Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company handles seventh Triple-E boxship

Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company LLC has handled Triple-E Mayview Maersk, the seventh ship of this class, the company’s press center says.

The terminal earlier handled Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, Mary Maersk, Marie Maersk, Maribo Maersk, MV Marstal Maersk and Matz Maersk. Upon completion of handling operations the ship proceeded to port Busan (South Korea).

Mayview Maersk was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME Daewoo). Her capacity is 18,340 TEUs, length - 399 m, breadth - 59 m, depth - 73 m.

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%).