OREANDA-NEWS. February 16, 2009. In January 2009, Commercial Port of Vladivostok OJSC handled 286,100 tonnes of cargo (-35%, year-on-year) including 166,400 tonnes of export cargo, 58,000 tonnes of import cargo and 61,700 tonnes of coastal trade cargo, the company reports. Transshipment of containerized cargo totaled 14,559 TEU including 4,411 TEU of coastal trade containers, 4,776 TEU of import and 5,372 TEU of export containers.

In January, the company handled 166 vessels and 4,099 units of the rolling stock.

Vyacheslav Yekimtsev, deputy Director General of Commercial Port of Vladivostok, attributes the decrease to negative tendencies of the global economic crisis and specific Russian problems like increased import duties for foreign cars. “In January 2008 the port handled 13,691 units of imported vehicles while in January 2009 – 2,460 cars. The figures are self-explanatory.  There is another unfavorable factor – customs post Vladivostok seaport the competence of which covers Commercial Port of Vladivostok was not included in the list of customs bodies and subdivisions for declaration of scrap metal. Earlier Commercial Port of Vladivostok accounted for over 25% of exported ferrous metal scrap among the ports of Russia’s Far East.”

Commercial Port of Vladivostok OJSC owns and operates the property complex of the port of Vladivostok, one of Russia’s largest ports in the Far East. Commercial Port of Vladivostok operates 17 berths including container, passenger, motor car specialized berths.
Commercial Port of Vladivostok is a part of FESCO Transport Group. In 2008, the company handled5.914.8 million tonnes of cargo.