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CONTAINER throughput at the Commercial Port of Vladivostok increased 11 per cent in the first quarter year on year to 213,100 TEU, reports St Petersburg's PortNews.

Total throughput of Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV), a FESCO unit, increased overall cargo volume by five per cent to 3.2 million tonnes.



CPV managing director Nikolay Yermolayev said containers was leading growth throughput among all the ports of Russia.



"We expect that container traffic in the port will grow by about 10 per cent 840,000 TEU in 2023. As for the number of ship calls this year, the average monthly number increased 43 per cent year on year," said Mr Yermolayev.



As of today, containerised cargoes account for over 60 per cent of the total volume and their share is increasing.



"The demand for some product groups is decreasing while the demand for containerised cargo is growing. Today, it is our key focus, key point of CPV development strategy," he said.



Annual throughput capacity of CPV is five million tonnes: general cargo / oil products, 150,000 vehicles and over 600,000 TEU of containers. The port operates 15 berths with a total length exceeding 3.2 kilometres. In 2022, container throughput of CPV rose by 1.4 per cent year on year to 768,000 TEU.