OREANDA-NEWS. September 05, 2012. Cargo handling at Vostochny Port in January-August 2012 totaled 12,078,600 tons, a 7-percent gain year-on-year, the stevedoring company said.

In August, freight flows passing through Vostochny Port terminals totaled 1,749,000 tons, an increase of 7% on the same period a year earlier.
Export coal mined in Kuzbass constitutes the bulk of loads handled by the company, which account for nearly 98% of total cargo throughput at Vostochny Port. Coal shipped by coasting vessels makes up 1.8% and approximately 0.2% - other goods.

JSC Vostochny Port is the major stevedore company in the Russian Far East operating at the port of Vostochny, the largest Russian deep-sea port in the Far East. The company specializes in handling of exported coal using the conveyor equipment. The company’s assets include a Specialized Coal Terminal (PPK-3) and Universal Transshipment Terminal (PPK-1) for handling general and bulk cargoes (coal, coke, clinker, iron ore, timber, etc.) as well as metals, pulp, aluminum, chemical, heavy-lift and oversized cargo. The eight-month volume of coal reached 1,428,400 tons (+5.3%). Cargo shipments through PPK-1 totaled 2,422,400 tons (+18.5%), in August the facility handled 320,700 tons of different cargoes (+15.4%).

The company owns its own fleet of harbor tugs, able to berth 150,000dwt vessels. In 2011, cargo traffic at Port Vostochny rose 12% year-over-year to 16.5 million tons.