Vostochny Port JSC celebrates its 45th anniversary
Russia’s largest coal port celebrates its 45th anniversary. Over this period, the company exported more than 400 million tonnes of Russian coal. Today, Vostochny Port JSC is the most advanced company in the industry ensuring environmental control at all states of the transshipment process.
The first berth in the Wrangel Bay was built in summer 1973 but the port’s official history began on 28 February 1974 with the order No 36 on organization of commercial seaport “Vostochny Port” signed by USSR Minister of Maritime Fleet.
More than 10 years ago, Vostochny Port JSC joined Port Management Company LLC, Russia's major coal port holding. Apart from Vostochny Port JSC, the holding incudes Rosterminalugol JSC (Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region). Total throughput of sea terminals run by Port Management Company LLC makes about 50 million tonnes per year, which is over one third of all seaborne coal exports from Russia. The commodity is exported via Vostochny Port JSC to more than 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. The key activities of the port holding is a hi-tech transshipment of coal with application of the best available technologies. The company makes substantial investments into modernization of its sophisticated equipment and environmental protection measures.
The port holding is currently implementing the largest private port investment project in the Far East of Russia – construction of Vostochny Port’s coal terminal Phase 3 which comprises the creation of railway infrastructure facilities together with Russian Railways OJSC. The ceremonial launching of the new tandem-type railcar dumper as part of Phase 3 was held at the 4th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The ceremonial launching of a storage area line including main conveyor, stacker and reclaimer took place at Phase 3 in the framework of the 12th International Forum “Transport of Russia”. A facility for empty railcars departure has been recently put into operation at Nakhodka-Vostochnaya station.
In 2018, Vostochny Port JSC transshipped more than 24 million tonnes of premium class export coal. With the introduction of Phase 3, Vostochny Port JSC will handled about 45 million tonnes per year while total throughput of the terminals run by Port Management Company LLC will increase to 70 million tonnes per year. Vostochny Port JSC is going to launch its coal terminal’s Phase 3 in the year of its 45th anniversary.
Vostochny Port is on the list of socially responsible companies of the Russian Federation. The company offers its employees a complete package of social guarantees and benefits including preferential loans, maternity payments, social insurance, free medical services and education.
As one of the major taxpayer in the Far East Region and the city’s backbone enterprise, Vostochny Port JSC makes regular allocations for social and charity projects. The company provides support to municipal organizations including day-care centres, schools and sport clubs of the Wrangel district with the population of about 14,000 including the company’s employees and their families.
The company is running a programme of personnel reserve offering education of employees in an in-house training center and in the best industry-focused educational institutions of the country. A buddy system is also foreseen by the programme.