In January-September 2018, companies of UCL Port, stevedoring division of UCL Holding, handled 27.2 million tonnes of cargo, which is similar to the result shown in the same period of 2017.
According to the company’s press release, total handling of dry cargo grew by 4.2% to 23.4 million tonnes. Transshipment of oil cargo fell by 24.3% to 3.8 million tonnes with reduction in transshipment via Tuapse and Taganrog.
Exports accounted for 85% of the total throughput, imports made 14%, or 3.9 million tonnes.
In the reporting period, the highest growth was achieved in the segment of general cargo — to 7.3 million tonnes (+7.7%). It was primarily driven by the growth in transshipment of ferrous metal — by 8.1% to 5 million tonnes, and metal scrap – by 54% to 0.6 million tonnes.
Transshipment of containerized cargo (taking into account container throughput of Container terminal Saint-Petersburg CJSC, Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg JSC and Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC) totaled 7 million tonnes (+12%). In the 9-month period, Container terminal Saint-Petersburg increased its results to 550,300 TEU (+15%) and retained its leadership among Russian container operators. Container business growth was also demonstrated by Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg – 23,500 TEU (+24%).
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo fell to 9 million tonnes (-3.5%), mostly due to reduced shipments of coal to Tuapse and Taganrog – to 6.3 million tonnes (-9%) as well as at Multipurpose Reloading Complex in Ust-Luga. Transshipment of grain remained flat, year-on-year, at 1.8 million tonnes.
|
UCL Port company |
Throughput, million tonnes |
Change |
|
|
9M’2017 |
9M’2018 |
||
|
Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg JSC (SP SPb) |
5.1 |
5.7 |
+12 % |
|
Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg CJSC (CTSP)
TEUs |
6.6
|
7.2** |
+10% |
|
476,400 |
550,300 |
15.5% |
|
|
Multipurpose Reloading Complex LLC (MRC) |
4.1 |
3.95 |
-5% |
|
Tuapse Sea Commercial Port JSC (TSCP) |
10.6 |
9.4 |
-10.9% |
|
Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC (TagSCP) |
1.1 |
0.92 |
-17% |
|
Total: |
27.5 |
27.2 |
-0.3% |
Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding) is the international transportation group established in 2007. The Group consolidates Freight One, an independent railway operator of a rail network throughout Russia, Russia’s North-West based stevedore companies Sea Port of St. Petersburg (SP St.Pb), Container Terminal St. Petersburg (CTSP) and Multipurpose Reloading Complex LLC (MRC), Tuapse and Taganrog sea ports located in the country’s southern region. Volga Shipping, North-Western Shipping companies, VF.Tanker and Okskaya Sudoverf Shipyard are also members of UCL Holding. The Holding’s business is split into three main activity divisions: UCL Rail, UCL Port and VBTH.