Neva-Metal throughput rises 28.5% to 900,000 tons

Cargo handling at St. Petersburg-based CJSC Neva-Metal terminal in January-April 2012 was 900,000 tons, a 28.5-percent growth, driven primarily by general cargo volumes (break-bulk), compared to the same period a year before, the Severstal stevedore company said.
 
The four-month volume of general cargoes handled by Neva-Metal soared as much as 7.5 times to 120,000 tons. The general cargo still accounts for nearly 12% of the cargo throughput at the terminal.
In January-April, shipments of ferrous metal of Severstal’s Cherepovets MP accounted for 62% of the four-month traffic – about 650,000 tons.
Export of grab and suction bulk cargo totaled about 35,000 tons (some 4% of freight turnover). Container traffic totaled 15,000 TEUs, more than 10,000 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