Port deal link Philadelphia with Lithuania
The MOU signed pledges of increased support for expanded trade between Philadelphia and Klaipeda. The delegation also included Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis and Eugenijus Gentvilas, the Director General of Klaipeda Seaport.
The agreement follows months of extensive discussions between Lithuanian officials and the Port of Philadelphia, led by Krista Bard, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania; Leo Holt, President of Holt Logistics Corp.; and PRPA leaders.
Klaipeda is the third largest city in Lithuania and the principal ice-free port on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. The deep-water port connects sea, land and railway routes from east to west in that region, as far as China – the main shipping lines to the ports of Western Europe and Southeast Asia pass through Klaipeda. The port’s annual cargo handling capacity is up to 45 million tons.
There is a federally mandated partnership between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Republic of Lithuania, and this event marks another historic step in strengthening these ties.
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