Russian port commitment

Russia is to spend ¢ 7.6bn ($11.3bn) on developing ports in the North West, of which ¢ 2.1bn ($3.1bn) will come from the Federal Budget. Ust-Luga should be handling up to 130m tonnes by 2015, Primorsk in the region of 25m tonnes, Vyborg 3m tonnes and Vystock 12m tonnes. Kaliningrad plans to build a dedicated container terminal.