Rosterminalugol Terminal coal traffic reaches 13 mln tons

Coal shipments year-to-date through the Ust-Luga-based Rosterminalugol terminal have totaled 13 million tons. The 13-millionth ton was loaded onto the M/V Miho Pracat on December 7th.

The 12-millionth ton was loaded on November 10 to M/V Trans Pacific.

JSC Rosterminalugol was established in 1996 to build and operate the coal terminal at Port of Ust-Luga. The terminal’s projected annual coal throughput is 8 million tons. The Company specializes in loading / unloading operations, freight forwarding services, building and maintenance of facilities at the coal terminal. The company also provides insurance services for cargoes and property, the risks of transactions at Ust-Luga port. The terminal has two berths of total length of 540 meters and depth of 14 meters. The terminal is able to accommodate 240-m-long, 32.2-m-wide vessels. In 2011, coal exports via the terminal surged 45.3% year-over-year to 10.9 million tons.