Cargo traffic at Port Vostochny in January-March 2012 increased 12.3% from the same period a year before, to 4,228,400 tons, the stevedore company said.
Handling of cargo at Universal Transshipment Terminal (PPK-1) soared 48.1 percent year-on-year to 774,100 tons. The three-month coal exports from Specialized Coal Terminal (PPK-3) rose 6.6% to 3,454,300 tons.
In March, Port Vostochny throughput totaled 1.58 million tons, a 12.9% gain as compared with last year’s figures. The PPK-1 Terminal moved 310,200 tons of different cargoes, a 56.1% surge from a year earlier. Shipments of coal from the PPK-3 terminal rose 5.8% to 1,273,000 tons.
Port Vostochny JSC is the major stevedore company in the Russian Far East operating at the port of Vostochny, the largest Russian deep-sea port in the Far East. The company specializes in handling of coal using the conveyor equipment. The company’s assets include a Specialized Coal Terminal (PPK-3) and Universal Transshipment Terminal (PPK-1) for handling general and bulk cargoes (coal, coke, clinker, iron ore, timber, etc.) as well as metals, pulp, aluminum, chemical, heavy-lift and oversized cargo. The company owns its own fleet of harbor tugs, able to berth 150,000dwt vessels. In 2011, Port Vostochny throughput rose 12% year-over-year to 16.5 million tons.