Baltic Coal Terminal throughput rises 26 percent
Coal transshipments through Ventspils-based Baltic Coal Terminal in January-September 2012 rose 26 percent from the same period a year ago, to 3,892,900 tons, the stevedore company said.
In September, coal handling at the facility rose 8% to more than 369,000 tons.
Baltic Coal Terminal is a JV of two companies: CJSC MPO Kuzbass and Ventspils Commercial Sea Port. In 2010, coal throughput at the terminal amounted to about 2 million tons. Currently, the coal handled at the BCT’s terminal is exported largely to the UK, Belgium, Spain and Morocco. The terminal’s indoor warehouse allows simultaneous storage of 210,000 tons of coal, (capacity - 6 m t/y). The two companies have invested in the first phase of the terminal EUR 80 million.