OREANDA-NEWS. November 08, 2011. Coal exports from Port Vysotsky LLC in January-October, 2011 surged by 43.5% from last year’s numbers to 2,709,579.2 tons, the stevedoring company said.

In October, shipments of thermal coal totaled 252,880.5 tons.

Port Vysotsky LLC operating the coal terminal specializes in handling the commodity exported to Western Europe. In 2010, Port Vysotsky exported 2.3 million tons of coal versus 2.9 million a year earlier. Last December, the stevedore company completed dredging of harbor waters and approach channel, which were deepened to 12.7 meters. The channel has now 200 m in width. Maximum draft of vessels was increased from 9.3 m to 11,9 m. This enables access of 45,000DWT bulkers to the coal terminal.