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“Our main objective is to diversify the flow of cargo, thus minimizing the impact of market fluctuations on port cargo and rail transport. To achieve this goal, the list of countries that transport cargo by Lithuanian railways via from the port of Klaipeda, and the search for shippers is underway, “Loreta Maskaliovienė told BNS.
According to her, Lithuania’s freight forwarding market is currently diversified and adapted to various freight flows.
“Competition is high, but both the stevedoring companies operating in the port of Klaipeda and the rail carriers seek to offer competitive prices and services, attract new customers and enter into long-term contracts with carriers, thus ensuring a constant flow of cargo. “, He said.
About 10 million. The head of the Klaipeda port, which loads tons of Belarusian fertilizers, says the loss of these cargoes would create challenges for the port, but alternatives would be sought.
“Of course, if the new fertilizer terminal built in Ust Luga were dedicated to the cargo that is loaded today through the port of Klaipeda, the loss would be significant. About a third of Belarusian cargo is handled at the Klaipeda port, and most of it is bulk cargo, which could possibly be handled at the Ust Luga port, “Algis Latakas told BNS.
In his opinion, the new Russian terminal would be too far away and it would not be economically profitable for Belarus to transport fertilizers to it, so rail services should be subsidized.
Belaruskalij, a Belarusian fertilizer manufacturer, has a 30 percent stake. shares of one of the largest port stowage companies Bulk Cargo Terminal (BKT). The rest is owned by businessman Igor Udovickis.
In early March, I. Udovickis told BNS that last year the handling volume of potash fertilizers at BKT had increased by 800 thousand. tons (in 2019, the company handled 10 million tons), promises to further increase cargo handling this year, and has plans to expand. BKT executives previously told BNS that the terminal’s annual capacity is expected to increase to 16 million in the future. heaps.
Russia’s federal shipping and river shipping agency announced plans Tuesday to build a Belarusian fertilizer terminal in the port of Ust-Luga. Andrei Lavrishchev, the head of Rosmorreflflot, said its exact location had not yet been chosen; its location and size were expected to be decided by the summer.
Belarus has basically stopped exporting petroleum products through Klaipeda since this year, and they are now loaded by Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland.
Last year, Belarusian authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko repeatedly threatened that his country would refuse to use the port of Klaipeda, through which mainly potassium fertilizers and petroleum products were exported.
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