Throughput of First Container Terminal (St. Petersburg) up 17.5 % in Jan.-Apr. 07, y-o-y

In January-April 2007, container throughput of First Container Terminal (FCT, St. Petersburg) totaled 302,997 TEU (+17.5 %, year-on-year), FCT’s press release reads. In April the terminal handled 83,419 TEU (48,437 units), a 10% growth, year-on-year. Turnover of refrigerated containers totaled 9,135 TEU in April 2007 (-11.2%, year-on-year). Export amounted to 43,307 TEU, import – 40,112 TEU. In April the terminal handled 60 vessels with average turnover per vessel amounting to 1,390 TEU. National Container Company (NCC) is the leading Russian operator of container terminals. It holds leading position at the market of stevedoring services. NCC is owned in equal shares by First Quantum and FESCO transport group (FESCO’s control stock is owned by Industrial Investors Group).  NCC assets include First Container Terminal (port of St. Petersburg), Novorossijsk Container Terminal (NUTEP, port of Novorossijsk), Iljichevsk container terminal (Ukraine). Besides, NCC operates the project of Baltic Container Terminal in Ust-Luga and logistics center and container terminal Shushary in Leningrad region.

First Container Terminal (FCT, port of St. Petersburg) is the leader among the companies handling container cargoes in Russia and in the region of the Baltic Sea. The terminal’s current capacity is 1 million TEU per year with a perspective for expansion to 1.5 million TEU per year.