Container throughput of Vostochnaya Stevedore Company up 15% to 131,331 TEU in Jan-Apr, 08

In January-April, 2008, Vostochnaya Stevedore Company LLC handled 131,331 TEU (+15%, year-on-year), the company informs. In the reported period, transshipment of export containers amounted to 49,405 TEU (+21%, year-on-year), import – 78,321 TEU (+17%, year-on-year), coastal trade containers – 3,313 TEU (-30%), transit containers - 292 TEU (– 82%).

In April 2008, the company’s container throughput totaled 38,575 TEU (+13%) including 14,048 TEU of export containers (-2%) and 23,893 TEU of import containers (-29%). In April import accounted for 59.6% of total volume handled by the company, export – 37.6%, coastal trade cargo – 2.6%, transit – 0.2%.