Freight turnover of Vostochny Port JSC in 2010 grew by 1% compared with 2009, to 14 million 700.3 thousand tons, the company said.
In the reporting period, Vostochny Port’s Specialized Coal Terminal handled 11,897,700 tons of coal, 3% less than a year earlier. Throughput of Universal Handling Terminal rose by 21% to 2,802,600 tons of different cargoes.
The share of coal exports made up 98%, 14,415,100 tons in total freight traffic passing through Vostochny Port in 2010.
"I hope, we’ll keep a positive trend in freight turnover this year," says Sergei Kushnaryov, the Managing Director of Vostochny Port.
Vostochny Port JSC is the largest stevedoring company in the Russia’s Far East, specializing in handling coal exports passing through the port of Vostochny. The company operates a specialized coal terminal and a universal handling terminal intended for transshipment of general and bulk cargoes (coal, coke, clinker, iron ore, timber, etc.). The stevedore is capable to handle metals, pulp, aluminum, chemical, long-sized and heavy cargoes.