OREANDA-NEWS. March 19, 2009. In January-February 2008, Ust-Luga port handled 1.184 million tonnes of cargo (+21%, year-on-year). In the reported period, transshipment of coal grew by 22% to 1.091 million tonnes including 1 million tonnes handled by rosterminalugol OJSC and 91,300 tonnes – by Ust-Luga branch of RosMorPort FSUE.

Transshipment of timber (Timber Terminal Factor OJSC) fell by 68% to 40,300 tonnes, other general cargo (Ust-Luga Sea Merchant Port OJSC) – totaled 5,100 tonnes (this type of cargo was not handled in January-February 08), ferrous metal (Multipurpose Transshipment Complex OJSC) – up 6.4 times to 46,600 tonnes.

The port’s turnover of vessels totaled 116 units (58 incoming and 58 outgoing).

Ust-Luga port is situated practically at the border of the Russian Federation and the European Union. The deep water area of the port (16 m) together with the short ship channel (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 120,000 tonnes. The second ship channel providing roundabout ship traffic will be built by 2010. By 2010 the cargo turnover of Ust-Luga port is expected to amount to 50 mln tonnes.
In 2008, Ust-Luga handled 6.9 million tonnes of cargo with turnover of vessels totaling 901.