Throughput of Petrolesport container terminal up 27% to 250,000 TEU in H1 08
In the first half of 2008, throughput of Petrolesport container terminal totaled 250,000 TEU (+27%, year-on-year), the company informs.
In June the terminal handled 47,000 TEU (+32.7%, year-on-year).
Petrolesport OJSC is a stevedoring company of the Big Port of St. Petersburg. PLP handles different cargo being the leader in container transshipment in the North-West region of Russia. There are a number of specialized terminals operating at the territory of PLP. PLP major perspectives are seen in transshipment of containerized and refrigerated cargo.
Petrolesport container terminal operates from 1994. As of today, its annual capacity is 650,000 TEU. From 2004, average annual growth of the company’s container throughput makes 51%. In 2007, the company handled 368,000 TEU.