The Liepaja SEZ cargo turnover did not change much in March compared to February. The port operators all together handled about 637,000 t of cargo (up 2% month-on-month or up 13,000 t against February).
The overall cargo turnover rose by 97,000 t to 3.3 million t at the port of Klaipeda in March 2024 compared with February. This is mainly due to increased transshipment in the Klaipeda State Seaport (up 93,000 t to 2.7 million t).
Amid the blocking of the border with Poland, Global Ocean Link offers inter- and multimodal container transportation services for both exports and imports.
Since its launch on August 8, 2023, as many as 1,286 vessels have used the Ukrainian Navy’s temporary corridor sailing to/from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
On April 3, for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale war, a container ship called at one of the ports of Greater Odesa. On the same day, the Panamanian-flagged T Mare vessel left the port via the Ukrainian Navy’s temporary corridor in the opposite direction to Constanta.
As part of the Chornotysiv Terminal project (Zakarpattia region), the installation of elevator equipment for storing and handling grain, vegetable oil and containers has been completed.
The stevedoring companies of the Liepaja SEZ all together handled about 624,000 t of various types of cargo in February (down 10% month-on-month or 69,000 t from January).
The Riga Freeport announced a 299,000 t slump in the February transshipment to 1.4 million t compared with January.
The cargo turnover dropped by 876,000 t to 3.2 million t at the port of Klaipeda in February. In particular, the Klaipeda State Seaport reported a decrease of 500,000 t to 2.6 million t in the overall transshipment volume in February compared with January, while the handling volume sagged by 376,000 t to 590,000…… Read more »
Amid the blocking of checkpoints on the western border because of strikes and exporters’ problems with logistics, PJSC “Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company” (UDP) offers alternative routes from Ukraine to the EU: the company will form container caravans for transportation on the Middle and Upper Danube.