Throughput of port Vysotsk in 4M’18 is flat Y-o-Y at 6.19 million tonnes

In January-April 2018, the port of Vysotsk handled 6,197,800 tonnes of cargo, which is flat, year-on-year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.

Transshipment of oil products decreased by 2% to 3,851,600 tonnes, transshipment of coal and coke grew by 4% to 2,346,200 tonnes.

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.