St. Petersburg-based First Container Terminal (FCT) in 2010 handled 1,159,989 TEUs, a 23.5% gain year-over-year, the National Container Company’s press release said. NCC manages the terminal.
Container count of FCT in December 2010 was 92,303 TEUs (+5,4% vs December 2009). During the period the terminal handled 42,171 TEUs of export boxes and 50,132 TEUs of imports and 11,386 TEUs of reefer containers. FCT handled in the last month of the year 64 vessels, the average freight turnover per vessel was 1,442 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).