Ust-Luga Novaya Gavan Terminal geared up for winter operations
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Ust-Luga port, Russia based Novaya Gavan Terminal LLC (TNG) has completed preparations for operations in the winter season, RTL Group (parent company of TNG) said on Thursday.
The company has deployed snow removal equipment, purchased in 2013: a snow loader, a dump truck, a Foton tractor equipped with blade, snow brush / rotor, a front-end loader with bucket and snow blade.
This winter shipping season (Dec. '13 – Apr '14) the terminal plans to receive and handle 24 Ro-Ro vessels with imported cars Honda, Mazda, Nissan, Infinity, Subaru and Haima.
Novaya Gavan Terminal LLC based in the North-East part of Luga Bay of the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea, is a marine terminal for handling general and Ro-Ro cargoes. The facility was launched in 2011 as a seperate cargo area of 24 hectares in the Port of Ust-Luga. The First Berth length is 150 m, depth - 9,6 m. The terminal has storage capacity of at least 10,000 vehicles and is able to load them onto 240 auto transport trucks a day. The Novaya Gavan Terminal has a border crossing checkpoint.