Throughput of Commercial Seaport of Taganrog up 16% in H1 07, y-o-y
In January-June 2007, throughput of Commercial Seaport of Taganrog (CST) surged 16.01%, year-on-year, to 938.3 thou tonnes, PortNews IAA learnt from the company. Transshipment of oil cargo made 178.2 thou tonnes (+19.8%, year-on-year), metal – 221.8 thou tonnes (-32.4%). Throughput of coal and coke grew 3 times to 301.7 thou tonnes, timber – 84.8 thou tonnes (-17.8%). Transshipment of ore decreased 2.3-fold to 15.6 thou tonnes. Container throughput grew 2.7-fold to 49.4 thou tonnes.
Commercial Seaport of Taganrog OJSC is a stevedoring company of the port of Taganrog. The authorized capital of Commercial Seaport of Taganrog OJSC amounts to RUR 837.709 thou rubles. It is divided into 628.282 thou ordinary and 209.427 thou preferred shares with a nominal value of 1 ruble each. The state owns 25.5% of the Company’s authorized capital, Dizhen LLC – 39.83%, VMV Trade System LLC – 9.98%.
CST OJSC specializes in transshipment of ferrous and non-ferrous metal, ore, coal, alumina, containers and equipment. The Company comprises five cargo berths with a total length of 849 meters and depth from 4.5 to 5.0 meters. Design capacity of the transshipment complex is 1.5 – 2.0 million tonnes per year.