Vostochny Port

{{Short description|Intermodal container port in the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railway}}

{{for|the stevedoring company|Vostochny Port (company)}}

{{Coord|42|44|29.27|N|133|4|47.27|E|source:enwiki_region:RU_type:city|display=title}}

{{anchor|Kozmino Bay}}

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Vostochny Port ({{langx|ru|Восто́чный порт}}) is an intermodal container port at the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railway.{{Cite news|url=http://www.transrussia.ru/eng/about/daily/arhive/6.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070619192719/http://www.transrussia.ru/eng/about/daily/arhive/6.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2007|title=Welcome to All National Flags|publisher=Transrussia|date=March 21, 2006|access-date=2008-02-21|quote=The Eastern Stevedore Company (ESC) stand also attracts attention. It works on the basis of port Vostochniy. The largest container terminal on the Far East is situated here — right at the start point of the Trans Siberian line.}} It is the largest port in the Russian Far East.{{fact|date=October 2018}} It is located in Vrangel (an eastern suburb of Nakhodka), Primorsky Krai. A deepwater port on Nakhodka Bay (part of the Sea of Japan), it operates year-round and is suitable for handling large tonnage ships. Vostochny is a warm-water port{{cite web |url=http://www.vpnet.ru/eng/geo/main_geo.htm |title=Vostochny Port JSC, Geography, Location |work=Vostochny Port website |year=2007 |access-date=13 December 2012 |quote=...  Geographical coordinates: 42 degree 46 minutes of northern latitude; 133 degree 3 minutes of east longitude. [...] Vostochny Port is located in the south of Primorsky Region, in the southeast of Nakhodka bay, in Vrangel bay. This is unique natural harbor is no ice restrictions even in severe winters. ... |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129011546/http://www.vpnet.ru/eng/geo/main_geo.htm |archive-date=29 November 2012 }} in the Russian Far East.

The largest stevedoring firm in the port is JSC Vostochny Port, which specializes in coal handling with conveyor equipment.

Vostochny Port also consists of VostCo Dry Dock, which was the construction site of the concrete gravity base structures LUN-A and PA-B for the development of the Sakhalin Island offshore oil fields.

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Another division of Vostochny port is the Special Sea Oil Terminal, the location of the eastern terminus of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline which is located in Kozmino Bay, with cargo throughput of almost 15 million tonnes.

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