Klaipeda seaport in Lithuania targets to invest EUR352 million (USD389 million) into port infrastructure and dredging operations between 2020 and 2023, a development plan recently submitted to the transport ministry stipulated. The eventual target is to make the seaport "safer and more competitive", and available for commercial ships of a bigger size, Vidmantas Paukste, director of infrastructure and acting director-general of the Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, explained. The navigation depth is slated to be increased to 15 m, and by building new breakwaters, the port will be able to accommodate more ships over 250 m in length. The modernisation project could be followed by a deepsea port construction project. Currently, land in Klaipeda port is used five times more than Riga, Ventspils, or Tallinn ports, and some expansion of the port territory is urgently needed, Arturas Drungilas, head of the marketing department of the Klaipeda seaport, said.
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