Vostochny Port's export coal volumes jump 41.5% to 20.3 million tonnes in Jan-Nov 2014

The export coal port operator JSC Vostochny Port handled in January-November of this year 20,310,200 tonnes of export coal, which represents a 41.5% surge on the same period last year, the stevedore company said.

In November, shipments of export coal through the Universal Handling Terminal soared 77.9% y-o-y to  382,100 tonnes. In the eleven-month period the dedicated terminal handled 4,188,200 tonnes of coal. Another facility, Specialized Coal Terminal handled year to date 16,1 million tonnes of the commodity (+21.8%).

Overall, in the reporting period 497 dry bulk carriers docked at the Vostochny Port's terminals, or 6.9% more then in the same period a year ago.  

JSC Vostochny Port is the major stevedoring company of Russia specializing in handling of export coal. The company’s assets include the Specialized Coal Terminal, the only one in the Primorsky Terrioty dedicated terminal utilizing conveyer equipment as well as the railcar unloading station. Automation at the facility reaches 98.9%. The coal terminal's annual capacity reaches 14.2 million tonnes. The second facility is the Universal Handling Terminal of annual capacity of 3 million tonnes, which specializes in clamshell coal handling. The Company handles largely coal mined in Kuzbass region. The commodity exports account for 98.5% of total cargo volumes of the terminal operator. Less than 1.5% is coal shipped by coasting dry bulk carriers, and just 0.01% accounts for other cargoes. Construction of Vostochny Port's Coal Handling Terminal Phase 3 began in 2012. JSC Vostochny Port's sole executive body is Management Port Company LLC.