OREANDA-NEWS. August 2, 2007. In January-July 2007, throughput of the terminals of National Container Company (NCC) grew by 20.6%, year-on-year, to 852,203 TEU, PortNews reports referring to press service of the company.

Cont turnover of First Container Terminal (FCT, St. Petersburg) grew by 12.1% to 539,699 TEU. In July the terminal handled 78,344 TEU (+5.6%, year-on-year). Turnover of refrigerated containers decreased by 24.1% to 6,724 TEU. Export totaled 40,794 TEU, import – 37,550 TEU. In July the terminal handled 66 vessels with average turnover totaling 1,187 TEU per vessel.

Container turnover of Novorossijsk Container Terminal (NUTEP, port of Novorossijsk) grew by 40.41% to 79,576 TEU. In July the terminal handled 13,698 TEU (+31.57 %). Export made 7,206 TEU, import – 6,492 TEU. Loaded/empty containers ratio makes 58.5% against 41.5% respectively. In July the terminal handled 8 vessels with average turnover totaling 1,712 TEU per vessel.

Container turnover of Iljichevsk container terminal (Ukraine) grew by 33.14% to 232,927 TEU. In July the terminal’s turnover totaled 33.934 TEU (+28.5 %). In July the terminal the terminal handled 33 vessels with average turnover totaling 1,028 TEU per vessel.

National Container Company (NCC) is the leading Russian operator of container terminals. It holds leading position at the market of stevedoring services. NCC is owned in equal shares by First Quantum and FESCO transport group (FESCO’s control stock is owned by Industrial Investors Group). First Container Terminal (port of St. Petersburg, leader at the market of container cargo transshipment in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries, capacity - 1 million TEU per year), Novorossijsk Container Terminal (NUTEP, port of Novorossijsk, current capacity of 130 thou TEU with expansion capacity to 750 thou TEU), Iljichevsk container terminal (Ukraine, current capacity of 450 thou TEU with expansion capacity to 4 million TEU).

Besides, NCC operates the project of Baltic Container Terminal in Ust-Luga (design capacity of up to 6 million TEU) and a land-based logistics center and container terminal Shushary (Leningrad region) with a design capacity of up to 400 thou TEU per year at the territory of 92 hectares.