Aiming to reduce truck congestion on terminal access roads, which frequently occurs during harvest season, the Port of Riga has developed and implemented a digital solution managing cargo suppliers’ vehicle flow to the port.
With the commencement of this year’s active grain transshipment season, Latvian-grown grain cargo is being received at Port of Riga terminals.
In August, following the loading of 250,000 tons of various agricultural cargo, 31 vessels were serviced and dispatched from the port. By mid-September, another 30 ships had departed the Port of Riga carrying 347,000 tons of local agricultural products.
As typical, the majority of shipments consist of wheat, while Latvian rapeseed is also being actively exported.
Primary destinations include Spain, Germany, and African countries.
This season, 15 port terminals on both Daugava River banks are prepared to receive and process grain at the Port of Riga.
Its operation is based on the digital application system introduced at the Port of Riga at the beginning of this year, enabling document submission and verification in digital rather than paper format.
The Freeport of Riga Authority therefore invites port companies and cargo suppliers to utilize the i.rop electronic application system for freight transport to receive digital access confirmation from specific terminals before heading to the port, thus avoiding congestion and truck downtime while waiting in port lines.
The Freeport of Riga Authority collaborates with Riga City Council, ensuring data integration into the port system with relevant municipal services.
This will enable the municipality to more effectively monitor the implementation of decisions allowing farmers to transport agricultural cargo to the port during harvest periods, even on Riga streets where freight traffic has been previously prohibited.
The Riga Port digital application system represents the first step toward fully digital traffic flow management solutions in the city to prevent future congestion, ensure smooth freight traffic flows, and implement transport planning reducing freight transport’s negative impact on urban environment and surrounding areas.
Simultaneously, this represents another step toward electronic consignment note introduction, planned for implementation throughout Latvia in coming years.
Regulating truck traffic flow in Riga during busy grain season is becoming increasingly important, as agricultural cargo volume handled at Port of Riga has grown significantly in recent years.
Riga has become Latvia’s largest agricultural export port, handling half of Latvia’s agricultural cargo in 2024, 3.6 million tons.
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