Throughput of Vostochny port up 2% in Q1 07, y-o-y
In January-March Vostochny port handled 4 559.5 thou tons of cargo (+2.03%, year-on-year), PortNews IAA learnt from Far East branch of Rosmorport FSUE. Over the reported period the port handled 736.7 thou tons of general cargo (+9.3%, year-on-year) including 709.0 thou tons of containerized cargo (+21.1%), 6.7 thou tons of metal scrap (-38%). Transshipment of machines and equipment grew 6-fold to 0.6 thou tons. In January-March transshipment of timber totaled 109.3 thou tons (+28.6%), bulk cargo–3696.0 thou tons (+0.4%), including 3 463.6 thou tons of coal and coke (+1.6%), 232.4 thou tons of potassium salt (-14.2%). Transshipment of loose dry cargo was not carried out in the port in January-March 2007. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo amounted to 17.5 thou tons (in Q1 2006 transshipment of liquid bulk cargo was not carried out in the port).
