OREANDA-NEWS.  January 19, 2012. Freight traffic passing through the Port Vostochny (including the Kozmino terminal’s figures) in 2011 grew by 7.9% year-on-year, to 38,516,000 tons, the Port Authority said.

Shipments of dry bulk cargo increased by 15% to 22,790,100 tons, while liquid bulk volume shrank by 0.9% to 15,726,100 tons.

Coal exports from the port grew 17.8% to 19,214,600 tons. Handling of mineral fertilizer  decreased by half from a year earlier to 428,100 tons. Shipments of crude oil fell by 0.9% to 15,199,000 tons, of petroleum products - by 0.6% to 527,100 tons.

Container traffic at Vostochny port in 2011 soared by 33.2% year-on-year to 338,752 TEUs. 

Port Vostochny (East Port) is the year-round navigable and the deepest port of the Russian Far East region. Vostochny Port is located on the coast Japan Sea, 20 km from the terminus of Trans-Siberian Railroad - the city of Nakhodka. Vostochny port is able to accommodate 280-meter long, 40-meter wide vessels with draft up to 15.5 m. The port’s stevedore companies operate16 cargo berths, a few auxiliary berths at the terminals for handling coal, containers, fertilizer, methanol, timber, bulk and general cargo. In 2010, the port's cargo throughput (excluding Kozmino’s figures) increased by 7% year-over-year, to 20,34 million tons.