FCT’s container volumes up 29%, 255.903 TEUs in Q1, 2010

In the first quarter of 2010 First Container Terminal (FCT, St. Petersburg) has handled 255.903 TEUs, 29% up from that of last year, National Container Company (NCC, FCT’s manager) statement said. Containers turnover of FCT this March was at 99.707 TEUs, a 35.2% surge from Mar.2009.

In March 2010 TCC loaded 46.759 TEUs of exports and 52.948 TEUs of imported containerized cargoes, a record TCC’s imports volume ever, the NCC said. The month’s volume of refrigerated containers reached 12.50 TEUs. The terminal handled 73 vessels in March, the average turnover a vessel – 1.366 TEUs.

National Container Company (NCC) is the largest and leading container operator in Russia. The owners of the NCC in equal shares are the First Quantum Group and the FESCO Transport Group. In 2009 the total volumes via NCC’s containers terminals amounted to some 1.2 million TEUs, contributing 42.1% to overall output at Russian container ports.

NCC’s portfolio of assets includes First Container Terminal (FCT, St. Petersburg), NUTEP Container Terminal (Novorossiysk), UKRTRANSCONTAINER Container Terminal (Ilyichevsk, Odessa region, Ukraine), Ust-Luga Container Terminal (Leningrad region) and Logistics Terminal (Shushary, St. Petersburg).