Total cargo throughput of JSC Sea Port St. Petersburg (MP St. Pb) in 2011 rose 9 percent Total cargo throughput of JSC Sea Port St. Petersburg (MP St. Pb) in 2011 rose 9 percent year-on-year to 7.4 million tons of different cargoes, the company said Thursday. The growth was driven by last year's reorganization, a merger of Sea Port St. Pb, First, Second and Third stevedore companies.In the reporting period, the combined company handled 5.5 million tons of general cargo, up 5% from 2010's numbers.Shipments of rolling cargo at Sea Port St. Pb's Ro-Ro terminal soared 40 percent to 1 million tons. The stevedore handled 47,166 imported vehicles, a threefold growth year-on-year.Handling of dry bulk cargoes increased by 12% to 887,000 tons.The volume of outbound cargo climbed by 2 percent to 5.7 million tons with a 40-percent surge in the segment of inbound cargo, to 1.7 million tons.SC "Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg" (included in UCL Port - part of subholding, consolidating stevedoring assets of the International transportation group UCL Holding) - is the largest operator, rendering services on handling of all types of dry cargoes in the Greater Port of Saint-Petersburg. It operates by modern specialized terminals for handling of ...
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