In January-December 2015, Neva-Metal CJSC (stevedoring company of Severstal) handled about 3.3 mln t of cargo (+3%, year-on-year), the company’s press center told IAA PortNews.
Container throughput totaled about 96,000 TEUs (+7%).
“The growth was particularly driven by implementation of the investment programme and organizational measures. In 2015, Neva-Metal put into operation two modern cranes manufacture by Konecranes, each is 50 t in capacity. New equipment let facilitate handling of containers and increase the capacity of the company’s storage area at the port of Saint-Petersburg”, the company explained.
CJSC Neva-Metal is part of a transport division of Severtal Russian Steel of Severstal Group. Neva-Metal specializes in handling ferrous metals exported by Cherepovetsk Severstal (60% of the stevedore’s total throughput), secondary metals from Severstal-Vtormet and containerized cargo at the berths located in the 3rd Cargo Area of Big Port St. Petersburg. Severstal is one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel related mining companies.