Port of St Petersburg

New container service launches between Russia and India

MODUL, a Russian transport and forwarding company, has launched a new container service linking the Big Port of St. Petersburg in Russia and the largest port of India in Nhava Sheva.

“The shortage of container tonnage in the Baltics that we have seen in recent months has led to a disruption in international deliveries throughout the North-West of Russia. We expect that the new service from Petrolesport to India will be in demand, both in import and export,” commented Albert Likholet, CEO of...

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Global Ports enhances handling equipment fleet of FCT and PLP

The largest Russian container terminal operator, Global Ports Group has purchased 32 new terminal tractors and 40 semi-trailers for its First Container Terminal (FCT) and Petrolesport (PLP), which are located in the Great Port of St. Petersburg.

This new equipment will increase the efficiency and speed of cargo handling at both terminals’ container storage yards and berths, according to an announcement.

FCT has received 15 Terberg YT193 tractors and 16 Seacom semi-trailers with a capacity of 60...

https://container-news.com/global-ports-enhances-handling-equipment-fleet-of-fct-and-plp/

Maersk’s tradelens to launch in Russia

The digital platform, enabled by Blockchain and jointly developed by Maersk GTD and IBM, becomes available in Russia. As part of the agreement with Russian authorities, St. Petersburg area becomes the pilot for the launch and its port joins TradeLens’ ecosystem of companies and organisations pioneering digitised container documentation flows in the global supply chain.

A.P. Moller – Maersk and Russian Ministry of Transport signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 5th June, enabling the launch of...

https://container-news.com/maersk-tradelens-launch-russia/

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/

Kalmar to enhance Russian container terminal

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply a total of 16 terminal tractors to long-standing customer Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg CJSC (CTSP, part of UCL Holding). The order was booked in Cargotec’s 2019 Q1 order intake, with delivery of the machines to take place during Q3 of 2019.

Located in the Big port of St. Petersburg, Russia, CTSP specialises in handling all types of containerised cargo at its modern facilities, which include an automated control system that enables high-speed...

https://container-news.com/kalmar-russian-container-terminal/

Hamburg workshop on digitalization in logistics

The Port of St Petersburg is very centrally located, not far from the heart of the historic city. The challenges there on traffic control and environmental topics therefore resemble those in the Port of Hamburg. With increasingly large vessels being handled, throughput per ship and call in the port is also increasing. Just how the two  partners are to control freight traffic in their ports more efficiently, at the same time contributing towards relief of the environment, was discussed at the...

https://container-news.com/hamburg-workshop-digitalization-logistics/