OREANDA-NEWS.  January 27, 2012. Shipments of new and used imported vehicles via Ro-Ro terminal of OJSC Commercial Sea Port of Vladivostok (CPV) rose by 12.5% year-on-year to 85,284 units, the CPV statistics said.

In the reporting period, the terminal was handling cars, trucks, vans and minivans, etc. New imported cars totaled 9,646 units, or 33%. Cars and vans made in Japan account for about 97% of the total car imports, 3% of vehicles were imported from the U.S. and South Korea.

Commercial Seaport of Vladivostok, member of FESCO Transport Group, owns and operates its assets at the port of Vladivostok, a premier Russian seaport in the Far East region. Port of Vladivostok encompasses 55 ha, over 14 km of waterfront featuring 17 berths with terminals for handling grain, containers, imported vehicles, as well as a passenger terminal. In 2011, CPV’s cargo throughput fell 7.8% year-over-year to 6.38 million tons.