According to the forecast of Ust-Luga Company OJSC, throughput of port Ust-Luga will boost to 70 mln t in 2013. This has been announced today by Andrey Romanchik, Acting Director General of Ust-Luga Company, at Russia and Baltics Port Expansion Summit in Saint-Petersburg.
“Starting from 2010, port Ust-Luga doubles its throughput every year, - Andrey Romanchik notes, - this sustainable result enables us to develop the adjacent territories”.
He explained that the work is today in progress on the establishment and development of five major clusters: port, industrial, agroindustrial, residential (for 37,000 residents) and recreational.
Ust-Luga Company OJSC coordinates the construction of Ust-Luga seaport being implemented within the framework of the special-purpose programme “Development of Russia’s Transport System under private-public partnership principles.
Ust-Luga port is situated practically at the border of the Russian Federation and the European Union. The deep water area of the port (17.5 m) together with the short seaway canal (3.7 km) make Ust-Luga port the only Russian port on the Baltic Sea capable of admitting dry-cargo vessels with the deadweight of up to 75,000 tonnes and liquid cargo carriers with the deadweight of up to 160,000 tonnes. In 2012, the port’s throughput totaled 46,612,449 tonnes of different cargoes and 167,380 automobiles. With its full capacity the port is expected to handle 180 mln tonnes of cargo.
