Throughput of port Vysotsk in 10M’18 climbed by 6% Y-o-Y to 15.34 million tonnes

In January-October 2018, the port of Vysotsk handled 15,344,300 tonnes of cargo, which is 6% more as compared with the same period of the previous year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.

Transshipment of oil products increased by 4% to 8,998,200 tonnes, transshipment of coal and coke grew by 9% to 6,346,100 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.