Nine-month throughput of the port of Ust-Luga in the January-September increased by 15.7% as compared with the same period of last year, to 8 million 307.8 thousand tons, the Authority of the Big Port of St. Petersburg statistics said. In the reporting period the port’s terminals transshipped 6, 247.8 tons of coal and coke, 752,900 tons of general cargoes, including 541,400 tons of ferrous metals.
Port of Ust-Luga is located on Russia’s border with the EU. Its 16-m deep harborage and a 3.7-km-long approach canal make Ust-Luga the only Russian port on the Baltic Sea capable to accommodate 75,000dwt bulkers and 120,000dwt tankers. In 2009 the Ust Luga port handled 10.3 million tons of cargo and 1.031 ships (517 inbound vessels, 514 outbound ones). The boundaries of Ust-Luga port were established by the Russ. Govt. decree on May 20, 2009.
Port of Ust-Luga is located on Russia’s border with the EU. Its 16-m deep harborage and a 3.7-km-long approach canal make Ust-Luga the only Russian port on the Baltic Sea capable to accommodate 75,000dwt bulkers and 120,000dwt tankers. In 2009 the Ust Luga port handled 10.3 million tons of cargo and 1.031 ships (517 inbound vessels, 514 outbound ones). The boundaries of Ust-Luga port were established by the Russ. Govt. decree on May 20, 2009.