Throughput of port Ust-Luga (Leningrad region) up 1.8 times to 13.44 mln t in QI'13
In January-March, 2013, the port of Ust-Luga (Leningrad region) handled 13,442,736.176 tonnes of cargo, which is 1.8 times as much as in the same period of 2012, Ust-Luga Company OJSC states in its press release.
In March the port’s stevedoring companies transshipped 4,919,841.334 tonnes of cargo, also 1.8 times up, year-on-year.
Over the 3-month period, transshipment of automobiles totaled 43,102 units, the level of the previous year.
All in all, the port handled 126,044 railway wagons (+15% against January-March 2012).
Ust-Luga port is situated practically at the border of the Russian Federation and the European Union. The deep water area of the port (17.5 m) together with the short seaway canal (3.7 km) make Ust-Luga port the only Russian port on the Baltic Sea capable of admitting dry-cargo vessels with the deadweight of up to 75,000 tonnes and liquid cargo carriers with the deadweight of up to 160,000 tonnes. In 2012, the port’s throughput totaled 46,612,449 tonnes of different cargoes and 167,380 automobiles. With its full capacity the port is expected to handle 180 mln tonnes of cargo.