Throughput of Vostochny port up 6.7% in H1 07, y-o-y
In January-June 2007, throughput of Vostochny port grew by 6.7%, year-on-year to 10.541.3 million tonnes, PortNews IAA learnt at East branch of Rosmorport FSUE. In the reported period the port handled 1.574.8 million tonnes of general cargo (+14%, year-on-year) including 1.537.1 million tonnes of containerized cargo (+23.6%). Transshipment of metal scrap decreased 3.2 times to 10.5 thou tonnes. Trn of machines and equipment fell by 1.7% to 1.3 thou tonnes. In the 6-month period the port handled 204.6 thou tonnes of timber cargo (+10.8%), 8.737.3 million tonnes of dry bulk cargo thou tonnes (+5.3%) including 8.250.4 million tonnes of coal and coke (+6%), 486.9 thou tonnes of mineral fertilizers (+0.4%). Transshipment of loose dry cargo was not carried out by the port in January-June. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo totaled 24.6 thou tonnes (in January-June the port didn’t handle liquid bulk cargo).
Vostochny port is the deepest Far-Eastern port of Russia. It is located in the southern part of the Primorsky Krai on the shore of the Sea of Japan within 20 kilometers from Nakhodka – end point of Trans-Siberian Line. The port has year round navigation. The port is possible of handling vessels with a draft up to 15.5 meters, length up to 280 meters and breadth up to 40 meters. The port comprises 15 cargo berths, a number of auxiliary berths and a maintenance pier. Total length of the berthing line is about 4 kilometers. These berths are part of terminals used for transshipment of coal, containers, fertilizers, methanol, timber, bulk and general cargo.