Pursuant to data received from the Service of Hydrography and Navigational Marks of the Naval Board there are 101 ports in Estonia. 31 of them carry out operations related to merchant shipping (shipment of goods and passengers). All Estonian commercial ports are open to foreign ships.

According to their form of ownership there are state-owned, municipal and private ports in Estonia. The ports most outstanding for their passenger and cargo turnover – Tallinn Port (the Old City Port, the Port of Muuga, the Port of Paljassaare and the Paldiski South Port in its composition) that is being developed into a commercial port – lay in state ownership. Paldiski Põhjasadam (Paldiski North Port) and The Port of Pärnu are both controlled by municipal and private capital. Other ports with considerable international cargo turnover are Kunda Port and Miiduranna Port, laying in private ownership.

The small ports of Roomassaare, Virtsu, Kuivastu, Rohuküla, Heltermaa and Sviby, belonging to Saarte Liinid Ltd., are important from the aspect of local traffic (serving connections between mainland and the islands). In addition to local traffic many small ports also handle a limited volume of export-import shipments.

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