Four-month cargo volumes of Port Vysotsky jump 20.5% to 1.95 million tonnes
Freight throughput at the facilities of terminal operator Port Vysotsky LLC between January and April surged by 20.5% year-on-year to 1,948,434.815 tonnes, the stevedoring company said.
In April this year Port Vysotsky handled 546,152 tonnes of steam coal exported from Russia.
The same month a record number of coal rail cars / day was unloaded at the port. On April 4 shift teams of dockers led by mechanics Oleg Plokhikh and Vladimir Mikheev unloaded 302 cars with coal. On April 16 teams of Alexander Sorokin and Vasiliy Shihaev set yet another record, unloading 309 cars / day.
Port of Vysotsk is located in the Leningrad region of Russia. There are two stevedoring company operating at the port: Port Vysotsky LLC and RPK-Vysotsk-LUKOIL-II LLC. In May 2012, the Russian Government decided to expand the Vysotsk port territory, incorporating in its boundaries the land and adjacent waters occupied by facilities of a general cargo terminal under construction. The terminal capacity is projected to reach 3 million tonnes a year. Port Vysotsky LLC specializes in handling Russian coal exported to the EU markets.
Port of Vysotsk water area and its approach canal are 12.7 meters deep, the width of the canal is 200 metres. In 2015, the stevedore handled 5.67 million tonnes of cargo (+7.7%).
