Liepāja port continues loading Latvian-grown grain for export
Liepāja Bulk Terminal has signed year-long contracts with Latvia's leading grain exporters, and the port is already loading new-harvest wheat and other grain onto ships bound for Abu Dhabi and Nigeria.
Liepaja Bulk Terminal (LBT), the largest dry bulk terminal at the Port of Liepāja, has signed agreements with Latvia's leading grain exporters — Baltic Agro, Latraps and Linas Agro — to receive grain grown by Latvian farmers from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2027, according to the Liepāja Special Economic Zone (LSEZ) authority.
The terminal is currently loading Latvian-grown wheat onto a Panamax-class vessel that will take on more than 60,000 tonnes of grain before heading to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Second terminal awaits new shipments
DanStore, the port's second-largest grain terminal, is also operating under signed contracts. Its management says storage capacity is currently available, as deliveries from the new harvest have been arriving relatively slowly. In previous years, long queues of trucks formed at the terminal at this time; this year no such queues have appeared. The company suggests some Latvian grain farmers may be waiting for better sale terms, since grain prices currently stand at 250–260 euros per tonne — among the highest in recent years.
In the coming days, DanStore expects a vessel to load roughly 27,000 tonnes of grain supplied by Baltic Agro, destined for Nigeria.
Grain also arrives by rail
Besides trucks, grain reaches Liepāja port by rail as well. On September 2, LBT received a train of 26 wagons carrying 1,820 tonnes of grain from Baltic Agro, with another 26-wagon train from the Latraps cooperative expected soon.
The Port of Liepāja has long focused on developing agricultural cargo handling, particularly grain terminals. The port's agricultural terminals currently have a combined handling capacity of about 5 million tonnes per year, with simultaneous storage capacity of roughly 730,000 tonnes. All cargo operations at the port comply with European Union regulatory requirements.
