The world’s largest container ship, docked at Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company terminal
This week Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company was the first port of call for the new Triple-E container ship “Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller”, named after Mr. Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller who transformed A.P. Møller-Maersk into the world’s largest transport and infrastructure group, said in the company's press release.
“Maersk Mc-Minney Møller” is the world’s largest container ship with 18,340 TEU capacity, and is 399 meters long, 59 meters wide, and 73 meters high. The ship was built in South Korea at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and on 18th June, after two weeks of testing, the ship was transferred to its owner.
The container ship was moored at VSC on 6th July for servicing and after completing operations left for the South Korean port of Pusan. Currently, VSC is Russia’s only stevedoring company licensed to receive vessels of this class and size at its berths.
Global Ports Investments PLC is the leading operator of container terminals in the Russian market.
Global Ports' terminals are located in the Baltic and Far East Basins, key regions for foreign trade cargo flows. Global Ports operates three container terminals in Russia (Petrolesport and Moby Dik in St. Petersburg, Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company in the Vostochny Port) and two container terminals in Finland (Multi-Link Terminals Helsinki and Multi-Link Terminals Kotka). Global Ports group also includes Yanino Logistics Park located in the vicinity of St. Petersburg and a major oil product terminal, Vopak E.O.S., in Estonia.
Global Ports' consolidated revenue for 2012 was USD 501.8 million. Adjusted EBITDA for 2012 was USD 288 million. The Group's Russian Ports segment handled a total container throughput of approximately 1,450 thousand TEUs in 2012 (excluding Yanino).
Global Ports major shareholders are Transportation Investments Holding Limited (operating under the brand name of N-Trans), one of the largest private transportation and infrastructure groups in Russia (37.5%), and APM Terminals B.V., whose core expertise is the design, construction, management and operation of ports, terminals and inland services with a global terminal network of 62 operating port facilities and 160 Inland Services operations, giving APM Terminals a global presence in 68 countries (37.5%). The remaining 25% of Global Ports shares are in public hands and held in the form of global depositary receipts listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
