Container train with Volkswagen components leaves Ust-Luga Container Terminal (photo)
On June 18 Ust-Luga Container Terminal dispatched a container train to Nizhni Novgorod with components for Volkswagen automobiles, says press center of National Container Company (terminal owner.
The transportation to Avtozavod station in Nizhni Novgorod will take 2 days. The first train consists of 78 containers. From July ULCT plans to dispatch 2-3 trains with Volkswagen components per week.
Ust-Luga Container Terminal is a container terminal of NCC Group in Ust-Luga port. The construction is being implemented in three phases. The first phase was put into operation in 2011. The full-scale implementation will be completed by 2025 when the Terminal’s capacity will reach 2.85 mln TEUs. The capacity of the first phase is 440,000 TEUs, total area – 40 hectares, berth line length – 440 m, depth near berths – 13.5 m, capacity of container ground – 15,000 TEUs, capacity of refrigerated area – 840 sockets, handling equipment – 4 STS (Panamax), 11 RTG, 2 RMG. NCC operates Ust-Luga Container Terminal jointly with Eurogate.
