CPV’s four-month cargo volume rises 14.1 percent, to 2 28m tons
Cargo handling at Commercial Seaport of Vladivostok JSC (CPV, member of Transportation Group FESCO) in January-April, 2012 totaled 2,281,600 tons, up 14.1% over the same period last year, the stevedoring company said on Thursday.
Exports, imports and coastal traffic volume handled at the CPV’s terminals totaled 1,234,500 tons of dry bulk, liquid bulk and other general cargo, excluding containers and imported vehicles.
Containerized cargo volume for the period amounted to 133,080 TEUs, handling of imported vehicles - 22,989 units.
In January-April, the stevedore was transshipping on average 18,855 tons and 267 units of rolling stock a day.
Commercial Seaport of Vladivostok, member of FESCO Transport Group, owns and operates its assets at the port of Vladivostok, a premier Russian seaport in the Far East region. Port of Vladivostok encompasses 55 ha, over 14 km of waterfront featuring 17 berths with terminals for handling grain, containers, imported vehicles, as well as a passenger terminal. In 2011, CPV’s cargo throughput fell 7.8% year-over-year to 6.38 million tons.
FESCO Transportation Group, created on the basis of Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO), is a leading Russian integrated transport and logistics company providing a broad range of services for door-to-door cargo delivery using its own transport facilities to ensure guaranteed quality and reliability of the services. The Group owns a fleet of more than 900,000 DWT and operates a diversified fleet of over 19,000 units of rolling stock. FESCO’s own container fleet is about 50,000 TEUs. The Group’s total cargo throughput at the port facilities reaches 430,000 TEUs and 6 million tons of general cargo a year.
FESCO Group comprises FESCO Shipping, Transgarant (a major Russian railway operator), Russian Troika (an operator of rail container transport, a JV of FESCO and RZD), FESCO ESF Ltd (feeder container carrier in the Baltic Sea), Dalreftrans (operator of reefer container transport), Commercial Seaport of Vladivostok, Vladivostok Container Terminal, and FESCO Integrated Transport.