UCL Holding

NWSC completes LNG facility equipment delivery

North-Western Shipping Company (NWSC, a company of UCL Holding) has completed the delivery of equipment under the project on construction of a facility for production, storage and shipment of LNG (liquefied natural gas).

The delivery was performed between November 2017 and July 2019.

Project cargoes were delivered from European ports to a dedicated berth of compressor station KS Portovaya in the Vyborg District and to the berth of Bronka port in the Lomonosov District.

The Amethyst, Neva Leader...

https://container-news.com/nwsa-completes-lng-facility-equipment-delivery/

TSCP Group presents increased cargo volumes

Over the six months of 2019, Tuapse Sea Commercial Port (TSCP Group, part of UCL Holding) handled 7 million tonnes of cargo, up 3%, year-on-year.

The growth was driven by increased transshipment of oil cargo to 3.1 million tonnes (+18%, year-on-year) although transshipment of dry bulk cargo fell by 6.5% to 3.8 million tonnes due to reduction of grain and ferrous metal shipments.

In the reporting period, Tuapse Grain Terminal shipped 0.7 million tonnes of export grain (-38%), which reflects the...

https://container-news.com/tscp-group-presents-increased-cargo-volumes/

CTSP enjoys bigger half year numbers

In the first half of 2019, Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg CJSC (CTSP, a company of UCL Holding) handled 402,100 TEUs, up 7.4% more than in the same period of the previous year.

Container exports grew to 207,900 TEUs (+8.3% versus the result of the first six months in 2018).

Container imports increased by 6.5% to 194,200 TEUs including 47,800 TEUs of loaded refrigerated containers.

In January-June 2019, CTSP handled 248 vessels with average shipload of 1,659 TEUs.

Shipments by railway transport...

https://container-news.com/ctsp-enjoys-bigger-half-year-numbers/

TagSCP reports decreased cargo volumes

In the first half of 2019, Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC (TagSCP, a company of UCL Holding) handled 554,000 tonnes of cargo, down 11%, year-on-year. The decrease should be attributed to business decline in foreign trade market dealing with the port’s key types of cargo, coal and grain.

Transshipment of dry bulk cargo fell by 28% to 354,000 tonnes. Handling of grain dropped by 36% to 102,000 tonnes, petvoke – by 43% to 6,000 tonnes, ore – by 25% to 32,000 tonnes, coal – by 23% to  213,000...

https://container-news.com/tagscp-reports-decreased-cargo-volumes/

Throughput of Tuapse Sea Commercial Port totaled 4.2 mio tonnes in Q1 2019

A view from the Port of Tuapse

Throughput of Tuapse Sea Commercial Port totaled 4.2 mio tonnes in Q1 2019

In the first quarter of 2019, Tuapse Sea Commercial Port (TSCP Group, part of UCL Holding) handled 4.2 million tonnes, up 8%, year-on-year.

The increase of total cargo throughput of 0.3 million tonnes was driven by positive dynamics in transshipment of oil cargo to 2.1 million tonnes (+0.4 million tonnes, or +24.2%) and coal to 0.77 million tonnes (+0.1 million tonnes, or 11.3%).

In the first...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/17/throughput-of-tuapse-sea-commercial-port-totaled-4-2-mio-tonnes-in-q1-2019/

Container volume of CTSP hikes

In the first quarter of 2019, Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg CJSC (CTSP, a company of UCL Holding) handled 202,300 TEUs, 20% more as compared with the result achieved in the first three months of the previous year.

In the reporting period, exports totaled 99,900 TEUs, +17.3% versus 1Q’2018. Imports totaled 102,400 TEUs (+22.8%, year-on-year) including 26,100 TEUs of refrigerated cargo.

In March 2019, CTSP 77,000 TEUs, which is a record high monthly result of the terminal.

In January-March...

https://container-news.com/container-volume-ctsp-hikes/

UCL Port companies see increased cargo volumes

In the first quarter of 2019, companies of UCL Port, stevedoring division of UCL Holding, handled 9.9 million tonnes of cargo, up 6%, year-on-year. The growth was driven by increased transshipment of oil cargo.

In the reporting period, transshipment of dry cargo grew by 1.4% to 7.7 million tonnes. Transshipment of oil cargo increased by 26% to 2.2 million tonnes with the handling of additional volumes in Tuapse and Taganrog.

The share of export cargo declined by 1 p. p. to 85% of the total...

https://container-news.com/ucl-port-companies-see-increased-cargo-volumes/

Russian port invests in eco sustainability

In 2018 Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg JSC (SP St.Pb, part of UCL Holding) continued investments in its environmental sustainability. The Company spent in excess of RUB 44.5 million for environment protection measures, which is 31% higher on the previous year’s expenditure figures.

The increase was due to more funding of modernization of environment protection facilities and regular air quality control. In spite of a 12% growth in cargo throughput to 7,7 million tonnes the company was able to...

https://container-news.com/russian-port-invests-environmental-sustainability/

UCL Port’s MRC focuses on environment

UCL Holding’s press release:

In line with its sustainability policy Port of Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region based Murltipurpose Reloading Complex (MRC, part of UCL Holding) allocated for 2018 environmental protection programme RUB 3.92 million, which is 11% more than a year earlier.

The earmarked money was spent primarily (RUB 2.3 million) on modernization and maintenance of MRC’ environmental facilities.

In particular, last year the company began development of a project for rehabilitation of the...

https://container-news.com/ucl-port-mrc-focuses-on-environment/

Implementation of Taganrog Sea Commercial Port’s development programme in 2018

In 2018, Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC (TagSCP, a company of UCL Holding) invested USD 4.5 million into the port infrastructure development programme, which is 2.3 times as much as in the same period of 2017.

As a part of its technical upgrading, TagSCP invested in renewal and expansion of its fleet of handling equipment. The company acquired two full-circle electrical rail cranes RPS-640 with the capacity of up to 32 tonnes fitted with 10-cbm grabs.
The new cranes will let the company...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/08/implementation-of-taganrog-sea-commercial-ports-development-programme-in-2018/

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