MANP Terminal near Moscow, part of the GCS Group, has begun handling a new block train service bringing chemicals/chemical products from Urumqi in north-west China, GCS' Dunelm PR agency said.
The trains, operated by Transcontainer, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, carry 41 x 40ft containers of products for plastic production. The route transits through Kazakhstan and takes eight days.
MANP Terminal has its own Customs station, Lvovskiy, located on the site which ensures a more streamlined customs clearance process.
“Customers find this a real advantage because it avoids the time and costs of moving the cargo to another location for Customs inspection,” explains Maxim Tyomkin, manager of MANP Terminal.
The terminal has afully equipped container yard, bonded storage and warehouses for container stripping if required. It also has a trucking fleet for on-carriage to end customers.
“We are very pleased that MANP has been chosen to handle this new service,” says Mr Tyomkin. “It is currently operating a monthly frequency but there is a likelihood that this will increase as demand for the PVC product rises in this region.”
GCS, one of the top ten container transport companies in Russia and the CIS, has invested heavily in the MANP terminal, 45 km south-east of Moscow, since it acquired the facility in 2006.
The terminal offers regular intermodal services to a range of destinations in inland Russia, including the most remote provinces and handles a weekly fixed day intermodal service from the port of Vostochniy in the Russian Pacific operated by sister company Ruscon. It also serves western Russian gateways of St.Petersburg and Novorossiysk.
About GCS
Global Container Service (GCS) has worked successfully in the Russian container market since 1995. GCS is among the top ten container transport companies in Russia and the CIS. GCS belongs to one of Russia’s largest transport holding companies, Delo, which also owns several terminal assets in the port of Novorossiysk. The GCS Group consists of seven companies in various fields of container shipping including agency, logistics and terminal operations. It is active in all of the major container ports and provinces of Russia, as well as in neighbouring CIS countries and overseas. GCS employs nearly 1,200 people.
About Ruscon
Ruscon, the multimodal subsidiary of GCS, is one of the leading transport operators in the Russian container industry. Its experienced team of approx. 900 people in 11 offices throughout Russia and CIS handles over 200,000 TEU a year. The company provides comprehensive supply chain solutions by arranging ocean freight, deliveries by truck and train, terminal handling, storage and forwarding.