Klaipeda Seaport

Klaipėda Seaport

 

a major warm-water Soviet port on the Baltic Sea and Kuršių Gulf.

Klaipėda seaport is the base port of Lithuanian sea shipping. It has the production and other facilities necessary to serve Soviet and foreign vessels. The port supplies ships with fuel and fresh water, as well as other material and technical assistance. Repairs can be carried out at Klaipeda. The port is also the base of a fishing fleet. Coal, petroleum, metals, cotton, and other exports pass through Klaipeda; the port receives imported goods for the national economy of the USSR.

V. V. PONIATOVSKII