Vostochny Port’s five-month cargo volume rises 10.7 percent
Handling of exports / imports at JSC Vostochny Port in January-May 2012 increased by 10.7% from the same period a year before, to 7,426,300 tons, the stevedore company statistics said.
In May, freight traffic passing through the terminals of Vostochny Port totaled 1,801,700 tons of different nomenclature, a 29.4% gain from a year earlier.
The major volume of handled cargo was coal mined in Kuzbass. Currently, coal exports account for nearly 98% of total cargo throughput at Vostochny Port. Coal shipped by coasting vessels makes up 1.8% and approximately 0.2% - other goods.
In January-May, Specialized Coal Terminal (PPK-3) handled 6,026,800 tons of export coal, which represents a 8-percent gain from the same period of 2011. In May, coal shipments through the facility totaled 1,465,000 tons (+32.3%).
Cargo shipments through Universal Handling Terminal (PPK-1) rose 22 percent year-on-year to 1,399,500 tons. In May, the facility transshipped 336,700 tons of different cargoes (+17.8%)
JSC Vostochny Port 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 exported 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, cargo traffic at Port Vostochny rose 12% year-over-year to 16.5 million tons.