Global Ports to acquire NCC
NewsAs 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
NewsRuscon, 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
NewsA 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
NewsThroughput 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
NewsThe 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
NewsMAERSK VANCOUVER has made a test call at the recently-opened Ust-Luga Container Terminal...
Unifeeder to call at Ust-Luga
NewsDenmark-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
NewsRussian 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
NewsThe 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
NewsLast 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
NewsThe 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
NewsThe 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...
Quayside container crane numbers on the slide
NewsAnyone just taking a cursory glance at this year’s and last year’s tables can see what a difference a year makes. The “blue areas” t...
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...
Second Russian deal for Liebherr
NewsFollowing its “breakthrough” order in Russia earlier this year for one ship-toshore container crane from National Container Company (NCC...
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