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2017 November 1   18:02

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).