Coal transshipment via Baltic Coal Terminal (Latvia) up 18% to 4.79 mln t in 2012
In 2012 coal transshipment via Baltic Coal Terminal (Ventspils, Latvia) increased 18%, year-on-year, to 4,799,000 tons. As PortNews IAA learnt from the stevedoring company, coal transshipment in December 2012 fell by 5%, year-on-year, to 346,780 tons.
Baltic Coal Terminal is a joint venture of OJSC Shakhta Zarechnaja and Ventspils Commercial Sea Port. In 2011, coal throughput at the terminal totaled 4,079,270 tons. Currently, the coal handled at the BCT’s terminal is exported largely to the UK, Belgium, Spain and Morocco. The terminal’s indoor warehouse allows simultaneous storage of 210,000 tons of coal, (capacity - 6 m t/y). The two companies have invested in the first phase of the terminal EUR 80 million.
