First Container Terminal handles its millionth TEU in 2013

First Container Terminal (FCT, National Container Company) handled its millionth TEU from the beginning of 2013, NCC announced.

The milestone container was loaded on M/V Elan of Yang Ming line operated by Green Alliance (Yang Ming, Hanjin and COSCO).

First Container Terminal CJSC is the leader of container handling among the terminals in Russia and the Baltic Sea Region. FCT is linked to the largest European ports by means of an extensive feeder network - Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Antwerp.

The Terminal’s total area is 89 ha, quay length – 779 m, depth alongside berth – 11 m, yard storage capacity – 28,800 TEUs, reefer storage capacity – 2,905 plugs, throughput capacity – 1,250,000 TEUs per year.

National Container Company (NCC) is the leading operator of container terminals in Russia and CIS. The company was set up in 2002. The NCC portfolio of stevedoring assets includes First Container Terminal (St. Petersburg), Ust-Luga Container Terminal (Leningrad region), hinterland container terminal and logistic center – Logistika-Terminal (Shushary, St. Petersburg). Total container capacity of NCC terminals is over 1.69 mln TEUs.