General Director of VNT Lars Pantzlaff emphasizes that the terminal’s positive effect on the economy of Latvia cannot be measured only by the increase in volumes of transhipped petroleum products: “VNT provides work for 310 employees. We as an infrastructure company in essence indirectly support the business of many other companies as well, including transport of cargos by railway. At present VNT is the largest taxpayer in Ventspils – in 2011 we have paid 3.6 million lats to the budget, but in the last five years together – 13.5 million lats”. In the last five years, 16 million lats were invested into the company’s development, and this year it is planned to invest 6 million lats more in order to ensure modernisation of the company.