Running before you can walk?
NewsContainer business is still on a strong upward curve in Russia’s sea ports, but given the scale of planned investments, will there be enou...
Global Ports set to increase capacity
NewsIn a bid to satisfy the growing domestic demand for container handling, Global Ports Investments (GPI), the Russo-Danish ports operator, is ...
Petrolesport completes expansion phase
NewsPetrolesport container terminal in Saint Petersburg has completed the second phase of the customs inspection zone and reefer container stora...
More cold comforts from Petrolesport
NewsSaint Petersburg port operator Petrolesport has launched the second construction phase of its storage site for reefer containers...
Petrolseport offers "radiation" discounts
NewsPetrolesport, part of the Global Ports Investments, has announced a 50% discount on services required for delivering Japanese containers to ...
Petrolesport block trains
NewsPetrolesport and Yanino Logistics Park, both part of the Global Ports group (Ntrans) have set up a regular container rail service in partner...
An icy reception in the ice?
NewsIce conditions in the Gulf of Finland have been particularly severe this winter and Russian icebreakers have not been able to assist all ves...
Petrolesport covers up
NewsPetrolesport, part of Global Port Investments/N-trans, has completed a new warehouse at its ferry terminal in St Petersburg. The warehouse w...
Maersk launches direct Transatlantic service to Saint Petersburg
NewsThe new ECUBEX service will link Ecuador and Russia over the Petrolesport terminal, part of Global Ports Investments /N-Trans...
A chill wind is blowing through Russia
NewsThe cold caught by the Russian economy from the global financial crisis has inevitably affected the country’s container traffic, but inves...
Baltic still a growth area
NewsA new report by the Baltic Ports Organization (BPO) and Turku University forecasts continuing growth in traffic and investment in the Baltic...
Lomonosov port deal
NewsThe Merchant Sea Port of Novorossiysk (NMTP) has signed a deal to acquire, for E77M, 50% of Lomonosov Cargo Terminal (LCT) from Frameno Ltd....
More RTGs from Konecranes
NewsKonecranes has reported contracts to supply a total of 10 more RTGs to existing customers, although the prices have not been disclosed....
Port industry where a PIG really can fly
NewsLast year’s shake-up of National Container Company (WorldCargo News, December 2006, p1 and March 2007, p10) has brought about a fundamenta...
Equipment investments on the up and up
NewsThe main operators in Russia’s biggest Baltic general cargo port are gearing up to cope with rising traffic....