First Container Terminal

Transmasters starts using specialised fleet at FCT

First Container Terminal, part of Delo Group’s stevedoring holding Global Ports, handled the first vessel call of Honrise container ship of the foreign trade transport and forwarding company Transmasters.

Since August, Transmasters has been replacing universal cargo vessels with specialised container vessels for international services between the ports in the Asia-Pacific region and St. Petersburg.

The 198-meter Honrise vessel with a capacity of 1,662 TEUs has replaced the Huanghai Advance ship...

https://container-news.com/transmasters-starts-using-specialised-fleet-at-fct/

FCT handles new boxship to deliver cargo between Russia and China via Northern Sea Route

First Container Terminal (FCT) in the Big Port of St. Petersburg, part of Russian container terminal operator Global Ports, handled the first container ship of the international shipping line Hainan Yangpu NewNew Shipping Co, which will pass through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to China.

More specifically, NewNew Polar Bear is a reinforced ice-class container vessel with a capacity of 1,600 TEUs which was handled by FCT on 6-7 July.

The Chinese line Hainan Yangpu NewNew Shipping Co in partnership...

https://container-news.com/fct-handles-new-boxship-to-deliver-cargo-between-russia-and-china-via-northern-sea-route/

Global Ports focuses on container terminal operations in St. Petersburg

Global Ports Investments PLC (Global Ports, and together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, “the Group”), on May 13 announced that as part of its strategy to prioritise operating efficiency and optimise the Group’s asset base, the management teams of Petrolesport and First Container Terminal are to be unified. The Board has appointed Albert Likholet as Managing Director of both Petrolesport and First Container Terminal, effective from 13 May 2019. Alexander Tikhov, the former Managing...

https://container-news.com/global-ports-focuses-container-terminal-operations-st-petersburg/