This call to the port became possible due to the effective cooperation of 2 logistic providers: French GEFCO and Russian RTL.
RTL has opened terminal in Riga in 2007. The total area of the terminal is 70 000 sq. meters. All the cargo operations at the terminal are held by the RTL company.
The main advantages of the terminal in Riga are:
-customs Bonded Warehouse (internal EU legislation);
- good infrastructure;
- direct road and rail connections to Russia & CIS;
- en-route of major Baltic Sea shipping routes;
- accommodates short and deep sea vessels.
At this project terminal in Riga plays transit role. Almost a half of the delivery lot will be exported via the railroad. The rest via trucks.
Information:
“Russian transport lines“LLC was established in the year 2004 as 3PL logistics company. Since the year 2005 RTL gains partnership with leading car producers and leadership on vehicles customs clearance market, specializes at finding most efficient logistics solutions for the import flow of cars, special technics, spares and environments for car producing plants. 2006 – RTL GROUP jointly with the Sea Fishery Port starts the first sea terminal in Russia, Saint-Petersburg for vehicles receipt. Since 2008 in the boundaries of the agreement with a group of companies “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” RTL group works on the 3rd and 4th zones of the Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg. On the July 25, 2008 RTL starts a terminal in Novoshahtinsk, Russia. RTL also provide it’s services in Sea Port of Saint Petersburg to the number of brands, such as Nissan, Peugeot, Citroen, Infiniti, Renault, Ford etc. At the present moment RTL GROUP realizes a build-up investment project of specialized sea terminal “NOVAYA GAVAN”, Leningrad area. www.rtlgroup.ru