Throughput of port Vysotsk up 31% to 8 mln t in HI’13

In January-June 2013, port Vysotsk handled 8.098 mln t (+31%, year-on-year), says the administration of Big Port St. Petersburg.

Transshipment of oil products climbed by 18%, year-on-year to 5.757 mln t, coal and coke – by 82% to 2.34 mln t.

In June, the port handled 1.468 mln t (+45%, year-on-year).

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.