Cargo transshipment down 18% yoy in Klaipeda port
The cargo turnover dropped to 8 million tonnes at the port of Klaipeda in January-March 2023, down 18% year-on-year.
The cargo turnover dropped to 8 million tonnes at the port of Klaipeda in January-March 2023, down 18% year-on-year.
As many as 136 wagons (two trains on a 1520 mm track gauge and two trains on a 1435 mm track gauge) were transferred daily through the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) border crossing as of May 2.
About 136 wagons (one train on a 1520 mm track gauge and one train on a 1435 mm track gauge) were transferred daily through the Vadul-Siret – Dornesti (Romania) border crossing as of April 18, while as many as 541 wagons were waiting in a queue (down 69 units over the week).
In summer 2022, the risk of a shortage of natural gas during the period of low temperatures forced the Moldavian authorities to take a decision to enable S.A. Termoelectrica, the main producer of electricity and heat in the country, to step up the use of mazut.
In the first quarter of this year, the port complex of Szczecin – Świnoujście handled 9.39 million t of various cargoes, which is 13% more compared to the same period last year.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne