Daltransugol (DTU), a coal terminal in Muchke Bay of Vanino Port, completed a project to expand its coal handling capacity up to 33 mio t per year, as well as the construction of a railway access track. Thus, DTU’s throughput capacity increased by 9 mio t, or 37.5%, from 24 mio t. The facilities are scheduled to launch operations in July-August 2025.
The construction of a 600 m public railway line enabled the connection of the 11 km private railway line with the Russian Railways (RZD) network.
In 2020, Daltransugol obtained a resident status in the Free Port of Vladivostok to implement a project to ramp up the terminal’s capacity from 24 mio t to 40 mio t per year through the construction of a third phase. However, coal transshipment growth at the terminal is limited by rail throughput capacity of the RZD network. In 2024, coal transshipment amounted to only 14.5 mio t (-1.3 mio tons or -8.2% compared to 2023). Meanwhile, the maximum DTU’s handling volumes were recorded in 2020, having reached 23.2 mio t.
The limited railway network of the BAM and Trans-Siberian Railway means that RZD is unable to transport the required volumes of cargo, resulting in underutilized port capacities in the Far East, which is an obstacle to boosting coal exports to the Asia-Pacific.
For example, JSC Vostochny Port, which launched the third phase of its terminal in 2019 with a coal transshipment capacity of 58 mio t, handled just 26 mio t of coal for export in 2024, which is half of its throughput. In other words, private companies that invested significant funds in their terminal’s expansion are having to deal with substantial losses.
Furthermore, new specialized coal terminals, such as Vaninotransugol, Vera Port, and Sukhodol Port have been launched in the Far East over the past five years. Therefore, the expansion of coal handling throughput at Far Eastern terminals is currently well ahead of the development of RZD’s railway capacity.
Source: CCA Analysis
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