Established in 1976, Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC) LLC is now the largest container terminal in the Far East Region of the Russian Federation and is located in Vostochny Port. Capacity has grown from 70,000 TEUs per year to around 550,000 TEU today.
The terminal specializes in container handling but also offers a full range of stevedoring, forwarding and warehouse services. It assembles and dispatches container block trains with the use of its own stock of railway platforms, handles Ro-Ro vessels, provides storage and servicing of refrigerator containers.
VSC is a part of the Global Ports group (GPI). GPI was established in 2008 by Russian transport group N-Trans (TIHL) and APM Terminals, each with 30.75% of share capital. In April 2018 TIHL sold its 30.75% stake in Global Ports to LLC Management Company “Delo” (“Delo Group”), which became co-controlling shareholder together with APM Terminals.GPI operates the largest marine terminals on the Baltic coast and in the Far East of Russia.
At a glance
| Total area | 72 hectares |
|---|---|
| Number of berths |
4 |
| Total length of the quay line |
1284 m |
| Height of the quay |
2.8 m |
| Quay water depth |
about 13.5 m |
| Railway area |
3 railway areas with total capacity of 269 flatcars |
| Open warehouse area |
35 hectares |
| Capacity of containers storage area |
22,380 TEU |
| Reefer containers storage area | 110 plugs |
Equipment
| Equipment |
SWL | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| 6 x Quay crane (STS) |
30.5 t |
|
| 2 x Quay crane (STS PostPanamax) |
41 t / 60 t (twinlift) |
Lift height is 35m. Load-lowering height is 16m. Marine console boom is 48m. (17 tiers of containers) |
| 8 x RMG (railway) |
30.5 - 40 t |
|
| 5 x RMG (yard) |
30.5 t |
|
| 2 x Forklift |
32 t |
|
| 17 x Straddle carrier |
40 t |
|
| 12 x Terminal trucks |
40 t |
|
| 2 x Empty container handler |
10 t |
|
| 3 x Reach-stacker |
45 t |
|
| 13 x Forklift (CFS) |
1.5 – 5 t |
|
| 4 x Scoop loader |
3.5 t |
|
| 9 x Bobcat |
3.5 t |
|
| 14 x Loader |
1.5 - 2.5 t |
14 units |