1897
More than a century of history of CPV is the history of the development of the Russian Far East and the formation of Primorye as a stronghold of the Russian state in the Asia-Pacific region.
On May 10, 1896, the Russian Emperor Nicholas II approved the "Regulations" on the construction of a commercial port in Vladivostok in the Golden Horn Bay. The first concrete mass for the construction of berths in the commercial port of Vladivostok was laid on October 10, 1897. This date is considered to be the date of foundation of Commercial Port of Vladivostok.
1909
In the first year, the port received 246 ship calls, although construction was still ongoing. In 1900, when it had already turned into a large modern port - already 436, the cargo turnover increased from 187,750 to 411,460 tons in these three years. It became a Commercial Port in 1909.
1914
During World War I, CPV firmly occupied the niche of the largest port in the Far East. While the Black and Azov Seas were blocked by the enemy, the Commercial Port became the Russian sea gate in the Far East.
1941 — 1945
During the Great Patriotic War, port workers fought at the front and forged victory in the rear. Then CPV handled 10 million tons of cargo and was recognized as the All-Union leader in high-speed handling of ships. Lend-lease cargoes went through the port: ammunition, food, medicines to be sent to the front.
1952
Since 1952, the Port became closed to foreign ships and remained so until the collapse of the USSR. CPV served passenger lines to Kamchatka, Magadan, Sakhalin, handled various types of cargo.
1960
In the 1960s, the first loaders and a new 100-ton floating crane appeared in the port. Gradually port workers began to move away from manual labor.
1992
In 1990, as Vladimir Vysotsky sang, "the closed port of Vladivostok was opened", and in 1992 PJSC "CPV" was established. The port reopened its borders to foreign ships and the modern history of the Commercial Port began. In 1999, for the first time, the port passed the five-million milestone in terms of the volume of cargo handled.
2011 — 2012
In 2011-2012, the Commercial Port of Vladivostok became part of the FESCO Transport Group and headed towards containerization. The port workers carried out the necessary modernization work and reoriented the production capacities of several berths, purchased specialized transshipment equipment. Thanks to this already in 2011 CPV became the leader in container handling in the Far East.
2021
Commercial Port of Vladivostok - 125 years old!
Today, Commercial Port of Vladivostok is the leader of Russia in terms of container handling, the largest universal stevedore in the Far East and the main asset of the FESCO Transport Group.
Vladivostok is becoming a new point of growth in the global transport system, and CPV plays an important role in this. As part of the Eastern Economic Forum 2021, an agreement was signed on the creation of an Eastern Transport Logistics Hub on the basis of CPV. CPV should become the base port of the Northern Sea Route.
CPV is the story of people who forged the success of the port with their selfless work for 125 years. Over the years of operation, the port's cargo turnover has grown tens of thousands of times: in 2021 it amounted to 12.9 million tons.
