Russia to build five specialized marine terminals

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bylaw Thursday approving the establishment of five marine terminals throughout the vast country's eastern and western borders to meet its need for energy transportation, the government's official website said.

Three of the terminals will be located in eastern Russia's Primorsky Kray. The one in Khasansky District will be used for transferring coal with a projected freight turnover of 20 million tons per year. Another one in Vostok Bay will transfer petrochemical cargoes with an annual turnover of 21 million tons. The third one will transfer liquefied natural gas.

Another marine terminal used for transferring coal will be constructed in Khabarovsky Kray, which borders Primorsky Kray in the north.

In the west, a fifth terminal will be built at the seaport of Visotsk in Leningrad Oblast to produce and transfer liquefied natural gas. Its annual transport capability is expected to be 661 thousand tons.

The terminals are part of a government plan with federal significance. Endit