EVRAZ NMTP reports a 25% surge in ten-month cargo volumes, to 7,7 million tonnes

EVRAZ Nakhodka Commercial Sea Port (EVRAZ NMTP) between January and October handled 7,7 million tonnes of cargo, which represents a 25% growth on the same period 2013. Coal exports handled at the terminal jumped 1,5 times to 4,5 million tonnes, the stevedore company said.

In October, the terminal operator handled 878,800 tonnes of cargo (+39%). Shipment of export coal soared nearly twofold to 569,100 tonnes. Monthly volume of metals increased to 298,700 tonnes.

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.