OREANDA-NEWS EuroChem and the operator Global Ports (part of the Delo Group) have agreed on the transshipment of fertilizers in special containers through the Large Port of St. Petersburg, according to a joint press release of the companies.

Global Ports will ensure the shipment of products from EuroChem enterprises in specialized containers as part of container trains to its terminals in the port of St. Petersburg, and then transshipment to sea vessels using container technology.

The agreement will be valid until the end of 2025. The average monthly volume of transshipment can be up to 100 thousand tons.

The technology of transportation and transshipment of bulk cargo in special containers is more flexible, fast and efficient compared to other technologies. The use of special containers allows you to speed up loading at factories, form combat parties and optimize the use of storage capacity. The formation and delivery of container trains with fertilizers is faster, and the transshipment of fertilizers in the port from special containers to the hold of the vessel is more efficient and safe, the report says.

Global Ports is the largest operator of sea container terminals in Russia. The company operates container and multifunctional terminals in Russia ("Petrolesport", "First Container Terminal", "Ust-Luga Container Terminal" and "Moby Dick" in the Baltic, "Eastern Stevedoring Company" in the Far East) and two container terminals in Finland – in Helsinki and Kotka (under the management of Multi-Link Terminals Oy, JV Global Ports and CMA Terminals). He also owns the Yanino Logistics Park domestic terminal near St. Petersburg.

EuroChem is one of the world's largest producers of mineral fertilizers. The perimeter of the group includes enterprises for the production of phosphate raw materials in Russia (Kovdorsky GOK) and Kazakhstan, two potash mines – Usolsky Potash Plant and VolgaKaliy, plants for the production of ammonia and fertilizers in Russia (Nevinnomysk Nitrogen, Novomoskovsky Nitrogen, Phosphorite, EuroChem-Belorechensk Fertilizers", "EuroChem-North-West"), Belgium, Lithuania and China.