RZhD forecasts Ust-Luga throughput at 44 mln tons in 2013
Throughput of Ust-Luga port (Leningrad region) will reach 44 mln tons in 2013. According to PortNews IAA journalist, this opinion was expressed by Yuri Surodin, representative of Russian Railways OJSC, at the VI annual international conference Trilogy held in St. Petersburg.
Surodin noted that according to RZhD expectations the port’s throughput will raise to 90 mln tons by 2018.
Ust-Luga port is situated practically at the border of the Russian Federation and the European Union. The deep water area of the port (17.5 m) together with the short seaway canal (3.7 km) make Ust-Luga port the only Russian port on the Baltic Sea capable of admitting dry-cargo vessels with the deadweight of up to 75,000 tonnes and liquid cargo carriers with the deadweight of up to 160,000 tonnes. In 2012, the port’s throughput totaled 46,612,449 tons of different cargoes and 167,380 automobiles. With its full capacity the port is expected to handle 180 mln tons of cargo.
