NUTEP’s throughput rises 17% to 92,103 TEUs in Jan-Sept

Cargo turnover of Novorossiysk nodal transport and forwarding company (NUTEP) in January-September rose to 92,103 TEUs, up 17% over the same period in 2009, the National Container Company  press service said (NCC manages NUTEP).

Container traffic via the NUTEP’s terminal amounted to 8,977 TEUs this September (down 16,4% vs last year’s September), including 4,353 TEUs of outbound containers and 4,624 TEUs of inbound ones. There were 65% of laden containers and 35% of empty containers handled at the terminal in recent month.

In September, the terminal handled 13 vessels. Average turnover per vessel amounted to 691 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, container volume passing through NCC’s terminals amounted to some 1.2 million TEUs, contributing 42.1% to total container turnover at Russian 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).