Shipment of exported scrap metal through the marine terminals of Big Port St. Petersburg must be stopped, Vice-Premier Sergei Ivanov said today, speaking at the Ministry Board. "There should not be any exports of scrap metal from St. Petersburg!" PortNews quotes the official as saying.
According to Mr. Ivanov, the decision has been earlier approved at a meeting with First Vice-Premier Igor Shuvalov.
According to PortNews’ analysts, there were 3 operators engaged in transshipment of scrap metal at Big Port St. Petersburg in 2010: "First Stevedoring Company CJSC" (220,000 tons), “JSC Petrolesport (660,000 tons) and TetraMet CJSC (160,000 tons). Besides, at Vyborg port the cargo was handled by stevedore company Port of Vyborg Ltd (15,000 tons in 2010).
According to Mr. Ivanov, the decision has been earlier approved at a meeting with First Vice-Premier Igor Shuvalov.
According to PortNews’ analysts, there were 3 operators engaged in transshipment of scrap metal at Big Port St. Petersburg in 2010: "First Stevedoring Company CJSC" (220,000 tons), “JSC Petrolesport (660,000 tons) and TetraMet CJSC (160,000 tons). Besides, at Vyborg port the cargo was handled by stevedore company Port of Vyborg Ltd (15,000 tons in 2010).