Throughput of Baltic Coal Terminal (Latvia) up 19.7% to 1.4 mln tonnes in QI'13

In January-March 20013, Baltic Coal Terminal (Ventspils, Latvia) handled 1,413,723 mln t of cargo (+19.7%, year-on-year), IAA PortNews learnt from the stevedoring company. In March, the company’s throughput grew by 15.9%, year-on-year, to 521,485 tonnes.

Baltic Coal Terminal is a joint venture of JSC „Ventspils Commercial Port” and LLC „Indtec Baltic Coal” which represent the interests of OJSC «Zarechnaya Mine», supplying coal from Russia. In 2012 the terminal handled 4.799 mln tonnes of cargo. Currently, the coal handled at the BCT’s terminal is exported largely to the ports of UK, Germany, Poland etc.  The terminal’s indoor warehouse allows simultaneous storage of 210,000 tonnes of coal, (capacity - 6 m t/y). The two companies have invested in the first phase of the terminal EUR 80 million.