Transshipment of containers by Petrolesport OJSC (Saint Petersburg stevedoring company) will grow by 58% in 2006 to 310,000 TEU. The forecast has been provided to PortNews IAA by Alexander Svetlichny, Director of Petrolesport container terminal. Svetlichny says in the 10-month period of 2006 the terminal transshipped 252.4 thou TEU, including 32.3 thou TEU handled in October. According to Svetlichny, the decision taken by the company’s shareholders three years ago resulted in almost 3-fold growth of container turnover against 2004 (container turnover in 2004 was 111 thou TEU).
Petrolesport OJSC is a stevedoring company of Saint Petersburg port. The company is a part of Orimi concern. Petrolesport carries out cargo transshipment at 11 berths of Lesnoi port (No 42-64 and 46). Authorized capital of the company amounts to 47 million 547 thou 000 rubles. It is divided into 4 million 754 thou 720 shares with a nominal value of 10 rubles each. In 2005 the company’s cargo turnover amounted to 6192.6 thou tons, including container turnover of 196 522 TEU.