Port of Kiel on course for growth
The Port of Kiel is on course for growth after upping handling in both the cargo and passenger sectors by nearly 2% in the first half of 2016.
The port's various quay and terminal facilities handled 3.1 million tons of incoming and outgoing cargo – an increase of 1.8% over the same period of last year - while in the passenger sector 886,000 people disembarked or boarded a ferry or a cruise ship in the port – a rise of 1.9%.
Dr Dirk Claus, Managing Director of the Port of Kiel said: "This is a very good result, especially considering that the Port of Kiel recorded an above-average increase in its core business – ferry services to Scandinavia and into the Baltic".
The biggest volume increases in the first half year were recorded on the Kiel - Klaipeda ferry service as a result of the introduction of a seventh weekly departure by DFDS.
Aug 09 2016
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