Terminal Novaya Gavan (port Ust-Luga) to triple throughput to 65,000 automobiles in 2013 (photo)
According to the schedule of automobile deliveries by Rо-Rо vessels, Terminal Novaya Gavan (TNG, port Ust-Luga, Vistino settlement of the Leningrad region, RTL Group) will handle much more vessels in 2013, the Group says.
Against the year of 2012, the number of calls will more than triple – to 55 Rо-Rо ferries with the number of new automobiles to increase from 23,000 to 65,000 (according to forecasts for late 2013).
Если в прошлом году терминал осуществлял прием автомобилей Honda, Mazda, Nissan, Infinity, то в 2013 году к ним добавились автомобили Subaru и Haima.
This year the terminal handled the following ferries: Nordic Ace, Auto Baltic, City of St Petersburg, City of Rotterdam, City of Sunderland, City of Barcelona, City of Rome, City of Oslo.
In 2013, TNG implemented the project on supply of state-of-the-art terminal equipment for total amount of RUB 7.5 mln. With the new equipment the terminal will be able to operate throughout winter.
Terminal Novaya Gavan is a sea terminal intended for ro-ro and general cargo. It was launched in 2011 in the North East part of the Luga Bay (Gulf of Finland) as a separate cargo district of commercial seaport Ust-Luga. The terminal is the northernmost part of the port, the first one for vessels arriving at Ust-Luga.
The operating terminal covers the area of 24 ha. The operating length of the first berth – 150 m, depth at the berth – 9.6 m. The terminal facilities can store up to 10,000 automobiles with daily loading of up to 240 car trucks.
There is a border checkpoint at the terminal.
Located close to highways and railways being a part of international transport corridors provides Ust-Luga logistic complex with an opportunity to become the largest multimodal logistic center in the North West region of Russia.
Russian Transport Lines Co. LTD (RTL, Moscow) enjoys exclusive conditions for operation at the terminal. It provides full range of services on handling of ro-ro cargo. RTL is one of the largest domestic operators of international level featuring innovative approach to logistic process management (IQNet, Oracle, innovative data transfer system, WISE), global logistic network and its own advanced IT-systems.