Global Ports to acquire NCC

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As forecast in the June 2013 issue of WorldCargo News (p1), Global Ports Investments (GPI), in which APM Terminals (APMT) and Russia’s N-t...

Ruscon adds to truck fleet

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Ruscon, part of the Global Container Service (GCS) Group and one of Russia’s leading container transport operators, is taking delivery of ...

Ust-Luga intermodal gateway

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A new block train service has been launched by Russia’s Global Container Service (GCS) and its intermodal affiliate Ruscon out of the new ...

Ust-Luga at the double

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Throughput at Russia’s new Baltic port of Ust-Luga is set to reach 44 mt this year, almost double the 22.7 mt handled last year, and the f...

New ULCT rail link commissioned

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The new rail link between Ust-Luga Container Terminal (part of NCC group) and Luzhskaya railway station has now been opened....

Maersk calls at Ust-Luga

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MAERSK VANCOUVER has made a test call at the recently-opened Ust-Luga Container Terminal...

Unifeeder to call at Ust-Luga

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Denmark-based common feeder operator Unifeeder AS has announced that in November it will start a weekly, fixed service call at Russia’s Us...

Solvo moves into Ust-Luga

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Russian TOS supplier Solvo has won a contract to deploy its automated systems at the new Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) in Leningrad, Ru...

NCC posts higher box throughput

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The recovery in Russia’s Baltic container trades appears to be continuing. The aggregated throughput of National Container Company (NCC)...

Ringing the changes again at NCC

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Last month FESCO sold its 50% stake in National Container Company (NCC), Russia’s biggest container handler, for US$900M. This is almost 2...

Pushing ahead despite doubts

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The pace of investment in Russian container ports has slowed down, but there is still activity, despite the disagreements within NCC....

Equipment in place to deal with upturn

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The second half of the current year has seen a “mass arrival” of new cranes in Russian and other post-Soviet ports, as orders placed las...

A chill wind is blowing through Russia

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The cold caught by the Russian economy from the global financial crisis has inevitably affected the country’s container traffic, but inves...