%; the Port of Ventspils handled 15.70 million tons, a decrease of 3.8%; and the Port of Liepaja handled 2.67 million tons, an increase of 7.3%.
In the first half of this year, the largest volume of cargo handled by Latvian ports was bulk cargo, at over 18 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%; liquid cargo was 15 million tons, an increase of 9.4%; and general cargo was 6 million tons, remaining flat compared to last year.
In the first half of 2014, the total railway cargo volume in Latvia was 30.80 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%, of which transit cargo volume through ports was 25.60 million tons, an increase of 7.8%.
In the first half of this year, the total transit cargo volume in Latvia was 26.60 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%, while domestic railway cargo volume was 403,300 tons, a decrease of 7.6%.
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