Port operator Luka Koper generated EUR 152.85m in net sales revenue in 2014, which was 12% more than the year before, according to unaudited preliminary data released by the company on Thursday.

Photo: Luka KoperMoreover, transshipment of cargo reached the highest level in eight years since the start of the economic crisis, climbing 5% to 18.96 million tonnes, the company said in a press release posted online by the Ljubljana Stock Exchange.

Slightly more than 674,000 containers went through Slovenia’s sole sea port last year, which was 12% more than in 2013. The number of transshipped cars was also up 12% to 518,900.

General cargo dropped by 1% to 1.63 million tonnes year-on-year, while the amount of fluid cargo increased by 8% to 3.07 million tonnes and bulk cargo decreased 4% to 6.72 million tonnes.

 

Photo: Luka Koper