On November 3, 2011 First Container Terminal (FCT, St.Petersburg, part of NCC group) handled its millionth TEU since the beginning of the year, NCC press release said.
For the third time ever, turnover of Russia’s container terminal exceeded 1M TEU. Previously, the millionth TEU was handled by FCT on the 5th December, 2008 and on November 11, 2010.
The millionth container was delivered to the terminal from China (the port of Xiamen) by containership MAERSK VANCOUVER of MAERSK LINE.
First Container Terminal
FCT is the leader of container handling among the terminals in Russia and the Baltic Sea Region. FCT is linked to the largest European ports by means of an extensive feeder network - Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Antwerp. FCT’s reefer plug capacity is one of the largest in Europe. The terminal has an EDI connection.
Terminal facilities:
• Total area - 89 ha
• Quay length (operational / total) - 780m / 1,058m
• Depth alongside berth - 11,5m
• Yard storage capacity - 29,500 TEU
• Reefer storage capacity – 2,700 plugs
• Throughput capacity – 1,350,000 TEU per year
World leading shipping lines call at FCT on a regular weekly basis: Maersk Line, MSC, CMA CGM, OOCL, APL, Unifeeder, Team Lines, FESCO ESF, Swan CL.
About NCC
National Container Company (NCC) is the leading container terminal operator in Russia and CIS. The company was founded in 2002.
NCC follows the strategy to develop a solid system of container terminals according to current market demands. The company’s consistent terminal network includes First Container Terminal (FCT, St. Petersburg), Logistika-Terminal (Shushary, St.Petersburg) and Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT, Leningrad region).
The main focus of our strategy for 2011 is ULCT’s first phase completion. ULCT is due to become the largest container terminal in Russia and the Baltic region with the annual throughput capacity of 3 million TEU by 2019.
The aggregated throughput of NCC’s terminals in 2010 amounted to about 1,3M TEU.