By cargo turnover it is one of the Baltic Sea's busiest ports.

This allowed the accommodation of the largest vessels then operating in the Baltic Sea, including Aframax-size tankers with maximum 130.000 metric tons deadweight (DWT).

The dry bulk and general cargo area, with a depth of 16 meters, allows the terminal to accommodate Panamax-type vessels with their load capacities of up to 75.000 DWT.

Cargo turnover of Ventspils port (Latvia) for 5 months in 2016 was decreased on 23% - to 9 million tons.

[5] Ventspils is on the East-West railway corridor and part of the Eurasian transport system, as well as European motorway route E22.