Commodities shipments through Vostochny Port’s terminal of Primorsky Territory in January 2010 was at 1.030.600 tons, or a 13 percent drop from the same period last year, the Port Authority statement said.

In January this year, 117.000 tons of various commodities have been
shipped via Universal Handling Terminal facilities, 33% below the same
period in 2009, the port’s press service said.

Of overall volumes 913.600 tons were handled by Specialized Coal
Terminal, a 9% decline from January 2009.

The authorities blamed rough weather for the traffic volume reduction.
“Severe cold this early year in Siberia and the Far East affected the
rhythm of work,” Sergei Kushnaryov, managing director of Vostocny Port
was quoted as saying. He noted the coal was delivered to the terminal
frozen that, in turn, troubled the terminal and had led to a backlog at
the port of rail cars and ships waiting off-load operations.

Vostochny Port is the largest stevedoring company in the Russian Far
East, specializing in transshipment of coal via conveyor equipment. The
Vostochny Port’s structure comprises a Specialized Coal and a Universal
Handling Terminals, engaged in shipments of general and bulk cargoes
(coal, clinker, coke, iron ore, timber, etc.). The facilities allow
handling metals, pulp, aluminum, forestry, chemical and long-sized and
heavy-loads. Throughput of the port in 2009 was reported at 14.585.800
tons, a year-over-year 3 percent decline.

Source: PortNews

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