Container t traffic at FCT in March was 87,617 TEUs, down 12.1% from March 2010). NCC said the modest monthly result was largely due to unfavorable ice conditions in the Gulf of Finland. The terminal loaded onto ships 42,596 TEUs of exported containers and unloaded 45,021 TEUs of imported ones. Reefer containers shipments totaled 13,831 TEUs. In March, the terminal handled 53 vessels, the average turnover per vessel – 1,653 TEUs.
Monthly container throughput of CJSC Logistica-Terminal amounted to 8,031 TEUs (4,112 boxes).
National Container Company (NCC) is the largest and leading container operator in Russia. NCC is owned 50/50 by First Quantum Group and FESCO Transport Group. In 2010, total container trade across the NCC’s stevedoring assets exceeded 1.3m TEUs.
NCC’s portfolio of assets includes First Container Terminal (FCT, St. Petersburg), NUTEP Container Terminal (Novorossiysk), Ukrtranscontainer (Ilyichevsk, Odessa region, Ukraine), Ust-Luga Container Terminal (Leningrad region), Logistika Terminal (Shushary St. Petersburg) and Wilhelmshaven-based JadeWeserPort (Germany).