Throughput of Vostochny Port OJSC up 5% to 9.06 mln t in Jan-May’15 (photo)
In January-May 2015, Vostochny Port OJSC handled 9,068,600 t of coal (+5%, year-on-year), the Company’s press center says.
The record high monthly throughput was registered in May at the Specialized Coal Terminal – 1,951,453 t (14.6%, year-on-year).
In May the port also reached the highest cargo handling result – loading of 2,153,491 t of coal onto vessels bound for APR countries (against 1,951,453 a year ago).
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.
