Press Releases
Petrolesport Completes Another Step of Terminal Development
In accordance with its development program, OJSC Petrolesport has today commissioned an additional storage yard facility of 5 hectares capable of handling any kind of cargo.
The new facility is located at Baltpole (Volny Island) at the site of a former scrap metal yard and can store up to 4,000 TEU of containers. In order to efficiently handle empty containers, in addition to the existing equipment (reach stackers and other), four Kalmar front end loaders have also been purchased and put into operation.
“Today’s commissioning marks a further important step in fulfilment of the capacity expansion plans of Petrolesport,” said Alexander Ignatenko, COO of Global Ports Investments Plc. “Opening of the additional container yard facility will increase the port’s overall throughput capacity and perfectly balance Petrolesport’s quay side and hinterland capacities. Currently around 27.7 ha is dedicated to container storage in Petrolesport”.
January 20, 2009
Background
OJSC Petrolesport (PLP) is the second largest container terminal in North West Russia by throughput located at St. Petersburg’s Bolshoy Port. PLP handles various kinds of cargo (containers, RO-RO, refrigerated, general) OJSC Petrolesport’s shareholder is Global Ports Investment Plc (part of the N-Trans Group).
Global Ports Investments Plc (GPI) is a group of companies that unites Russia’s leading container terminal operators and an oil/oil products terminal in Estonia. The Group is owned by N-Trans, the largest private transportation and infrastructure group in Russia. The Group’s terminals are located in the Baltic and Far East basins and constitute key gateways for Russian container imports and exports and oil products exports. GPI manages three container port facilities in Russia (including Petrolesport and Moby Dik in St. Petersburg and VSC in Nakhodka), two container terminals in Finland, and the largest independent oil products terminal in the Baltic (Vopak E.O.S.) and is developing one inland terminal (Yanino) in the St. Petersburg region. The Group handled over 30% of Russian container traffic and Russian fuel oil exports in 2007. For further information see www.globalports.com.