Throughput of EVRAZ NCSP up 7% to 5.5 mln t in Jan-Sep’13
In January-September 2013, EVRAZ Nakhodka Commercial Sea Port OJSC handled over 5.5 mln t of cargo (+7%, year-on-year), the company’s press center says.
In September, the company handled over 721,000 tonnes of cargo (+12%, year-on-year) including 356,000 tonnes of coal (+22.8%) and 331,000 tonnes of ferrous metal (+20.8%). Coal and metal accounted for 49% and 46% of the port’s total throughput. In September, the company also handled non-ferrous metals (aluminum), timber, coke, imported automobiles and other cargoes.
EVRAZ Nakhodka Commercial Sea Port is a major stevedore company operating at the largest Russia’s Far Eastern Port of Nakhodka, located in the eastern Gulf of Peter the Great, in Nakhodka Bay. The port is linked to the Eurasian continent through the Trans-Siberian Railway, serving the Asia-Europe-Asia trade flows. The port is able to handle up to 450 rail cars a day. Warehousing facilities area is 300,000 m2. JSC EVRAZ NCSP operates on 15 cargo berths and one facility for handling the port’s workboats, of total length of 3.5 km, which can accommodate ships with length of 230m, breadth of 32m and draft of 11 m. Currently, at least 15 ships are able dock at the port’s berths simultaneously and the port is able to handle more than 1,500 large vessels a year.