Throughput of Ust-Luga port (Leningrad region) up 1.9 times to 8.52 mln tons in Jan-Feb '13
In January-February, 2013, Ust-Luga port (Leningrad region) handled 8,522,894.842 tons of cargo (up 1.9 times, year-on-year), press center of OJSC Ust-Luga Company informs.
In February, the port’s stevedoring companies handled 4,225,857.969 tons (up 1.9 times, year-on-year).
The number of wagons handled in January-February increased by 13.7% to 81,818 units.
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.
