The ports of Aarhus (Denmark), Gdansk (Poland), Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Tallinn (Estonia) projected to become the Baltic Sea container-hubs to handle oceangoing container ships, PortNews IAA reports quoting the press office of International Baltic Container Conference 2010. The representatives of the stevedoring companies had announced earlier their plans speaking at the conference.
However, according to Erik Ringmaa, commercial manager of Port of Tallinn, Russia remains its key transit partner. "We are positioning ourselves not so much as a hub, but as a maritime gateway between Europe and Russia", Mr. Ringmaa was quoted as saying.
Earlier Russia had announced its own container hub port project to be built in Kaliningrad region, capable to handle oceangoing container ships. However, experts have been quite skeptical over the project. For more details on the issue, see the "Relevant Topic", September 16, 2009.
However, according to Erik Ringmaa, commercial manager of Port of Tallinn, Russia remains its key transit partner. "We are positioning ourselves not so much as a hub, but as a maritime gateway between Europe and Russia", Mr. Ringmaa was quoted as saying.
Earlier Russia had announced its own container hub port project to be built in Kaliningrad region, capable to handle oceangoing container ships. However, experts have been quite skeptical over the project. For more details on the issue, see the "Relevant Topic", September 16, 2009.