Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT)

New transit intermodal service launched from China to Europe

The freight transport company TransContainer has started a new intermodal container service, connecting China with Germany via the Russian Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) of the Port of Ust-Luga.

Launched in January 2022, the service is being implemented in partnership with the German port of Mukran and the Baltic Sea Bridge line as customers for the project, as well as with the container transporter Ruscon, as a forwarder and agent in the port of Ust-Luga.

Regular container trains carrying...

https://container-news.com/new-transit-intermodal-service-launched-from-china-to-europe/

Global Port’s container traffic remains stable

The Russian container terminal operator Global Ports (GLPR) has reported a stable container throughput during the fourth quarter and the fiscal year (FY) 2021.

In particular, Global Port’s consolidated marine container throughput recorded a marginal decline of 0.9% year-on-year, with 385,000 TEU handled in its terminals.

Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT), the first greenfield container terminal in Russia, located in Luga Bay, registered the largest year-on-year decrease of 35.8% in container...

https://container-news.com/global-ports-container-traffic-remains-stable/

Global Ports to boost efficiency with new services

The largest container operator in Russia, Global Ports has announced new services to improve its operations and increase its efficiency.

Global Ports has launched a service for digital issuance of orders for the loading of export containers at Petrolesport (PLP) and Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT).

The customers of all marine terminals of the Group in the North-West of Russia will be able now to manage export shipments via the Global Ports Unified Customer Portal after the First Container...

https://container-news.com/global-ports-to-boost-efficiency-with-new-services/

ULCT delivers inaugural shipment of coal-handling services

Global Ports Investments PLC (“Global Ports” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, the “Group”) announced that as a part of its strategy to focus on developing additional revenue streams and optimizing its existing terminal infrastructure, the Group has conducted its first coal-handling shipment at Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT).

ULCT has excellent rail connectivity and the capability to support up to 1.0 million tonnes of coal shipments per year. The first...

http://container-news.com/ulct-delivers-inaugural-shipment-coal-handling-services/