The estimated time of arrival of the 868teu Jork Rider container ship of Delta Shipping Lines to the new terminal of Forth Stevedoring Company (FSC) at the port of St. Petersburg is March 18, the shipping company's press release said.
FSC is part of the ‘Sea Port St. Petersburg’ Group (controlled by Universal Cargo Logistics Holding). The terminal has been operating since January 27, 2011. The FSC terminal encompasses 28,7 ha and is capable of handling export/import containers, including reefer containers at amount of 345,000 TEUs a year. The terminal has warehouse facility for simultaneous storage of 9,000 TEUs containers.
Since February this year Delta Shipping’s containerships have made calls to the terminal of Petrolesport (PLP, owned by Global Ports, part of N-Trance Group). The service port rotation:: Tilbury (England) - Hamburg (Germany) - St. Petersburg (Russia).
Established in 2004 Delta Shipping Lines is an independent private container operator operating a fleet of modern ice-class containerships. The company specializing in door-to-door services from Europe to Russia and vice versa.