Throughput of Vanino Port OJSC up 13.8% to 1.7 mln t in Q1 08

In the first quarter 2008, stevedoring company Vanino Commercial Seaport handled 1.697.5 million tonnes of different cargo (+13.8%, year-on-year), the company informs. In March, the company’s throughput grew by 18.4%, year-on-year, to 656,300 tonnes. In the 3-month period, transshipment of export cargo totaled 818,700 tonnes including 165,700 tonnes of non-ferrous metal (+18.2%), 136,200 tonnes of coal (+9.4%), 71,500 tonnes of ferrous metal (+77.9%). Import of alumina grew by 71.5% to 325,500 tonnes. Total volume of import cargo handled in the port in January-March 08 amounted to 374,800 tonnes (+88.2%, year-on-year). Transshipment of coastal trade cargo totaled 67,000 tonnes (-7.3%). Transshipment of cargo by Vanino – Kholmsk ferry service amounted to 437,000 tonnes (+11.2%, year-on-year). In January-March, the port handled 429 vessels (including 188 ferries) and 19,900 wagons. The port’s container throughput totaled 5,764 TEU.