Tuapse Commercial Sea Port's freight volume jumps 28% in Q1 to 4.27 million tonnes
Handling of cargo by Tuapse port's terminal operator JSC Tuapse Commercial Sea Port (TCSP) in January-March 2015 soared 28% on Q1 2014 to 4.27 million tonnes, the stevedoring company said.
The strong performance was driven primarily by more oil product exports as compared with Q1 2014 to 2,48 million tonnes (+39%) and growth in dry cargo volume. Increased shipments of petroleum products from the quays of the company followed the shift of the commodity flow from other terminals of the port of Tuapse.
Handling of dry cargo in the reporting period rose 15% on Q1 2015 to settle at 1.79 million tonnes, thanks to increased (by 47%) volume of semi-finished steel that totaled 0.58 million tonnes and of grain (by 18%) - to 0.46 million tonnes.
Export coal shipments through the operator's dry bulk terminal grew by 8% to 0.7 million tonnes.
Exports, which account for the bulk (98%) of the TCSP's traffic, jumped by 31% from the same period 2014 to 4.2 million tonnes, while imports (2%) plummeted by 48% to 0.07 million tonnes, primarily due to raw sugar imports decline.
In the reporting period the Tuapse port operator handled 209 cargo vessels, including 104 dry bulk carriers and 105 oil product tankers) and 23,500 rail cars.
OJSC Tuapse Commercial Seaport (TCSP) is the major operator at the port of Tuapse, one of Russia’s largest ports. TCSP is part of UCL Port, a stevedoring division of international transport group UCL Holding. UCL Port comprises OJSC Sea Port St. Petersburg, CJSC Container Terminal Saint Petersburg, Universal Handling Terminal LLC based in North-West of Russia, and Taganrog port in the South. The Company’s fleet of handling equipment includes 29 cranes with a capacity ranging 10 to 124 tonnes, 65 loaders and bulldozers.
