Cargo turnover of Vostochny Port to reach 35 mln t by 2019
Cargo turnover of Vostochny Port OJSC is to reach 35 mln t by 2019, the company’s managing director Anatoly Lazarev said at the 8th Annual Russian & CIS Coal Summit, Vostochny Port press center informs.
“The existing projects of stevedoring companies operating at port Vostochny, including the terminal which is under construction today – third phase of the Coal Complex of Vostochny Port OJSC - will ensure the full load for Nakhodka-Vostochnaya station with consideration of the 2nd regional sorting yard to be built within the framework of the federal special-purpose programme “Modernization of Russian Transport System (2010 to 2015),” Anatoly Lazarev said.
According to him, implementation of new promising projects in the port is hindered by insufficient capacity of the railway.
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 tonnes and 3 mln tonnes respectively.