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2015 September 22   15:29

New tugboat to join Vostochny Port’s fleet in early 2016

In early 2016, Vostochny Port JSC (Primorsky Territory) will put into operation its new powerful tugboat (5,364 h.p.), Vostochny Port representative Vladimir Biebak said at the International Conference “Advanced port fleet - the basis of safety” organized by media-group PortNews and held in Saint-Petersburg on September 21, 2015. 

According to him, the new Arc4 vessel named Ural has been under construction at Damen shipyard from November 2014. 

The Ural will let accelerate mooring operations – two more operations per day. 

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% 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.

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