93,246 DWT bulker cargo carrier Tana Sea (registered in Liberia) moored at the berths of seaport Vysotsk on May 29, 2015, says press center of Port Vysotsky LLC.
The vessel’s length is 229.2, beam - 38 m.
Earlier, Vysotsk handled vessels of up to 87,052 t in deadweight, up to 229 m in length and up to 36.5 m wide.
As of today, Tana Sea is the largest vessel to call at the coal terminal of Vysotsk.
Port of Vysotsk is located in the Leningrad region of Russia. There are two stevedoring company operating at the port: Port Vysotsky LLC and RPK-Vysotsk-LUKOIL-II LLC. In May 2012, the Russian government decided to expand the Vysotsk port territory, including in its boundaries the land and adjacent waters occupied by facilities of a general cargo terminal under construction. The terminal capacity is projected to reach 3 million tonnes a year.
Port Vysotsky LLC specializes in transshipment of Russian coal to the Western Europe. The port’s water area and the approach canal are 12.7 meters deep with the width of the canal totaling 200 metres. In 2014, the company handled 5.27 mln t of cargo (+7.4%).
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