Port of Ventspils

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Port of Ventspils
Port of Ventspils is one of the busiest ports in the Baltic states
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Location
Country	Latvia
Coordinates	57°23′46″N 21°33′44″E / 57.39611°N 21.56222°E / 57.39611; 21.56222
Statistics
Website www.portofventspils.lv

The port of Ventspils^[1] is an Ice-free, deep-water sea port located in Ventspils on Latvia's Baltic coast.^[2] Its total area is 2451.39 hectares. By cargo turnover it is one of the Baltic Sea's busiest ports.^[3]

The port of Ventspils became a multimodal port when the harbour was significantly deepened in 1998, reaching a maximum depth of 17.5 meters in the liquid bulk area. This allowed the accommodation of the largest vessels then operating in the Baltic Sea, including Aframax-size tankers with maximum 130.000 metric tons deadweight (DWT). The dry bulk and general cargo area, with a depth of 16 meters, allows the terminal to accommodate Panamax-type vessels with their load capacities of up to 75.000 DWT.

Cargo turnover of Ventspils port (Latvia) for 5 months in 2016 was decreased on 23% - to 9 million tons. Including 5 months of 2016, the volume of transshipment through the terminal Ventspils Nafta termināls decreased by 27%, via Baltic Coal Terminal fell by 45% to 609 thousand tonnes, through the "Ventspils commercial sea port decreased by 32%, through the terminal Ventamonjaks decreased by 50% to 26 thousand tonnes through the terminal Ventall Termināls was reduced by 60%. Cargo turnover of the terminal Ventbunkers decreased by 3%.^[4]