VCT ups container handling 35% in Jan-May
VLADIVOSTOK. June 5. (Interfax) - LLC Vladivostok Container Terminal (VCT), part of FESCO Transportation Group, increased container handling 35% year-on-year to 159,295 TEU (20-foot equivalent units) in January-May 2012, the company said in a statement.
In May alone, the terminal processed 41,581 TEU, up 36.5% over April.
Imports climbed 28% to 17,199 TEU, exports rose 48% to 15,676 TEU, and coastal shipping jumped 36% to 8,706 TEU in the five months.
VCT processed 42 ships in May, with average turnover for one vessel coming to 990 TEU.
Last year, VCT boosted container handling by 3.4% to 297,956 TEU.
VCT operates at the Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port.
FESCO Transportation Group is an intermodal operator that combines sea, railway and automobile transportation, and stevedore services at its own terminals at ports in Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. Its main asset is OJSC Far Eastern Shipping Company .
