St Petersburg First Container Terminal down 12.4pc in 2009

THROUGHPUT at the First Container Terminal in St Petersburg for the full year 2009 fell 12.4 per cent to 938,931 TEU against 2008 results, but it also enjoyed a 0.7 per cent year on year uptick in December to 87,537 TEU.

Exports totalled 44,818 TEU in December 2009 and imports came in at 42,719 TEU. Reefer boxes totalled 12,582 TEU, reported Russian Transport Daily Report. In December the terminal handled 72 vessels averaging 1,216 TEU per ship in and out.

(Source: www.schednet.com)