Port Vysotsky LLC ten-month coal exports grow 13.4% to 5.79 million tonnes
Coal throughput at Port Vysotsky LLC in January-October 2017 rose 13.4% on the same period a year earlier to 5,798,816.474 tonnes of thermal coal, the terminal operator said on Wednesday.
In October Port Vysotsky LLC handled 602,420.483 tonnes of thermal coal exported from Russia.
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 handling Russian coal exported to Western Europe. Depth of the coal port’s basin and access channel is 12.7 meters width – 200 metres. In 2016, the company handled 6.14 million tonnes of cargo (+8.22%, Y/Y).
