Muuga CT container traffic jumps 33 percent in Jan-Apr 2012
Container throughput at AS Muuga CT (subsidiary of Transiidikeskuse AS) in January-April 2012 totaled 77,290 TEUs, a 33-percent spike from the same period of last year, Transiidikeskuse AS said.
In April, handling of containers at the terminal surged 47% to 2,500 TEUs.
AS Refetra, another subsidiary of Transiidikeskuse handled in January-April 247,000 tons general cargo, a 23-percent gain from the same period of last year. The total four-month cargo volume of Transiidikeskuse subsidiaries increased 7 percent y-o-y to 983,000 tons.
Transiidikeskuse AS is the operator of Estonia’s container and refrigerated terminals located in Muuga. In 2011 the company operators of Transiidikeskuse AS transshipped 2.65 million tons of cargo. In 2011, container throughput of the group leaped by 30% from a year earlier.
Estonia-based Muuga Container Terminal is a multipurpose facility in the port of Muuga. The company is set to expand MCT to double the terminal annual capacity from the current 450,000 TEUs to at least 850,000 TEUs. In 2011, Muuga CT handled 195,300 TEUs, a 29.6-percent growth y-o-y.