Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company LLC (VSC LLC, part of Global Ports) has successfully handled a shipment of enriched uranium product (EUP), the terminal operator said in a press release.
The cargo is intended for production of fuel for nuclear power plants and produced at Russian Rosatom State Corporation's enrichment plants for consumers in Asia-Pacific countries.
VSC is the only Russian Far East terminal licensed to handle loads of all existing hazard classes, including Class 7 Dangerous Goods (incl. EUP).
Six 20' Flat Rack containers (FRC) laden with packages containing uranium hexafluoride were delivered at VSC by rail and were transshipped onto a specialized vessel.
Transport and loading operations with FRC at the VSC yard were conducted in compliance with all necessary security measures for handling dangerous goods. Nuclear and radiation safety was ensured by JSC St. Petersburg Isotope, a subsidiary of Techsnabexport (JSC TENEX).
Checks were also carried out by Russian Federal Service for Ecological, Technical and Nuclear Supervision (RTN), Vostochny Port Authority and by customs and border protection officers. During the handling operation radiation level did not exceed the background radiation of 15 mR / hr.
This is the third shipment of EUP exported through the VSC terminal.
Previously, two cargoes of enriched uranium were handled at the facility in November and December, 2013. The cargo testing transshipment at the VSC berths was in October 2012.
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company LLC is the largest container terminal in the Far East Region of the Russian Federation. It operates on the territory of Vostochny Port. VSC is a part of Global Ports group. The terminal’s total capacity is 550,000 TEUs.
Global Ports Investments PLC is the leading operator of container terminals in the Russian market. Global Ports’ terminals are located in the Baltic and Far East Basins, key regions for foreign trade cargo flows. Global Ports operates five container terminals in Russia (Petrolesport, First Container Terminal, Ust-Luga Container Terminal and Moby Dik in the St. Petersburg and Ust-Luga port cluster, and Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company in the Vostochny Port) and two container terminals in Finland (Multi-Link Terminals Helsinki and Multi-Link Terminals Kotka). Global Ports Group also owns Yanino Logistics Park and inland Logistika-Terminal, both located in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, and 50% of the major oil product terminal, AS Vopak E.O.S., in Estonia.
Global Ports’ major shareholders are Transportation Investments Holding Limited (operating under the brand name of N-Trans), one of the largest private transportation and infrastructure groups in Russia (30.75%), and APM Terminals B.V. (30.75%).