Vostochny port handles record coal in 1H18
Published by Claire Cuddihy,
Assistant Editor
World Coal,
Vostochny port, a stevedoring comoany in Primorye (Russia), handled 12.3 million t of coal in the first half of 2018, 5% more than in the same corresponding period in 2017.
This is reportedly an all-time record for the company which specialises in handling coal for exports.
This year, Vostochny port shipped coal to South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.
The company unloaded 161 400 gondola cars of coal in the first half of 2018, including 125 600 or 78% innovative gondola cars with increased capacity.The company handled 288 vessels.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/handling/16072018/vostochny-port-handles-record-coal-in-1h18/
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