Throughput of Port Vysotsky up 12.4% to 791,010 t of coal in Jan-Feb'14

In January-February 2014, Port Vysotsky LLC handled 791,010 t of thermal coal (+12.4%, year-on-year), the company says. In February, the stevedoring company handled 432,430 t of coal.

Port of Vysotsk is located in the Leningrad region. There are currently two stevedore companies operating at the port’s terminals: Port Vysotsky LLC and RPK-Vysotsk-Lukoil-II Ltd. In May 2012, the Russian government decided to expand the Vysotsk port with new territories including those occupied by the construction site of a new sea terminal for handling of general cargo (with the capacity of up to 3 mln t). In 2012 the port’s throughput increased by 2%, year-on-year, to 13,634,200 tonnes.