In January-February 2013, Vostochny Port OJSC handled 3.1 mln t of export and coastal trade cargo (+19.7%, year-on-year), the company’s press center says. In January and February it handled record-high volumes of cargo over the company’s entire history.
In February, Vostochny Port handled 1.4 mln t of cargo (+32.4%, year-on-year).
“The record-high throughput of the company is the result of equipment modernization and improvement of winter-time unloading technologies,” says Anatoly Lazarev, managing Director of Vostochny Port OJSC.
JSC Vostochny Port is the major stevedoring company of Russia specializing in coal transshipment. As of today, export coal (mainly coal mined in Kuzbass) accounts for 98.5% of the company’s turnover with 1.5% of the coastal trade coal and 0.01% of other cargoes. The company’s assets include a Specialized Coal Terminal with conveyer equipment system and railcar unloading station and a Universal Handling Terminal which specializes in clamshell coal handling. The Terminals’ annual capacities are 14.2 mln tonnes and 3 mln tonnes respectively.
In 2012, Vostochny Port commenced the construction of the Third phase of the Coal Terminal.
Managing Port Company LLC is the sole executive body of Vostochny Port OJSC.