Throughput of Vanino Port down 11.9% to 3.99 mln t in Jan-Aug 09

In January-August, 2009, Commercial Seaport Vanino OJSC (Port Vanino) handled 3.993.2 million tonnes of cargo (-11.9%, year-on-year), Interfax cites Natalya Stefashina, the company’s marketing expert. In August, the port’s throughput fell by 8.3%, year-on-year, to 482,900 tonnes.

In the 8-month period, transshipment of export cargo totaled 2.094.9 million tonnes including 821,100 tonnes of timber, 461,900 tonnes of non-ferrous metal and 789,100 tonnes of coal (up 1.85 times).

Vanino Commercial Seaport OJSC is the largest stevedoring company of Khabarovsk. It provides handling and forwarding services. Cargo is delivered via Vanino to the north-eastern regions of Russia, Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, USA and other countries of APR. In 2008 the company handled 6.621 million tonnes of cargo. region