Cargo handling at CJSC Neva-Metal terminal in January-March 2012 was over 700,000 tons, a 1.5 times growth from Q1, 2011, the Severstal stevedore company said.
According to Severstal Group, the three-month volume of general cargoes (breakbulk) handled by Neva-Metal totaled 90,000 tons.
Containerized cargo rose by 12% to 22,000 tons, or about 32,000 TEUs, representing 24% of the total number of transshipped cargo.
"We’ve seen the general cargo shipments since Q4, 2011. Besides, we started handling steel, salt, and sulfur. As a result, in January-March, the volume of general cargo made up about 12% of the total throughput of the company. This is a 10-percent gain compared to last year," said General Director of Neva-Metal Mikhail Panov.
Shipments of ferrous metals of Severstal’s Cherepovets MP accounted for more than 60% of the three-month traffic – 480,000 tons.
Export of grab and suction bulk cargo totaled about 20,000 tons (about 3% of the first-quarter traffic). Container volume was about 11,000 TEUs (7,300 pieces).
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
According to Severstal Group, the three-month volume of general cargoes (breakbulk) handled by Neva-Metal totaled 90,000 tons.
Containerized cargo rose by 12% to 22,000 tons, or about 32,000 TEUs, representing 24% of the total number of transshipped cargo.
"We’ve seen the general cargo shipments since Q4, 2011. Besides, we started handling steel, salt, and sulfur. As a result, in January-March, the volume of general cargo made up about 12% of the total throughput of the company. This is a 10-percent gain compared to last year," said General Director of Neva-Metal Mikhail Panov.
Shipments of ferrous metals of Severstal’s Cherepovets MP accounted for more than 60% of the three-month traffic – 480,000 tons.
Export of grab and suction bulk cargo totaled about 20,000 tons (about 3% of the first-quarter traffic). Container volume was about 11,000 TEUs (7,300 pieces).
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