In the first half of 2010 the stevedoring companies of Sea Port of St. Petersburg Group handled more than 5.8 million tons of cargo, a 10-percent gain over the same period in 2009, the SPSP Group press release said.
The Group said the H1 freight volume growth was fueled by 16-percent outbound cargo rise over the same period a year earlier.
Mineral fertilizer surged 62%, to 247,000 tons, exported coal volume rose by 23%, to 1.7 million tons, steel exports increased by 34%, to 1.4 million tons.
The volume of inbound cargo shrank 16%, general cargo, in particular, refrigerated cargo slumped 40%, to 111ths tons, container count dropped 35%, to 30 tons. Volume of handled ore fell 36% to 240,000 tons.
First Stevedoring Company transshipped 2.3 million tons of cargo (+16% from H1, 2009). Second Stevedoring Company handled more than 0.9 million tons of cargo, improving last year's figures by 5%.
Third stevedoring company in the first half of 2010 handled more than 4,600 of imported cars at its Ro-ro terminal (there were no offloading operations in 2009).
Fourth Stevedoring Company reported a 21-percent throughput drop, to 1.5 million tons of cargo due to the first-phase container terminal construction.
In six months, the First Stevedoring Company’s Ro-Ro Terminal, launched in Q2, 2009 transshipped 318,000 tons of Ro-Ro cargo.
The Ust-Luga Universal transshipment complex handled about 998,000 tons of cargo, more than a twofold rise (+135%).
The Group of companies of Sea Port of St. Petersburg is part of the Universal Cargo Logistics Holding BV. The Group incorporates First Stevedoring Company CJSC, Second Stevedoring Company CJSC, Third Stevedoring Company CJSC, Fourth Stevedoring Company CJSC at the Big Port of St. Petersburg, and Universal Transshipment Complex at the port of Ust-Luga and the number of service companies.
The current Sea Port of St. Petersburg development program projected the construction of high-tech terminal for transshipment of containerized cargo, as well as the renovation of launched terminals for handling of automobile and Ro-Ro cargo at the Big Port of St. Petersburg, and Ust-Luga universal transshipment complex.
The Group said the H1 freight volume growth was fueled by 16-percent outbound cargo rise over the same period a year earlier.
Mineral fertilizer surged 62%, to 247,000 tons, exported coal volume rose by 23%, to 1.7 million tons, steel exports increased by 34%, to 1.4 million tons.
The volume of inbound cargo shrank 16%, general cargo, in particular, refrigerated cargo slumped 40%, to 111ths tons, container count dropped 35%, to 30 tons. Volume of handled ore fell 36% to 240,000 tons.
First Stevedoring Company transshipped 2.3 million tons of cargo (+16% from H1, 2009). Second Stevedoring Company handled more than 0.9 million tons of cargo, improving last year's figures by 5%.
Third stevedoring company in the first half of 2010 handled more than 4,600 of imported cars at its Ro-ro terminal (there were no offloading operations in 2009).
Fourth Stevedoring Company reported a 21-percent throughput drop, to 1.5 million tons of cargo due to the first-phase container terminal construction.
In six months, the First Stevedoring Company’s Ro-Ro Terminal, launched in Q2, 2009 transshipped 318,000 tons of Ro-Ro cargo.
The Ust-Luga Universal transshipment complex handled about 998,000 tons of cargo, more than a twofold rise (+135%).
The Group of companies of Sea Port of St. Petersburg is part of the Universal Cargo Logistics Holding BV. The Group incorporates First Stevedoring Company CJSC, Second Stevedoring Company CJSC, Third Stevedoring Company CJSC, Fourth Stevedoring Company CJSC at the Big Port of St. Petersburg, and Universal Transshipment Complex at the port of Ust-Luga and the number of service companies.
The current Sea Port of St. Petersburg development program projected the construction of high-tech terminal for transshipment of containerized cargo, as well as the renovation of launched terminals for handling of automobile and Ro-Ro cargo at the Big Port of St. Petersburg, and Ust-Luga universal transshipment complex.