Stevedoring companies of UCL Port increased annual throughput by 2% to 32.6 mln t
In 2012, stevedoring division of UCL Port (part of UCL Holding) handled 32.6 mln tons of cargo, which is a 2-pct gain against the previous year, press center of UCL Holding reports.
In the reported period, the main part of the total cargo flow fell on dry cargo – 22.2 mln t (+21% year-on-year) with handling of liquid bulk cargo decreased to 10.4 mln t (-23%).
The volume export cargo fell by 2% to 27.6 mln t, import cargo flow grew by 33% to 4.8 mln t, handling of coastal trade cargo decreased by 32% to 176,000 tons.
The results of OJSC Sea Port St. Petersburg (cargo districts No 1, 2 and 3 of Big Port St. Petersburg) climbed 18% to 8.7 mln t.
Throughput of CJSC Container Terminal Saint Petersburg (4th cargo district of port of Big Port St. Petersburg) boosted by 72%, year-on-year, to 2.1 mln t.
The volume handled by Universal Handling Terminal LLC (Ust-Luga) totaled 2.9 mln t, up 21% , year-on-year.
OJSC Tuapse Commercial Seaport decreased its results by 13% to 16.4 mln t in 2012.
Throughput of OJSC Taganrog Commercial Seaport grew by 7% to 1.5 mln t.
According to the press release, the decrease of TCSP is explained by redistribution of export flows of oil cargo and deficient capacity of North-Caucasus Railway due to huge deliveries of Olympic cargoes towards Sochi. Besides, the throughput decrease was also caused by restrictions imposed on long motor transport at the federal highway М-27 (Dzhubga-Adler).
Universal Cargo Logistics Holding is the International transportation group, its companies perform transportation of cargoes by railway and river-sea transport, handling of cargoes in Russian ports, render logistic services and also perform cruise activities. According to their activities, сcompanies of the holding are merged in three divisions – UCL Rail, UCL Port and VBTH.
UCL Port consolidates OJSC Sea Port St. Petersburg, CJSC Container Terminal Saint Petersburg, Universal Handling Terminal LLC based in North-West of Russia, and Tuapse and Taganrog ports in the South.
Stevedoring facilities of UCL Port handle a wide range of cargo including metal, grain, sugar, oil and oil products. The total area of covered and open territories of the Holding’s stevedoring companies totals some 700,000 square meters with total length of berths amounting to some 10 kilometers.
