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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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Cargo turnover in March more than 3 million tons

19.04.2011

In March 2011, Ventspils port transshipped more than 3 million tons of cargo. Compared with March last year, the total cargo turnover at the port increased by 20, 45%. The data of this year’s quarter shows that the turnover of the port is similar to last year`s first quarter. 

Already in February data indicated a tendency towards increasing the amount of cargoes at the port of Ventspils. In March this year the total cargo turnover of Ventspils port were 3.047 million tons, an increase of 866 thousand tones more than in February and for 522 thousand tones or 20.45% over march last year. The last time more than 3 million tons were transshipped per month in March, 2007 (3.123), and prior to that only in April 2002 (3.203). The largest cargo volume at the Ventspils free port in the March traditionally was to the oil cargo (1.465 million tons), up by 15.9% over February.
In March 180 vessels came in the port of Ventspils and that is about 18 vessels more, than in March last year. Total in this year’s first quarter 463 vessels came in the Ventspils port, and that is for 17 vessels more than last year.
During first quarter in total 3.938 million tons of liquid cargo were transshiped, 2.588 million tons of bulk cargo and 634 million thousand tons of general cargo. Although the total bulk cargo volume in the third quarter comparing with last year’s first quarter, slightly decreased (about 2.27%) , port of Ventspils in March reached a new bulk cargo volume – 1.306 million tons. So far the best bulk cargo rate was in February 2005. (1.004 million tons). Total cargo turnover in the port of Ventspils in the first quarter was 7.160 million tons, which is similar with a period before year, decreased only for 0.67%. 

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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