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The Free Port of Ventpils ranking high in an international survey of economic zones

The Free Port of Ventpils has participated in the survey „ Global Free Zones of the Future 2010/2011” organised by the popular British newspaper „Financial Times” publication fDi Magazine and constituting a comprehensive comparison and evaluation of free zones from the whole world.

Signing the contract on implementation of the EU Structural Funds project for "Bucher Schoerling Baltic" Ltd project

On Tuesday, March 30th, at the "Bucher Schoerling Baltic" Ltd factory (at 105 Ganibu Str., Ventspils) there was signed a contract on implementation of the EU Structural Funds project for the "Bucher Schoerling Baltic" Ltd project “Bucher Schoerling Baltic" Ltd Engineering Factory Development Project for Manufacturing Higher Value Added Products” within the activity “High Added Value Investments”.

A contract on implementation of the EU Structural Funds project for "BAU-HOW Baltic” Ltd project was signed

On Friday, March 26th, at the "BAU-HOW Baltic" Ltd factory (at 27 Rūpniecibas Str., Ventspils) there was signed a contract on implementation of the EU Structural Funds project for the "BAU-HOW Baltic" Ltd project “Industrial Manufacturing of Building Modules” within the activity “High Added Value Investments”.

Terminals of the Free Port of Ventspils

Liquid cargo terminals

Liquid cargo area has 9 berths ranging in depth between 11.5 and 17.5 m. These berths can accommodate AFRAMAX type vessels of 150 000 DWT.
 

Ventspils Nafta Terminal LTD. is the largest Baltic Sea Region oil and petroleum product transshipment terminal operating in port’s liquid cargo area. Crude oil and petroleum products are received by pipeline and railways. The tank farm of the enterprise exceeds 1 million cubic metres, and the clients of the company can store their products in case there is no immediate transshipment possibility (due to weather conditions), or in expectation of better market price. The service package of the company also includes chemical analysis of oil and petroleum products in the company laboratory.
 

Address:
75 Talsu Street,
Ventspils, LV-3602, Latvia
Tel.: +371 6366 4090
Fax: +371 6362 4341
e-mail: terminals@vnt.lv
 

JSC Ventbunkers handles various light and dark petroleum products, in addition offering forwarding and ballast/bilge water collection services. The storage capacity of the terminal is 275 000 m3, and transshipment intensity reaches up to 10 mln t/year.
 

Address:
29 Sanatorijas Street,
Ventspils, LV-3602, Latvia
Tel.: +371 6360 2501
Fax: +371 6360 2504
e-mail: ventbunkers@ventbunkers.lv
 

JSC Ventamonjaks is one of the largest Baltic Sea Region terminals for handling chemical products. The main types of cargo handled by the company include ammonia, different spirits, methanol, oils, as well as petrochemicals, which can be stored at the company using its vast storage capacities. Company also provides ballast and bilge water treatment.
 

Address:
66 Dzintaru Street,
Ventspils, LV-3602, Latvia
Tel.: +371 6366 0902
Fax: +371 6366 0831
e-mail: sekretare@ventamonjaks.lv
 

Baltic Juice Terminal is a modern terminal for the transhipment and storage of fruit juice concentrates. The throughput capacity of terminal is 200 000 tons per year and it can store 11 000 tons.

 

Address:

"OVERSEAS Estates" Ltd.
3A Dzintaru Street,
Ventspils, LV-3602, Latvia
Tel.: +371 6363 4577
Fax: +371 6363 4566
e-mail: akozlov@overseasestates.lv

 


 

Dry bulk cargo terminals
 

 

JSC Ventspils Commercial Port is specializing in transshipment of wide range of general cargos. The following cargoes are handled by the berths of the company: metals, coal, ferro-alloys, grain, raw sugar, etc. The storage capacity of the terminal amounts to 200 000 m3.
 

Address:

22 Dzintaru Street,

Ventspils, LV-3602, Latvia

Tel.: +371 6366 8706

Fax: +371 6366 8860

e-mail: vcp@vto.lv

 

JSC Kalija Parks is the largest fertilizer transshipment terminal in Europe, which handles approximately 20% of world potash trade. 2 PANAMAX type vessels (up to 75 000 DWT) can be simultaneously loaded by the berths of the terminal. The overall storage capacity of the company is 120 000 tons, and the future plans envisage its increase by additional 70 000 tons.
 

Address:
41 Dzintaru Street,
Ventspils, LV-3602, Latvia
Tel.: +371 6366 8620
Fax: +371 6362 5345
e-mail: director@kp.lv
 

JSC Ventspils Grain Terminal is a specialised grain warehousing and transshipment port terminal with calculated annual handling capacities reaching 2,5 mln. tonnes. The total storage capacities at once are 72 000 tonnes of grain. At the specialised deepwater berth of the terminal it is possible to accomodate a PANAMAX type vessel with 75 000 DWT. Loading speed of the terminal capacities reach 1 500 tonnes per hour.
 

Address:
15 Dzintaru Street,
Ventspils, LV-3602, Latvia
Tel.: +371 6366 8802
Fax: +371 6366 8850
e-mail: vgt@vgt.lv


JSC Baltic Coal Terminal is a closed storage coal terminal with the capacity of 6 million tons per year. It uses the most up-to-date coal handling technologies and has sealed warehouses to rule out environmental pollution. Such technical solutions in the Baltic States are used for the first time. The warehouses can store up to 210 thousand tons of coal. JSC Baltic Coal Terminal can accommodate the largest ships entering the Baltic Sea – ships with the dead-weight of up to 120,000 tons.

 

Address:
39B Dzintaru Street,
Ventspils, LV-3602, Latvia
Tel.: +371 6363 4000
Fax: +371 6363 4001
e-mail: info@balticcoal.com

 


 

General cargo terminals
 

 

Noord Natie Ventspils Terminals LTD.

is the most up-to-date terminal of the Baltic Sea region in terms of equipment. Belgian – Latvian joint venture is equipped with the state-of-art loading/unloading and terminal facilities. After the completion of 1st stage of terminal construction its capacity reaches 250 000 TEU.

  

Address:
7 Plosta Street,
Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia
Tel.: +371 6360 7300
Fax: +371 6360 7301
e-mail: nnvt@nnvt.lv
 

Ventplac LTD. is offering cargo transshipment and storage services. Current throughput amounts of the company are 0.5 mln tons, however the maximum capacity is twice as big. Wood materials are delivered to the port via roads and railroad, then it is further exported to Sweden, Finland, Norway and UK using the vessels ranging between 0.5 to 4.5 DWT. Ventplac LTD. also transships woodchips and peat. Woodchips are mainly exported to Sweden, and peat is transported to the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
 

Address:
2 Pramju Street,
Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia
Tel.: +371 6362 2388
Fax: +371 6368 0205
e-mail: ventplac@ventplac.lv

Contacts

Contacts

  • 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