In October y-o-y, handling volumes rose 24.9% to 4.34 mln tons, the port's authority said.
Positive results were recorded in all cargo groups, with the largest increased recorded in the handling of general cargo, determined by increases in the handling of container and ro-ro ships.
Handling of general cargo was up 40.4% to 1.55 mln tons. Volumes of bulk cargo were 16.6 % to 1.864 mln tons. Handling of liquid cargo increased 19.8 % to 925,400 tons.
The volumes of containers handled in Klaipeda have already exceeded last year's figures, Vaitkus noted.
5,651 ships arrived in Klaipeda over the period, up 3.7%, or 200 ships, y-o-y.
