Agreement is signed for construction of coal terminal in Primorsk Territory (photo)

On December 6, within the framework of the Transport Week – 2013, FSUE Rosmorport and Port Vera LLC signed an agreement on construction of a specialized coal terminal near Otkryty Cape and Bezzashchitnaja Bay (Primorsk Territory), IAA PortNews journalist reports.

The document was signed by Rosmorport Director General Andrey Tarasenko and Port Vera Director General Evgeny Diyev.

The project implies the construction of a coal transshipment complex with the capacity of up to 20 mln t per year.

The terminal is supposed to handle vessels with deadweight of 40,000 – 150,000 t. 

Coal is to be delivered to the terminal by railway. For that purpose, the project provides for construction of a port station near the terminal. 

The construction of the sea terminal facilities is valued at some RUB 20 bln of off-budget resources and investments. Major investor of the project is Port Vera LLC. The project implementation is scheduled for 2013-2017.