Total cargo throughput of Neva-Metal in January-September of 2011 was over 1.7 million tons, which is about the same volume handled a year earlier, the terminal owner said.
According to Severstal Group, the nine-month volume of general cargoes handled by Neva-Metal soared 60% year-on-year to over 70,000 thousand tons. Containerized cargo rose by 12% to 22,000 tons, or about 32,000 TEUs, representing 24% of the total number of transshipped cargo.
CJSC Neva-Metal is a division of Cherepovetsk Severstal. Neva-Metal specializes in handling ferrous metals exported by Cherepovetsk Severstal, secondary metals from Severstal-Vtormet and containerized cargo at the berths located in the 3rd Cargo Area at Big Port St. Petersburg. Throughput of the stevedoring company in 2010 amounted to 2.374 million tons.