Cargo traffic at Port Vostochny (without Kozmino oil terminal throughput) in January-July 2011 grew by 16.4% year-on-year, to 13.8 million tons, the Port Authority said.
Shipments of coal, coke, including charge and anthracite volume, rose by 17.6% - to 11.21 million tons. Seven-month volume of mineral fertilizers decreased by 24.7% to 421 700 tons, exports of oil products rose by 5.3% to 335 300 tons.
Container traffic surged 48.5% to 190 826 TEUs.
In July, (excluding Kozmino’s figures) handling of cargo increased by 12.9% to 2 028 300 tons.
Vostochny (East) Port is the largest Russian deep-sea port in the Far East. It is located on the shores of unfreezing Wrangel Bay of the Japan Sea near the village of Vostochny to the south of Primorsky Territory, 30 km east off Nakhodka. The port deep waters allow accommodation of vessels with 15.5 m draft, length of 280m and breadth up to 40 m. The port owns 19 berths (4.7km long, depths ranging from 6.5 to 16.5 meters). Vostochny port operates a largest in Russia container terminal, a coal terminal and developed warehousing facilities.. In 2010, Vostochny Port’s cargo volume (without Kozmino throughput) rose by 7% year-over-year, to 20.34 million tons.