Throughput of Vostochny Port up 14.2% to 8.02 mln t in 4M’17 (photo)
In January-April 2017, Vostochny Port JSC (part of the holding run by Port Management Company LLC) handled 8.02 mln t of cargo, up 14.2%, year-on-year, says the stevedore’s press center.
In April, the company handled 2.29 mln t of coal (+42%, year-on-year) which is a record high monthly result throughout the company’s history.
Vostochny Port JSC (Primorsky Territory) is Russia’s largest publicly available terminal equipped with wagon dumpers, conveyor systems, ship loading equipment and a unique multilevel system of magnetic separation. The terminal exports coal produced by different coal companies of Russia. In 2016 the port handled 23,5 mln t of coal, one fifth of all coal exports via Russian seaports and about 30% of coal transshipment via the ports of Russia’s Far East Basin.
Vostochny Port JSC LLC is implementing an ambitious investment project on construction of the coal terminal’s Phase 3 including the construction of the federal railway infrastructure. New terminal facilities will be put into operation in 2017 allowing for port capacity to reach 39 mln t in 2019. The coal will be delivered from Kuzbass and other coal fields of Russia.
A sole executive body of Vostochny Port JSC is Port Management Company LLC.
