Editing Klaipėda (section)

==Port of Klaipėda==
[[File:Klaipėda12.jpg|thumb|The port of Klaipėda handled more than 36 million tons of cargo in 2022]]
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The Port of Klaipėda is the principal [[Warm water port|ice-free port]] on the eastern coast of the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref name="UostasVle">{{cite web |last1=Žaromskis |first1=Rimas |title=Klaipėdos jūrų uostas |url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/klaipedos-juru-uostas/ |website=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija |language=lt |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408191127/https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/klaipedos-juru-uostas/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Veiklos sritys |url=https://portofklaipeda.lt/veiklos-sritys/ |website=Klaipėdos uosto direkcija |access-date=8 April 2023 |language=lt |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408191015/https://portofklaipeda.lt/veiklos-sritys/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It is an important transportation hub in Lithuania, which connects sea, land and railway routes from East to West.<ref name="UostasVle"/> Klaipėda is a multipurpose, universal, deep-water port.<ref name="UostasVle"/> Nineteen stevedoring companies, as well as ship-repair and shipbuilding yards, operate within the port, where marine business and cargo handling services are rendered.

The annual port cargo handling capacity is up to 60 million tons.<ref name="UostasInfo">{{cite web |title=Klaipėdos uosto pristatymas |url=http://www.uostas.info/uostas/pristatymas.html |website=Uostas.info |access-date=8 April 2023 |language=lt-lt |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408191524/http://www.uostas.info/uostas/pristatymas.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022 the port handled 36,1&nbsp;million tons of cargo and it was visited by 5605 ships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Klaipėdos uosto statistika |url=https://portofklaipeda.lt/uostas/apie-klaipedos-uosta/klaipedos-uosto-statistika/ |website=Klaipėdos uosto direkcija |access-date=8 April 2023 |language=lt |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408191017/https://portofklaipeda.lt/uostas/apie-klaipedos-uosta/klaipedos-uosto-statistika/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The port operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round.<ref name="UostasInfo"/>