The shipping platform

Location: Vostochny is located on the SE coast of Nakhodka Bay, 20km E of Nakhodka, in Primorsky region. General overview: Vostochny is an expanding major commercial port, connected to the railway system of the former USSR and serves as a gateway to the Asia-Pacific markets. With depths of 22.0m in the fairway, the port can handle vessels up to 150,000DWT. The port mainly handles bulk coal and coke but also has facilities to handle metal, cellulose, chemical, grain and timber. Ice forms in Jan and starts to thaw at the end of Feb. The drift ice coming from the Gulf of Nakhodka presses onto Container Wharves No 5, 6, 7 and 8. Traffic figures: Approx 16,000,000t of cargo and 300,000TEU handled annually. Load line zone: Summer zone for vessels over 100m in length and Winter Seasonal Area for vessels of 100m or less in length. Winter Dec 1 to Feb 28/29, Summer Mar 1 to Nov 30.