On November 16, 2015, OJSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” (SP SPb) and traders of “RUSAL” Group signed the long-term contract for handling of 7.5 mln tons of aluminium and 3.5 mln tons of alumina – raw material for production of aluminium. According to the port’s press center, the contract was signed for 5 years, till the end of 2020.
According to the contract’s terms, the company is planning to handle 1.5 mln tons of export aluminium per year. In inbound traffic heading to RUSAL’s aluminium smelters in Russia, SP SPb will handle no less than 0.75 mln tons of alumina per year arriving from the foreign RUSAL’s capacities located in Africa and Northern Europe.
This contract will ensure “one-stop” handling of the cargo in the North-Western region, which means that the whole aluminium and alumina traffic will be handled in the sea port of Saint-Petersburg.
Conclusion of the new long-term contract between RUSAL Group and SP SPb is the evidence of the longstanding and mutually beneficial cooperation of the companies. For the last ten years through this partnership SP SPb has ensured handling of over 1 mln tons of export aluminium heading to European and American buyers, and has been the only port in the European part of Russia to handle import alumina for the Russian smelters of RUSAL.
OJSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” (part of UCL Port, stevedoring division of the international transport group UCL Holding) – the largest operator handling all types of dry cargoes in the Greater port of Saint-Petersburg. In 2014 the company’s cargo turnover amounted to 8.1 mln tons.
United company RUSAL – the largest global aluminium producer and one of the leading global alumina producers. RUSAL operates in 19 countries on 5 continents. The company’s production capacities amount to 4.5 mln tons of aluminium and 12 mln tons of alumina per year.