Increase in container handling in the port of Koper
On the basis of the Rules of Ljubljana Stock Exchange and the Financial Instruments Market Act RS, Luka Koper d.d. published the maritime throughput and revenues (incomplete data) for the January – June 2018 period.The cargo statistics show an increase on almost all cargo segments, except for liquid and dry bulk cargo. Container traffic reached 487.674 TEUs, which means an increase of 6 per cent compared to the first six months of 2017.
Cars handled at the terminal of the Adriatic port increased by 17 per cent to 408.855 units or 612.397 tonnes. Total throughput remained stable at 11.9 million tonnes.
| Cargo throughput (tons) | Jan – Jun 2018 | Jan – Jun 2017 | Index 18/17 |
| General cargo | 771.642 | 678.220 | 114 |
| Containers | 4.687.077 | 4.615.913 | 102 |
| Cars | 612.397 | 523.983 | 117 |
| Liquid cargoes | 1.711.804 | 1.870.080 | 92 |
| Dry bulk cargoes | 4.198.249 | 4.253.858 | 99 |
| Total | 11.981.170 | 11.942.054 | 100 |
| Cargo throughput (in units) | Jan – Jun 2018 | Jan – Jun 2017 | Index 18/17 |
| Containers (TEU) | 487.674 | 459.967 | 106 |
| Cars (units) | 408.855 | 348.445 | 117 |
| Net sales revenues of Luka Koper, d.d. | Jan – Jun 2018 | Jan – Jun 2017 | Index 18/17 |
| (in 000 EUR) | 111.616* | 105.543 | 106 |
The Port of Koper is located on the south coast of the Gulf of Trieste, in the republic of Slovenia, capital Ljubljana. There are 10 terminals in the port area with a total quay length of 3,300 meters. 10 terminals with a total quay length of 3,300 meters specialising in handling and warehousing various types of goods, such as containers, general cargo, foodstuffs, light-perishable goods, livestock, RO-RO, timber, dry bulk and liquid cargoes.