Throughput of UCL Port stevedoring division up 10% to 16.9 mln t in HI’15
In January-July, 2015 stevedoring division of UCL Port (part of UCL Holding) handled 16.91 mln t (+19%, year-on-year), press center of UCL Holding says.
Export cargoes operations rose by 14%, or 1.9 mln t. Transshipment of oil cargo totaled 4.57 mln t (+31%, year-on-year), dry cargo – 12.34 mln t (+4%).
The structure of operations by type of cargo was as follows: 87.9% - export cargo (14.9 mln t); 11.5% - import cargo (1.95 mln t); 0.6% - coastal trade cargo.
Transshipment of general cargo climbed by 15% to 4.9 mln t including 2.8 mln t of ferrous metal (+25%) and 0.75 mln t of non-ferrous metal (+24%).
Transshipment of loose and bulk dry cargo fell by3% to 5.33 mln t including 0.3 mln t of mineral fertilizers (-41%), 0.8 mln t of grain (-17%), 3.6 mln t of coal (+4%), 0.5 mln t of ore (+35%).
Container throughput of UCL Port showed a negative trend, down 11% to 179,000 TEUs. The share of loaded containers increased from 35% to 67.5% allowing for the division’s container throughput in tonnes to remain flat, year-on-year..
Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding) is an international transportation holding company that is comprised of: stevedoring companies of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg and Universal Handling Complex in the North-West Russia; Tuapse and Taganrog ports in the South of the country; Volga Shipping, North-West Shipping and Western Shipping companies; as well as a number of shipbuilding, shipping, railway and logistics assets. The group's business is divided into three divisions: UCL Rail, UCL Port and VBTH.
UCL Port consolidates JSC Sea Port St. Petersburg, CJSC Container Terminal Saint Petersburg, Universal Handling Terminal LLC based in North-West of Russia, the southern ports of Taganrog and Tuapse.
Stevedoring assets of UCL Port handle a wide range of goods, including metals, coal, grain, fertilizers, oil and petroleum products. The total storage area operated by the group's companies encompasses nearly 900,000 sqm. Total quay length is about 11,400 m.
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Asset |
Location |
Cargo turnover, million tons |
Dynamics |
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HI’14 |
HI’15 |
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JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” (SP SPb) |
Cargo districts 1, 2 and 3 of Big Port St. Petersburg |
4.09 |
4.28 |
5% |
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Cargo district 4 of Big Port St. Petersburg |
2.08 |
2.11 |
1% |
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Thou. TEU |
195.3 |
173.1 |
-11% |
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LLC “Multipurpose Reloading Complex” (MRC) |
Port Ust-Luga (Leningrad region) |
1.94 |
2.03 |
5% |
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JSC “Tuapse Commercial Sea Port” (TCSP) |
Tuapse |
6.69 |
7.78 |
16% |
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JSC “Taganrog Commercial Sea Port” (TagCSP) |
Taganrog |
0.56 |
0.71 |
26% |
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Total: |
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15.36 |
16.91 |
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