Lacon is a universal loading facility designed for transhipment of general cargo, ferrous and nonferrous rolled metal, bulk-break cargo, cast iron, ore, coal and other types of cargo.
Before the commencement of coal transhipment, Lacon worked with large quantities of ferrous rolled metal of both open and indoor storage from “Severstal” - famous iron and steel works from Cherepovets, as well as other major companies.
Warehouse facilities - three indoor warehouses
The scheme of warehouses and their access roads position on the territory of the terminal
Warehouse No.1 - a hangar type, total area of 2 400 m2
Can be used for storage of different kinds of general and bulk cargoes. It is equipped with railway access road with capacity of 10 wagons and opened warehouse area with concrete covering (7 000 m2)
Warehouse No2 - a hangar type, total area of 1 600 m2
At immediate proximity there is unloading trestlework for bulk cargo. There are also warehouse areas with concrete and concrete/asphalt cover 15 000m2.
The construction of warehouses No1, 2 allows their use for storage of wide cargo range, including hardweight heavy rolls, metal packs and other ironware.
The absence of vertical supports and height of warehouse ceiling of over 10 meters allows indoor installation of any industrial and technological lines. Taking into account tax legislation of the Latvian Republic, it gives a possibility to conduct enterprise activity and to produce goods for export delivery on favorable terms. Concrete floor with safe load of 10t/m2 and large entrance gate at both ends and lateral sides of warehouse allows using of any technical equipment for inside work, including auto-loaders and special equipment for transshipment of containers.
Availability of the access tracks and automobile passages allows providing of cargo transshipment through warehouses, arriving/dispatched under any transport schemes.
Warehouse No.3 - for storage of valuable general cargoes, the area - 1 000m2.
It is equipped with an access track and a special cargo trestlework for wagons loading/unloading by the "door to door" method. There is an automobile trestlework, which provides simultaneous loading of 3 motor vehicles. There are separated storage facilities for storage of especially valuable cargoes.
The company provides a full complex of logistic "door to door" services, beginning with cargo movement control on railways from the departure station in Russia or any other CIS countries to the destination station Bolderaja, Latvian Railways.
A ten years experience of our forwarding agents at Russian Railways allows solving operatively the questions, arising at cargo transportation. From the moment of cargo departure, it is possible for our clients to get the exact information of cargo location, to trace its movement speed in a direction to the terminal, that, in its turn, allows in due time and operatively to forecast cargo lots accumulation and to make the schedule of vessels arrival or motor transport delivery.
The experience, obtained at mutual cooperation with "Latvian Railways", enables to give to ours clients the information on transportation costs level at Latvian railway in due time, and also any other information about business in Latvia at our clients interest.
Our services complex includes:
- The cargo transportation on Russian, Byelorussian and Latvian Railways, including fare freights, declaration, customs and other fees, arising at cargo transportation:
- Rendering of cargo transshipment and handling services in the port,
- Processing of railcars during a standard unloading time - 24 hours,
- Cargo customs clearance,
- Allocation of separate warehouse areas for cargo storage in the port,
- Unloading of cargo at the port's warehouse,
- Stockpiling and storage of client's cargo during the term of free storage, separately from cargoes of other cargo owners,
- The cargo account,
- Cargo safety at transshipment and storage,
- Processing of loading/unloading documents,
- The coordination of vessels' handling schedule,
- Cargo loading on a vessel,
- Registration and delivery by express mail of documents according to client's written instructions,
- At transshipment of bulk cargoes - magnetic clearing and crushing of cargo, and also, if necessary, - mixture of several grades of client's coal to obtain the necessary quality,
- The organization of internationally recognized surveyor companies control of cargo quality at all stages of transportation process,
Flexible price policy, professionalism and Company's personnel's operational experience favors maximal business benefit for our clients.
Thank you for the cooperation.