Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga has handled its first Panamax bulker at the Yug-2 terminal.
The 87,400 dwt, 225 m LOA and 32 m beam “Good Hope Max” bulker berthed at Yug-2 on June 11.
During two days, 42.7 thousand tons of coal was loaded on board, the maximum that the berth depth allows.
After that the bulker proceeded to another Ust-Luga terminal, Multi-Purpose Reloading Complex, to take additional cargo up to 74 thousand tons before setting off to Marmara, Turkey.
According to Evgeny Savkin, MD of Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga, two more calls of Panamax bulkers at the terminal have been confirmed by shippers.