Throughput of Port Vysotsky LLC up 20% to 865,482 t in Jan-Feb'16
In January-February 2016, Port Vysotsky LLC handled 865,481.567 t of cargo (+20%, year-on-year), the stevedore’s press center says.
In February the company handled 467 ,998.815 t of coal.
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 2015, the company handled 5.67 mln t of cargo (+7.7%).
