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26.66mt handled in I-IX 2022 (+7.5% yoy) 767,365 TEUs handled in I-IX 2022 (+60.7% yoy)
Tonnage-wise, the handling of liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose the most – by 885kt to 3.01mt (an increase of 41.5% year-on-year).
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The Port of Szczecin-Świnoujście’s volumes [thousand tonnes]
I-IX 2022 yoy
General cargo (excl. timber), of which Wheeled (ferry) cargo 13,391.7 10,950.3 -2.0% -1.3%
Liquid bulk, of which LNG 5,015.6 3,015.2 +31.5% +41.5%
Coal Other dry bulk Iron ore 2,608.6 +21.9% 2,331.0 +4.6% 1,888.4 +29.9%
Grains Timber 1,262.7 -8.7% 165.5 +53.2%
Total
Container traffic 26,663.5 +7.5%
TEUs 54,140 -15.4% General cargo turnover, in total, amounted to 13.57mt, noting a yearon-year increase of 13.9%. Liquid bulk throughput also rose – by 14% yoy to 5.88mt. On the other hand, the handling of dry bulk contracted by 53.5% yoy, down to 7.67mt. Klaipėda’s January-September 2022 cargo traffic totted up to 27.13mt (-19.3% yoy).
The Port of Turku:
2.31m passengers served in I-X 2022 (+109% yoy)
On the freight side, the Finnish seaport handled 1.78mt over 2022’s ten months, down 12.5% year-on-year. International cargo traffic contracted by 11.6% yoy to 1.72mt, while cabotage by 33.5% yoy to 53.9kt. Some 88.8k trucks & trailers went through Turku’s quays (-14.7% yoy). The port also took care of 2,221 TEUs (-16.7% yoy).
The Port of HaminaKotka:
11.93mt handled in international & domestic traffic in I-IX 2022 (+8.8% yoy)
Exports totalled 8.11mt (-1.9% year-on-year), imports – 3.27mt (+24.7% yoy), while cabotage added the remaining 545kt (+601% yoy). The Finnish seaports also took care of more containers, up 2.1% yoy to 462,952 TEUs.
Finnlines:
572k ro-ro cargo units carried in I-IX 2022 (-1.9% yoy)
Photo: Port of Szczecin-Świnoujście
The Port of Liepāja:
5.65mt handled in I-IX 2022 (+11.6% yoy)
Dry bulk, the Latvian seaport’s leading trade, advanced by 10.8% yearon-year to 3.69mt. General cargo turnover came in second with 1.69mt (+29.4% yoy), followed by 236.6kt of liquid bulk (-37.4% yoy). Some 52.9k trucks & trailers went through Liepāja’s quays (+25.9% yoy) – counting 22t per one ro-ro cargo unit (the country’s average for 2021 wheeled traffic) – and 10,847 TEUs (+25.2% yoy). The Latvian seaport also served 71,512 passengers over 2022’s first three quarters (+118.2% yoy). The company’s fleet also transported 1,084kt non-unitised freight, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year. Fewer vehicles (excluding passenger cars) were carried, down 20.2% yoy to 99k. More passengers travelled with Finnlines in January-September 2022, up 17.1% on the corresponding period last year.
The Port of Riga:
17.31mt handled in I-IX 2022 (+13.3% yoy)
Dry bulk handling rose the most – by 27.6% year-on-year to 10.41mt, followed by general cargo, which advanced by 5.5% yoy to 5.76mt. On the other hand, liquid bulk contracted by 31.6% yoy to 1.14mt. Riga’s container terminals took care of 350,093 TEUs (+13.8% yoy). The Latvian seaport welcomed 73.3k cruise travellers (vs 2,005 in I-IX 2021).
The Swedish seaport’s rail container traffic advanced even faster – by 13.2% year-on-year to 385k TEUs. At the same time, 426k ro-ro cargo units and 155k vehicles went through Gothenburg’s quays, up by 1.4% yoy and down by 18.4% yoy, respectively. Bulk turnover totted 16.68mt (+12.1% yoy), of which liquid amounted to 16.4mt (+11.6% yoy) and dry – 284kt (+55.2% yoy). Some 1.2m ferry & cruise passengers were served in the reported period (+121% yoy).
The company’s three facilities in the Port of Hamburg took care of 4,605k TEUs (-2.3% year-on-year), while the three outside Germany – the remaining 264k TEUs (-41.7% yoy). On the other hand, HHLA’s intermodal division transported more containers January-throughSeptember 2022, up 0.9% yoy to 1,266k TEUs. Rail accounted for 1,054k (+3.3% yoy) and road for 211k (-9.4% yoy).
Photo: Thies Rätzke /HHLA
The Finnish seaport’s leading trade, unitised freight, advanced by 6.2% year-on-year to 9.6mt, including 6.71mt of wheeled cargo (+8.3% yoy) and 2.9mt of containerised goods (+1.5% yoy). Helsinki also took care of 1.02mt of dry bulk (+8.7% yoy) and 702.5kt of break-bulk (+32.5% yoy). The port’s international cargo traffic totted up 11.34mt (+7.3% yoy), of which exports – 5.94mt (+3.3% yoy) and imports – 5.41mt (+12.1% yoy). Cabotage added 79.6kt (+75.6% yoy). A total of 530,499 trucks & trailers went through Helsinki’s quays (+8.3% yoy). At the same time, the port handled 365,144 TEUs (+2% yoy). Helsinki’s ferry passenger traffic amounted to 6,005,676 travellers (+156% yoy): 4,771,081 to & from Tallinn (+131% yoy), 1,050,131 – Stockholm (+741% yoy), 122,247 – Travemünde (+56.2% yoy), 32,459 – Mariehamn (-50.5% yoy), and 29,758 classified as “others” (+90% yoy). Ferries serving Helsinki’s traffic also transported 1,088,540 private vehicles (+64.9% yoy). The port welcomed 160,030 cruise guests (+2,360% yoy).
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