ULCT goes live

    “Ust-Luga Container Terminal» (ULCT), belonging to the National Container Company (NCC), accepted the first container vessel. M/v Emotion of Unifeeder, capacity 1440 TEU, arrived from Hamburg on Dec. 29th. It is expected that Unifeeder vessels will call the terminal on weekly basis.

    ULCT will be developed in three phases. ULCT’s first phase was completed at the end of November, 2011.Its full development will be completed till 2025 with the approximate capacity of 3M TEU per year. ULCT is the first Russian deep-water and easy-to-access container terminal in the Baltic Sea region.

    ULCT is expected to provide the handling capacity essential for supporting the growth of Russian foreign trade.

    Source: NCC