Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 1.7 times to 18.8 mln t in Jan-Apr’13
In January-April 2013, throughput of port Ust-Luga totaled 18,837,683.6 tonnes, up 1.7 times, year-on-year, Ust-Luga Company says in its press release.
In April, the port’s stevedoring companies handled 5,394,947.4 tonnes of cargo (up 1.5 times, year-on-year).
In the 4-month period, the port handled 168,623 railway cars (+12.6%).
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 tonnes of different cargoes and 167,380 automobiles. With its full capacity the port is expected to handle 180 mln tonnes of cargo.
