Throughput of MSCC Bronka reached 13,800 TEUs in HI’2016

In the first half of 2016, MSCC Bronka (Multipurpose Sea Cargo Complex Bronka, Big Port St. Petersburg) handled 13,800 TEUs. In the reported period, 53 vessels called the port for loading/unloading operations, Executive Director of Bronka MSCC Aleksei Shukletsov told IAA PortNews. 

He also said the volume of cargo transported to/from the port by railway reached 96,000 t. The volume of cargo transported by rail is expected to surge almost 4-fold by the end of the year.

The capacity of Bronka’s Phase 1 is 1.45 million TEUs and 260,000 units of Ro-Ro cargoes. In the future the MSCC Bronka expansion will help increase the facility's container throughput to 1.9 million TEUs. Upon completion of the port's construction and dredging MSCC Bronka will be able to accommodate Post-Panamax containerships and the ferries of Finnstar class. The Bronka Complex will comprise three specialized facilities: a container terminal encompassing 107 hectares, the Ro-Ro terminal of 57 ha and a logistics center of 42 ha.  Container terminal will have a 1,220 m-long quay wall (including 5 berths). The length of Ro-Ro terminal's dock line will be 710 meters (3 berths). Implementation of the Bronka project is expected to generate 2,300 jobs in the region.