Port Posiet

This article is part of the Global Coal Terminals Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.

Please visit Global Energy Monitor to download the dataset

Report an error

Sub-articles:

Coal terminals Coal exports Coal production Coal mines Coal reserves

Related-articles:

Global Coal Mine Tracker Global Coal Plant Tracker Largest coal mines in the world Environmental issues of coal Coal mine impacts from Covid-19

Port Posiet is an ice-free port situated on the Japanese Sea coast south of Vladivostok, in Russia.

Commercial Port Posiet JSC owned by Mechel is one of the stevedoring companies operating in the port of Posiet handling coal.

Location

Loading map...

{"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":15,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":42.649027920674136,"lon":130.80738298546603,"icon":""}]}

Background

According to Mechel, as a result of a large-scale modernization project implemented in recent years, the Posiet commercial port has been converted into a specialized coal transhipment complex. It had an annual capacity of 9 million tonnes of coal, with plans to expand the capacity up to 15 million tonnes per year. Mechel exports coal mined at its coal deposits in Yakutugol and Yuzhny Kuzbass, and the Elginskiy coal mine. The port is linked by rail to the Trans-Siberian Railroad, north-eastern China and North Korea.

The terminal was expanded to a capacity of 7 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2015, and reached capacity of 9 million tonnes per annum by May 2019. The expansion also allowed the port to handle Panamax size vessels. The modernization effort at Port Posiet cost at least 4 billion rubles (approximately US$63 million).

In the first 9 months of 2019, the port handled 4.4 million tonnes of coal. In 2023, the port handled 4.2 million tonnes of coal, a reduction of 9% compared with 2023.

The project to expand the port's capacity to 15 million tonnes appeared to still go ahead, as of March 2023. As per news reports in 2024, Mechel was planning to build an additional berth in the port, which would be able to handle Handymax vessels. However these reports did not refer to the planned increase of capacity to 15 million tonnes, but only to the existing maximum capacity of 9 million tonnes. It's possible that the expansion project has been shelved.

Pollution

Coal dust pollution has been an ongoing problem for the port, with residents complaining since at least 2009 of the widespread environmental impact of Port Posiet's coal handling operations. The port came under investigation for violating environmental regulations in February 2021. Video footage showed massive clouds of coal dust being blown out of the terminal. Mechel was ultimately fined 980,000 rubles (approximately US$13,000). Throughout 2021, Michel has invested in additional dust suppression systems at the terminal, but residents have stated that past investments have made little impact on the problem.

Project Details

• Owner: Commercial Port Posiet JSC
• Parent: Mechel JSC
• Location: Vladivostok, Primorye region, Russia
• Capacity: 9 million tonnes per annum
• Status: Operating
• Type: Exports (Pacific Asia)
• Source of Coal: Yakutugol and Yuzhny Kuzbass regions, Elga coal field, Russia
• Cost of expansion:
• Financing for expansion:
  

Project Expansion Details

• Proposed Capacity: 6 million tonnes to reach 15Mtpa
• Status: Proposed
• Year:

Articles and Resources

Related GEM.wiki articles

• Global use and production of coal
• Coal terminals
• Coal reserves