Stena Line does not rule out calling at MMPK Bronka (Saint-Petersburg)
Shipping company Stena Line does not rule out arrangement of calls at the Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka, Saint-Petersburg), Aivars Taurins, Regional Director for the Baltics, Russia and the CIS countries at Stena Line, told IAA PortNews at the international transport and logistics exhibition TransRussia 2014.
According to him, it will depend on availability of adequate logistics opportunities in the region.
“Logistic potential of Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad Region is enormous, Aivars Taurins said.
Stena Line is a ferry operator with 23 routes and 39 vessels in operation. Annually, the company transports 2.2 mln freight units (28 mln t).
The Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka) is being built on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, in the place where the dam and the ring road border the territory of Lomonosov. The Bronka Complex will comprise three specialized facilities: a container terminal encompassing 107 hectares, Ro-Ro terminal of 57 ha and logistics center of 42 ha. Container terminal will feature the 1.176 m-long waterfront (including 5 berths). The waterfront of rolling cargo terminal will be 630 meters (3 berths). The Bronka Phase 1 capacity is projected to be 1.45 million TEUs and 260,000 units of Ro-Ro cargoes. The facility’s container throughput is planned to be increased to 1.9 million TEUs. The Bronka Multipurpose Complex will be able to handle Panamax containerships and the ferries of Finnstar class.
Private investors are expected to inject nearly RUB 43.7 billion in the project with the Russian Government investment at some RUB 15.2 billion.
Implementation of the Bronka project will bring 2,300 work places at sea terminals alone. Upon completion of the outer harbor facilities annual direct tax payments to the budget of St. Petersburg will be at RUB 1.7 billion (plus indirect tax due to a multiplier effect – RUB 5.1 bn), the federal budget will get RUB 2.0 billion a year (RUB 5.9bn).
