Throughput of Vostochny Port OJSC totals 3.4 million tons in Q1 07
In January-March, 2007 Vostochny Port OJSC handled 3367.1 thou tons of different cargo (99% against year-on-year result), the company’s press release reads. In March the port handled 1306.0 thou tons of cargo (+10%, year-on-year).
In January-March 2007, Specialized Coal Terminal handled 3188.0 thou tons of coal (99% against year-on-year result). In March the complex handled 1232.1 thou tons of cargo (+8%, year-on-year).
Multipurpose production-and-transshipment complex (PPK-1) handled 179.0 thou tons of cargo in Q1 2007 (+5%, year-on-year). In March it handled 73.9 thou tons, which is almost twice as high as the result of March 2006.
Vostochny port is located at the south of Primorski region in the ice-free deep-water Bay of Vrangel. Vostochny port OJSC is the largest stevedoring company in the Far East of Russia. It mainly specializes in transshipment of coal. In 2006, transshipment complexes of Vostochny port OJSC handled over 16 million tons of different cargo. Specialized Coal Terminal – 15 million 14.8 thou tons of cargo. Multipurpose production-and-transshipment complex (PPK-1) - 1 million 49.7 thou tons of different cargo. In 2006 Vostochny port OJSC handled 15 million 310 thou tons of export cargo. Transshipment of coastal trade cargo amounted to 318.6 thou tons. Transshipment of timber totaled 218.3 thou tons. In 2006, the share of export coal in total throughput amounted to 95.3%.