Throughput of port Vysotsk up 28.2% to 6.6 mln t Jan-May’13

In January-May 2013, port Vysotsk handled 6.6 mln t of cargo (+28.2%, year-on-year), press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports says.

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.