Throughput of EVRAZ NCSP up 44% to 722,700 in Jan'14
In January 2014, EVRAZ Nakhodka Commercial Sea Port handled 722,700 t of cargo (+44%, year-on-year), the company’s press center says.
Metal and coal traditionally make the core of the port’s throughput. Export climbed by 13%, year-on-year, to 348,000 t of ferrous metal.
Coal handling almost doubled: 346,000 t in January 2014 against 177,000 t in January 2013. The growth was driven by higher coal production of Evraz companies and extension of the capacity of the Group’s storage facilities as well as application of “honeycomb” method for coal storage.
In the first month of 2014, the port also handled aluminum, coke, timber 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.