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2010 July 30   13:21

Moby Dick’s container volume up 32.4% in H1, to 62.500 TEUs

Container trade by Moby Dick LLC (St. Petersburg, part of the Global Ports Group) in January-June increased by 32,4% compared with the same period in 2009, to 62.500 TEUs, PortNews IAA reported citing the Group’s press service. Following the first half of this year, the total throughput of container terminals of Global Ports has reached 70% of the pre-crisis volumes.

To get more information on the situation with containers handling, see Relevant Topic, July 30, 2010.

Moby Dick LLC a Kronstadt-based container terminal (the Kotlin Island), is part of Global Ports. The terminal was launched in 2002. It is located near St. Petersburg and close to the major trade flows. The terminal’s projected capacity is 500,000 TEUs. The MD terminal is owned by the major Russian port operator Global Ports and the Finnish Corporation Container Finance Group.

Global Ports Investments Plc (GPI) is a group of companies comprising of leading operators of container terminals in Russia. Included in the group N-Trance, the largest private operator of the transport market of Russia, CIS and Baltic countries. GPI’s terminals are located in the Baltic and the Far Eastern basins. GPI manages three Russian container terminals (Petrolesport, Moby Dick in St. Petersburg and the East Stevedoring Company in Port East, Primorsky Territory) and two container terminals in Finland (Multi-Link Terminals Oy, located in Helsinki and Kotka). At present, GPI also implements the project of development of a Yanino dry terminal near St. Petersburg.

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