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The buoys of the Port of Ventspils are becoming more up-to-date

At the end of the year, the project „Development of Transport and Port Communication Systems” (Trans-Port), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, is winding up. Within the framework of the project, a number of activities aimed at the improvement of the Port of Ventspils communication systems were carried out, and as a result, a part of navigation buoys in the Port of Ventspils and adjacent waters are being equipped with an automatic identification system (AIS).

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Cargo turnover in November increased for 23%

In November 2011 cargo turnover in Freeport of Ventspils was 23%  more than during November last year. After 11 months of 2011 Freeport of Ventspils handled 26 million tons of cargo, which is  14% more than over the same period last year. 
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Cargo turnover at the Port of Ventspils has increased by 6%

In the first seven months of 2011 Ventspils Port handled 16.613 million tons of cargo, which is  6% more than over the same period last year. In July the cargo turnover of the port amounted to 2.132 million tons.  
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Ready for changes in business environment

28.03.2011

Areas worked by Free Port of Ventspils Authority in 2010 are opening a new ferry service, attracting new industries, arranging of infrastructure. Year 2010 was a good year for transhipment of general and bulk cargo.

2010 was a special year with development of a ferry traffic. Ventspils became the center of the ferry traffic in Latvia. Last year the port of Ventspils was joined by a new operator - Finnlines company, providing transportation of passengers and cargo to St. Petersburg and Lübeck in Germany. In its turn, Scandlines, appreciating the interest of passenger and carrier in Ventspils, at the end of 2010 appointed a new, larger-capacity ferry, that can take about 120 trailers and 500 passengers for the line Ventspils - Nynäshamn.In 2010, the number of ferry passengers has increased by 16% in comparison with 2009, number of cars by 29%, cargo by 43%. This year Free port of Ventspils will start the study of interesting tourism region Gotland –Ventspils – Sarema   for ferry line sustainability. Study will be granted by the Interreg fund.
 Despite the post-crisis period 2010 was successful year also in the sphere of industrial development. The company„BAU-HOW Baltic”, subsidiary of theNorwegiancompany"BAU-HOW", started to work in Ventspils. The company is making modules for apartment houses, creating 120 new workplaces. On September  „Dendrolight Latvija”Ltd. opened a new enterprise for  first-ever wooden material Dendrolight in Ventspils. At the end of September Free Port of Ventspils Authority signed the contract with factory of the Spanish-Italian origin of company "Sopena".
In the end of 2010 with  reconstruction of Venta bridge  the realization of the project „Reconstruction of access roads to terminals of Ventspils port” was finished. The realisation of another EU project "Access roads in territory of Ventspils free port for existing terminals and industrial zone” started last year, it means that till 2014 almost 20 million lats will be put in more than 30 objects - building and reconstruction.
The total cargo turnover in the terminals of Ventspils Port in 2010 was 24,8 million tons, that is 6,85 %   less than in 2009. The biggest decrease is in liquid cargoes - about 19 % that is one of the major negative influences on the total cargo turnover of port. In turn the increase, in comparison with last year is observed in the field of bulk cargoes (12 %) and general cargoes (37 %). Decrease in a turn of liquid cargoes, mainly is because of falling of turn in ”Ventspils Nafta"termināls" Ltd. 

Strategy of Ventspils and Free port to diversify business environment in Ventspils have strengthened accent on industry development. In spite of the fact that since 2002 the number of workplaces in terminals decreases, the total number of workplaces in the operating enterprises of Free port has increased because of opening new ones.

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  • Free port of Ventspils authority
  • Jana street 19, Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia
  • Phone: +371 636 22586
  • Fax: +371 636 21297
  • E-mail: marketing@portofventspils.lv