Throughput of port Vysotsk up 15 % to 3.7 mln t in QI'13
In January-March, 2013, port Vysotsk handled 3.72 mln t of cargo (+15%, year-on-year), Administration of Big Port St. Petersburg states.
Transshipment of oil products increased by 4% to 2.7 mln t, coal and coke – by 60%, year-on-year, to 1.01 mln t.
In March, the port increased its throughput by 21%, year-on-year, to 1.3 mln t.
Port of Vysotsk is located in the Leningrad region. There are currently two stevedore companies operating at the port’s terminals: Port Vysotsky LLC and RPK-Vysotsk-Lukoil-II Ltd. In May 2012, the Russian government decided to expand the Vysotsk port with new territories including those occupied by the construction site of a new sea terminal for handling of general cargo (with the capacity of up to 3 mln t). In 2012 the port’s throughput increased by 2%, year-on-year, to 13,634,200 tonnes.
