Cargo traffic at Vostochny Port in January-April 2012 grew by 6% compared with the same period last year, to 5.6 million tons of cargo, the Port Authority statistics said.
In April, shipments of different cargoes through Vostochny Port’s terminals declined 9.9% to 1,396,200 tons.
The major volume of handled cargo was coal mined in Kuzbass. Currently, coal exports account for nearly 98% of the total cargo throughput at Vostochny Port, coal shipped by coasting ships makes up 1.8% and approximately 0.2% - other goods.
In January-April, Specialized Coal Terminal (PPK-3) handled 4,561,800 tons of export coal, which represents a 2 percent gain from the same period a year before. In April, coal shipments through the facility totaled 1,107,500 tons (-8.6%).
Handling of cargo at Universal Handling Terminal (PPK-1) rose 24 percent year-on-year to 1,062,800 tons. In April, the facility transshipped 288,600 tons of different cargoes (-14.4%)
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.