Commercial Port of Vladivostok handled 5.8 million tonnes in 7M’18, up 40% Y-o-Y
Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV, part of FESCO Transportation Group) says it handled over 5.8 million tonnes of cargo in 7M’2018. The result has increased by 40%, year-on-year, and has exceeded its total throughput in 2016.
The stevedoring company says the highest growth in the first half of 2018 was seen in the segment of ferrous metal, automobiles, special equipment and containerized cargo.
In the 7-months period, transshipment of general cargo surged by 76%, from 1.67 million tonnes to 2.94 million tonnes with the share of ferrous metal having surged by 113%, from 0.78 million tonnes to 1.89 million tonnes. Transshipment of containerized cargo grew by 16%, from 253,000 TEUs to 294,000 TEUs, automobiles and special equipment – by 83%, from 18,000 to 33,000 units.
In 2016, the port handled 5.6 million tonnes of cargo, in 2017 – 7.5 million tonnes (a record high result). This year the company is going to break that record having handled about 10 million tonnes.
PAO Commercial Port of Vladivostok (part of FESCO Transportation Group) is one of the largest stevedoring companies in the Russian Far East. The Company offers services on transshipment of container/general/bulk/Rо-Rо cargoes. Annual throughput capacity of the port is 3.9 million tons of general cargo and oil products, 150,000 vehicles and over 600 thousand TEU of containers. Commercial Port of Vladivostok operates 15 berths with a total exceeding 4 km.
The port services 15 regular international and short-sea lines linking Vladivostok with 8 countries and other regions of Russia’s Far East.
FESCO is one of the leading public transportation and logistics companies in Russia with operations in ports, rail, integrated logistics and shipping business. Diversified but integrated asset portfolio enables FESCO to provide door-to-door logistics solutions and control almost all steps of the intermodal transportation value chain. The majority of FESCO’s operations are located in the Russian Far East and the Group benefits from growing trade volumes between Russia and Asian countries.
FESCO is the leader of container transportation through the Russian Far East via international sea container lines to/from Asian countries, domestic sea container lines and by rail. FESCO is the leading port container operator in the Far East region.
FESCO controls the Commercial Port of Vladivostok which has throughput capacity of 3.9 million tons of general cargo and oil products, 150,000 vehicles and over 600,000 TEU of containers.
FESCO is among the 10 largest Russian private rail operators, providing services under «Transgarant» (100% subsidiary of FESCO) and «Russkaya Troyka» (50% joint venture with JSC Russian Railways) brands. «Transgarant» operates a fleet of 16.2 thousand units of rolling stock, while «Russkaya Troyka» operates a fleet of 1.6 thousand container platforms. FESCO has a fleet of 20 vessels, mostly deployed through own sea service lines.
