General cargo carrier Wilson Nice has delivered some 8,000 t of iron ore to the port of Murmansk, says press center of Murmansk Commercial seaport JSC.
Iron ore from one of the largest fields in the North Sweden was loaded at the port of Narvik (Norway).
The iron ore will be reloaded to open top wagons for further transportation to one of Russia’s steelworks.
The stevedoring company says this delivery is an experiment. Narvik-Murmansk voyages can become regular if the logistic chain proves to be efficient.
Murmansk Commercial Seaport (MMTP JSC) was founded in 1994. MMTP operates 17 berths with total length of about 3 km. The waters depths allow the port accommodate vessels with draft of up to 15.5 m and length of over 265 m.
In 2015 Murmansk Commercial Seaport transshipped 14.6 mln t of cargo including 13.6 mln t of coal (93.3% of total throughput). Over the year the company handled 291 vessels and 206,207 wagons.