COSCO and Yang Ming launch regular calls to Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg

In March 2015, COSCO and Yang Ming launched regular calls to CJSC Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg within the framework of an integrated service.

The firs call was made on March 16 by 1,402-TEU container carrier Suderoog operated by Yang Ming. The ship delivered 165 TEUs to the terminal.

The second call was made on March 21 by 1,368-TEU container carrier HOOGE (COSCO).

The new weekly service with the following rotation: Hamburg – Saint-Petersburg – Kotka – Hamburg will call to the terminal on Mondays and Saturdays.

Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg (member of UCL Port, the stevedoring division of the international transportation group UCL Holding) is a modern container handling facility in the Fourth District of the Greater Port of Saint-Petersburg. In 2014 the terminal handled 387,600 TEU.

COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. is a global shipping company, one of top 5 container operators.

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Yang Ming) is one of the world’s leading shipping companies involved in container transportation.