Throughput of port Vysotsk in 2018 climbed by 7% Y-o-Y to 18.79 million tonnes
In 2018, the port of Vysotsk handled 18,790,300 tonnes of cargo, which is 7% more as compared with the same period of the previous year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of oil products increased by 5% to 10,897,200 tonnes, transshipment of coal and coke grew by 11% to 7,893,100 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.
