FSUE Rosmorport forecasts dredging of over 170 mln cbm in 2014-17

The scope of dredging operations of FSUE Rosmorport is expected to exceed 170 mln cbm in 2014-17. According to IAA PortNews reporter, this was announced by Rosmorport Executive Director Andrei Lavrishchev at the International Forum of Dredging Companies organized by media-group PortNews. Andrei Lavrishchev says the volume of dredging operations is expected to make 31.1 mln cbm in 2014 and 140 mln cbm in 2015-17. In 2009-13, the volume of dredging operations made 57.8 mln cbm.

Repair dredging is estimated at 8.2 mln cbm in 2014 (including 5.98 mln cbm to be performed by the company’s own means), 10.15 mln cbm in 2015 and 10.41 mln cbm in 2016.

As of today, FSUE Rosmorport owns 7 dredging vessels. 

According to Rosmorport, there are 63 seaports in Russia today with over 870 transshipment complexes capable of handling over 876 mln t of cargo per year. In 2013, throughput of Russian ports hit 589 mln t. According to the Port Infrastructure Development Strategy, total annual capacity of Russia’s seaports is to reach 1.4-1.6 bln t of cargo by 2030 depending on the scenario.