In January-August 2007, container throughput of Nodal Transporting and Forwarding Company of Novorossiysk (NUTEP, port of Novorossiysk) totaled 92,495 TEU (+56.48%, year-on-year), press release of National Container Company reads. In August the terminal handled 12,919 TEU or 8,660 units (+45.18%, year-on-year). Export amounted to 6,538 TEU, import – 6,381 TEU. Loaded/empty containers ratio made 59% against 41% respectively. In July the terminal handled 8 vessels with average turnover of 1,615 TEU per vessel.
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, leader at the market of container cargo transshipment in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries, capacity - 1 million TEU per year with a perspective expansion to 1.6 million TEU per year);
- Nodal Transporting and Forwarding Company of Novorossiysk (NUTEP, port of Novorossiysk, current capacity of 130 thou TEU with a perspective expansion to 750 thou TEU);
- Iljichevsk container terminal (Ukraine, current capacity of 450 thou TEU with a perspective expansion to 4 million TEU);
- Baltic Container Terminal in Ust-Luga (design capacity of up to 6 million TEU). It’s a large-scale project on construction of a container terminal to be implemented within the framework of a Public-Private Partnership. It is part of a group of projects aimed at construction of a multifunctional port at the mouth of the Luga-river;