Total staffing of Vostochny Port to grow by 21% with launch of Coal Terminal’s phase III
The staff of Vostochny Port OJSC will grow by 21% to 2,000 persons with the launch of phase III of the Coal Terminal. According to the company’s press center there are 1,650 employees operate at Vostochny Port today.
Vostochny Port OJSC embarked on the construction of phase III of the Coal Terminal in late 2012. It is a new handling complex with a conveyer equipment system and railcar unloading station. Phase III will gradually leave the existing coal complex behind in terms of cargo turnover.
Full-scale version of the phase III includes the construction of an additional berth with 2 vessel-loading machines, 2 wagon trippers, wagon defrosters and 4 additional coal-storage facilities for 783,000 tons of coal.
According to the forecast of the expert council, total throughput capacity of the enterprise will reach 27 mln tons of coal by 2017 and 35 mln tons of coal by 2019 with the launch of the full-scale version of the phase III.
JSC Vostochny Port is the major stevedoring company of Russia specializing in coal transshipment. As of today, export coal accounts for 98.5% of the company’s turnover with 1.5% of the coastal trade coal and 0.01% of other cargoes. The company’s assets include a Specialized Coal Terminal with conveyer equipment system and railcar unloading station and a Universal Handling Terminal which specializes in clamshell coal handling. The Terminals’ annual capacities are 14.2 mln tons and 3 mln tons respectively.