Throughput of port Vysotsk up 22.8% to 5 mln t in Jan-Apr’13

In January-April, 2013, port Vysotsk handled 5 mln t of cargo (+22.8%, year-on-year), says press center of the Association of Commercial Sea Ports.

Port of Vysotsk is located in the Leningrad region. There are currently two stevedore companies operating at the port’s terminals: Port Vysotsky LLC and RPK-Vysotsk-Lukoil-II Ltd. In May 2012, the Russian government decided to expand the Vysotsk port with new territories including those occupied by the construction site of a new sea terminal for handling of general cargo (with the capacity of up to 3 mln t). In 2012 the port’s throughput increased by 2%, year-on-year, to 13,634,200 tonnes.