Port operator Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company LLC (VSC) at its on-dock railyard handled container train No 1212 that arrived from China on its first run, the company's press release said.
The train consisting of forty railcars reached VSC terminal from the station of Grodekovo in 10 hours and 40 minutes minutes.
The offloaded containers were then moved to a VSC warehouse for further transportation by sea to the Republic of Korea and the southern ports of China.
Among the cargo shippers is HuaShen Corp., the largest Chinese exporter of chemical, agri products, paper and industrial products.
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company LLC (part of Global Ports) is rated the largest container terminal in the Russian Far East by cargo volumes (H1, 2013). Cargo throughput of the Vostochny port based terminal is 550,000 TEUs and can be extended by fourfold.
Global Ports Investments Plc (GPI) is a group of companies of leading Russian operators of container terminals and member of N-Trance Group, the largest private operator in the transport market of Russia, CIS and Baltic countries. GPI terminals are located in the Baltic and the Far Eastern basin. GPI manages three Russian container terminals (Petrolesport, Moby Dik in St. Petersburg and Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company) and two container terminals in Finland (Multi-Link Helsinki, Multi-Link Kotka). The Group also owns a logistics park "Yanino" near St. Petersburg and holds a 50% stake in Vopak E.O.S, Estonia.
Global Ports' major shareholders are Global Ports Transportation Investments Holding Limited (operated under the brand name "N-Trance") (37.5%) and APM Terminals B.V. (37.5%), specializing the design, construction, management and operation of ports, terminals, inland terminals. APM Terminals operates in 68 countries through its global network, including 62 terminals and 160 inland terminals. The remaining 25% of shares in Global Ports is owned by public investors in the form of global depositary receipts listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE Ticker: GLPR).