Container traffic of LLC Eurosib-Terminal-Shushary for the first 9 months of 2011 rose by 22.2% from the same period of 2010, to 22,000 TEUs, the company said. During the reporting period the company handled 130,000 tons of cargo (+8.3%).
The total income of the terminal for three quarters of the year increased by more than 1.5 times versus last year’s figure, to RUB 147 million.
Currently, the company fully utilizes 30,000 sqm of storage area, including 20,000 sqm leased by other operators. Container yard of capacity of 3,000 TEUs is utilized by 60%.
The terminal handles and stores the cargoes for engineering, metallurgical, construction, pulp and paper and food industries.
Eurosib is now elaborating a long-term development strategy of its terminals network, which includes the reconstruction of a Shushary-based terminal, the expansion of cargo nomenclature and the launch of express trains in container services in Moscow and Novosibirsk.