KLAIPEDA - the only ice free port in the eastern Baltics

 

Alongside the Baltic Sea, on the beautiful west coast of Lithuania lies KLAIPEDA - the only seaport in the country and the only year-round ice-free port in the eastern Baltics. Klaipeda has always stood at the crossroads of trade, tourism and culture. Today it provides a strategic location to serve the markets within Europe and the CIS countries. Its unique geographical position makes Klaipeda a gateway and distribution hub connecting the sea, land, and rail routes from the East and West.

Klaipeda at a Glance

• Population – 190,000
• Average population age – 39.4 years; 60% of residents – 25-69 years of age
• 61% of the population is employed in service, 22% in industry, 10% in construction, 7% in agriculture, forestry and fishing
• International cooperation with Cherepovets (Russia), Qingdao (China), Debrecen (Hungary), Gdynia (Poland), Kaliningrad (Russia), Karlskrona  (Sweden), Koge (Denmark), Cleveland (USA), Kotka (Finland), Kuji (Japan), Leipzig (Germany), Liepaja (Latvia), Lubeck (Germany), Mannheim (Germany), Mogilev (Belarus), Odessa (Ukraine), Rugen (Germany), Szczecin (Poland), North Tyneside (UK)
• Swedish, Russian, Latvian, Polish and Ukrainian consulates in Klaipeda.