Throughput capacity of Commercial Port of Vladivostok to be increased to over 600,000 TEUs in 2015
From the beginning of the year Commercial Port of Vladivostok OJSC handled over 500,000 TEU, which is an absolute record in terms of container handling in the ports of Russia’s Far East. According to the company’s press center, the milestone TEU was handled on December 22.
In 2015, with the operational excellence & performance system, throughput capacity of Commercial Port of Vladivostok is to be increased to over 600,000 TEUs.
Commercial Port of Vladivostok is number one container port in the Far East of Russia. In June 2014, the company set its own record of monthly throughput having handled 47,800 TEUs. In 2013, Commercial Port of Vladivostok handled 476,800 TEU and occupied over 30% of the entire container transshipment market in the Far East Basin of Russia.
Commercial Port of Vladivostok OJSC (part of FESCO Transportation Group) is the largest stevedoring company at the port of Vladivostok. It provides services in handling general, bulk, ro-ro and containerized cargo. Commercial Port of Vladivostok has 15 berths with a total length of more than 3 km.
FESCO Transportation Group is one of Russia’s largest intermodal transportation companies providing a full range of logistical solutions through a combination of shipping, rail, trucking and port services offered to clients through a world-wide network of sales offices. FESCO Group owns Commercial Port of Vladivostok OJSC, railway operator Transgarant, and Russkaya Troyka (50% joint venture with Russian Railways OJSC). FESCO operates a container park of over 36,000 containers and a fleet of 22 ships as well as 4 icebreakers leased under long-term contracts. Major shareholders of FESCO are Summa Group and TPG (49.9% of shares) and companies controlled by (23.8% of shares).
