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Vladivostok Port, in the Russian Far East, is attracting new international shipping partners, according to Nikolai Yermolayev, the Ports operating Managing Director. He was speaking at the Maritime Congress of the Russian Far East, and said that another four major international carriers are negotiating the organization of shipping lines through the port.
Vladivostok Port currently works with 11 shipping companies from Russia, China and South Korea. Chinese ports currently account for about 66% of VMTP’s cargo turnover, while cargo traffic between Vladivostok and Chinese ports grew by 30% to almost 462,000 TEU in 2023.
The Port plans to boost cargo handling to 1.2 million TEU by 2028, which would be a 40% increase over 2023. VMTP’s operations extend over 15 docks at the Port of Vladivostok.
FESCO, the Ports main operator, in one of Russia’s largest transport groups, and has port, railway and integrated logistics businesses. The group includes the Commercial Port of Vladivostok, intermodal operator FESCO Integrated Transport, the refrigerated container operator Dalreftrans, as well as Transgarant and FESCO Trans. The company also operates terminals in Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, Tomsk and Vladivostok, more than 170,000 TEU of containers and a fleet of over 11,000 well cars. Its fleet of 30 vessels operate primarily on the group’s own marine lines.
Vladivostok Port provides access to Asia for companies across Russia as it is also the Far Eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, with the Western terminus in Moscow. It has eighteen major junctions with other Russian city hubs, leading to other sections of Russia, and two additional main lines, the Trans-Mongolian to Beijing, and the Trans-Manchurian to Harbin.
Vladivostok Port has numerous direct shipping connections, including numerous Chinese Ports as well as Hong Kong, in addition to routes to Vietnam and India.
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