Throughput of port Vysotsk in 2018 climbed by 4% Y-o-Y to 1.78 million tonnes

In January 2019, the port of Vysotsk handled 1,780,300 tonnes of cargo, which is 4% more as compared with the same period of the previous year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.

Transshipment of oil products increased by 11% to 1,011,500 tonnes, transshipment of coal and coke grew by 36% to 768,800 tonnes.

In 2018, the port of Vysotsk handled 18.79 million tonnes of cargo (+7%, year-on-year).

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.