en.Wedoany.com Reported - From January to May 2026, the Port of HaminaKotka handled 5.29 million tons of cargo, down 11.5% year-on-year.

Total exports reached 3.62 million tons, down 14.4% year-on-year. Declines in dry bulk, sawn timber, wood pulp, paper, and general cargo weighed on overall performance. Export dry bulk volume fell 22.1% to 1.05 million tons; paper exports dropped 10.8% to 865,105 tons.

Imports totaled 1.67 million tons, down 4.4% year-on-year. Among these, log imports fell 23.8% to 543,788 tons, and general cargo imports decreased 5.5% to 192,359 tons. However, liquid bulk imports rose 9.3% to 535,258 tons, and dry bulk imports increased 13.1% to 235,153 tons.

In May alone, the port handled 1.18 million tons of cargo, including 786,951 tons of exports and 391,878 tons of imports.

In the first five months of this year, transit traffic volume fell 23.1% to 1.08 million tons. However, coastal traffic surged 209.1% to 32,326 tons.

From January to May, container throughput reached 270,658 TEUs, down 4.7% year-on-year. Vessel calls also declined, with 773 ships calling at the port during the period, compared to 947 in the same period last year.

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