Above: Grain is loaded on board via hoppers.
The new grain terminal at the Port of Vysotsk, which cost $69 million to build, has handled its first export consignment. A total of 25,000 tonnes of grain was despatched to an unnamed African destination.
It is the first facility in the Baltic region to specialize in grain handling. It has been designed to handle all types of grain, and has an annual capacity of four million tonnes per year. On shore storage is in the order of 240,000 tonnes and loading can be undertaken at the rate of 1,200 tonnes per hour.
There is sufficient draught to enable Panamax ships of up to 50,000dwt to be accommodated.
Inbound grain consignments are made by rail, with up to six hopper wagons attended to at any one time.