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Free Port of Ventspils is a seaport located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea (57° 24' N, 21° 32' E), western part of Latvia. For the first time the Port of Ventspils was mentioned in historical chronicles in 1263. The 17th century saw a rapid growth and dynamic development in the port of Ventspils, with more than 135 ships built in the shipyards of Ventspils and sold to European countries during the rule of Duke Jacob Kettler. Ventspils was an important member of the Hanseatic League, a union of North German trading cities. The next period of a very dynamic growth was at the end of the 19th century, when as part of the Russian Empire the port of Ventspils was the first port of the Baltic Sea to be connected with a railway to Russia’s inland – to the cities of Moscow and Rybinsk. During the rule of Soviet Union Ventspils port evolved as a very important handling centre for oil and oil products and was linked to Russian oil fields with an oil pipeline. Later on, the largest terminals in the world for handling liquid chemicals (ammonia) and potassium salt were constructed and operated in Ventspils. Nowadays the Free Port of Ventspils is a deepwater port, which is ice-free all year round. According to cargo turnover the Free Port of Ventspils is the largest Latvian port, one of the leading ports of the Baltic Sea, and among the top 20 European ports. In 1998 deepening of the harbour was completed, which ensured the port maximum of 17.5 m in the liquid bulk area, allowing accommodation of the largest vessels calling the Baltic Sea – Aframax size tankers with maximum . The dry bulk and general cargo area was deepened to 15.5 m allowing terminals to accommodate Panamax type vessels of up to . Since year 1997 Port of Ventspils has a Free port or special economic zone status, which allows the companies located in the port territory to acquire tax incentives thus creating favourable environment for investments. Total area of the port is 2623,9 ha which is a good location not only for port related companies but as well as manufacturing and industrial companies. The terminals located in the port handle different type of cargoes like oil products, crude oil, different liquid chemicals, mineral fertilizers, various metals, forest products, coal, grain, juice concentrates as well as containers and Ro-Ro cargoes. Since 2000 Ventspils port is very actively developing container and ro-ro traffic. As a result presently a regular container line from Ventspils to Great Britain is serviced by Geest North Sea Line. Thanks to strategic decision of the company Scandlines Ventspils port is a centre for ferry transportation, with connections to Sweden, Germany and Russia. == Infrastructure == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Free port of Ventspils」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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