Novorossiysk Grain Terminal handled 5.7 million tonnes by Dec. 22, 2022 ‒ Delo Group

By the end of the year, the grain volume is expected to hit 6 million tonnes

Novorissiysk based KSK Grain Terminal (part of DeloPorts, Delo Group) handled 5.7 million tonnes of grain as of December 22. The terminal performance results were announced by Sergei Shishkarev, the Group Board  Chairman, in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

“This is a new record, and it is important to note that in November the terminal handled 700,000 tonnes. Simple math suggests that if they worked with such productivity, then it would be possible to handle 8,400 (tonnes of grain - Ed.) a year,” S. Shishkarev added.

The KSK Grain Terminal in the 2021/2022 grain season (June-July) handled 5,252,000 tonnes of grain, which is a 1% growth on the previous season.

Delo Group is Russian transportation and logistics holding, operating its own fleet and managing sea container terminals in the Azov-Black Sea, Baltic and Far Eastern basins, a network of railway container terminals, a fleet of containers and fitting platforms. The parent company of the Group is Delo Management Company. The Group's stevedoring business includes DeloPorts holding and Global Ports, a leading container terminal operator. The transport and logistics business of the Group is made up of the multimodal transport operator RUSCON and the intermodal container operator TransContainer. The shipping business is represented by the Sakhalin Shipping Company (SASCO), is one of the biggest Russian shipping companies.