In January-November 2007, throughput of the terminals of National Container Company (NCC) grew by 18.5%, year-on-year, to 1,398,602 TEU, the company’s press center reports.
Throughput of First Container Terminal grew by 7.8% to 869,672 TEU. In November, the terminal handled 84,112 TEU, or 48,882 units (+3.6%, year-on-year). The volume of refrigerated containers handled by the terminal amounted to 10,952 TEU (+24%, year-on-year). Export totaled 41,397 TEU, import 42,715 TEU. In November the terminal handled 65 vessels with average turnover of 1,294 TEU per vessel.
In January-November 2007, container turnover of Nodal Transporting and Forwarding Company of Novorossiysk(NUTEP) grew by 44.75%, year-on-year, to 126,059 TEU. In November the terminal handled 7,589 TEU, or 5,172 units. Transshipment of export cargo amounted to 3,999 TEU, import 3,590 TEU. Loaded-empty containers ratio was 59% against 41% respectively. Average turnover of was 1 518 TEU per vessel.
In the reported period, container turnover of Iljichevsk container terminal grew by 40.9%, year-on-year, to 402,871 TEU. In November, the terminal handled 42,795 TEU, or 23,436 units (+33.8%, year-on-year). Transshipment of export cargo amounted to 22.721 TEU, import – 20,074 TEU. Loaded-empty containers ratio was 55% against 45% respectively.
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;