Container capacity of Novorossiysk port to reach 1 million TEU by 2020 - expert

By 2020, container capacity of the port of Novorossiysk is likely to exceed 1 million TEU owing to the projects being currently implemented in the port, Sergei Gonenko, Director General of Planning and surveying R&D institute of maritime transport Novomorniiproekt LLC reports according to RZD-Partner. According to the expert, the port’s container capacity may be raised to 2 million TEU provided that Abinsk-Kabardinka highway is built and the second railway approach to the port is opened. The expert also said it would not change the balance of different types of transport participating in taking of cargo out of the port: 70% of the cargo flow will continue to fall on motor transport and 30% - on railway.