Ulaanbaatar
Olon Ovoot port expanded to increase coal export
视频“The expansion of Olon Ovoot border crossing station will help increase income from coal and employment in Mongolia”, remarked Mr D.Ganbat, Minister of Road and Transport Development when he attended on Thursday an official inauguration ceremony of an expanded terminal built at Olon Ovoot border crossing station in Dornogobi province.
Mongolia had begun testing rail transport of coal from the Olon Ovoot station to Tianjin port, the seaport in China closest to Mongolia.
In response to increased coal demand from China, Ulaanbaatar Railway Joint Venture in cooperation with the Ministry of Road and Transport Development expanded the Olon Ovoot station by building the first unit of its terminal within 20 days, making possible to load coal into 100-150 wagons a day. It would increase Mongolia’s coal export to its southern neighbor by 200 thousand tons a month and 2.5 million tons a year.
The second rail line will be constructed from April to June this year, and when in full operation, the Olon Ovoot terminal will be capable of transporting 300 wagons or 19,500 tons of coal.
The Olon Ovoot station in Dornogobi province was set up in 1974.
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