Russian container market in January to June 2007

According to a research by InfraNews, the first six months of 2007 saw Russian ports handle 36 million tonnes of general cargoes. The largest container terminal in Russia is located in the Russian Northwest and this region boasts the greatest potential in the industry: Its share in the Russian general cargoes turnover is 47 percent, which means the region’s ports could potentially attract 2.6 million TEU. However, these ports lack sufficient facilities to handle such volumes: In the first half of the year, ports in Russia’ Northwest handled just  nder 1 million TEU, but already they are short on capacities; their terminals are overloaded.

An analysis of the development of the container industry in the country also shows an increased activity of state bodes in the market. State services of various levels pay close attention to the container market’s infrastructure and logistics. Still, this scrutiny does little to help stevedores solve their main problem: finding the necessary facilities for warehousing and storage of cargoes in St.Petersburg.

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The size of the report is 60 pages in A4 format.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction   4 2. Largest players on the Russian market in the first half of 2007      7 Ocean-going container transport market         10 Maersk  10 Containerships OY, Kursiu Linija, Eimskip     11 FESCO Transport Group  113. Freight rates  12 Russia’s Northwest     12 Russia’s South 14 The Russian Far East   16 Rail freight   17 Russia’s Northwest     20 The Gulf of Finland’s Neva Bay        204. Shipping lines 25 5. Largest terminals of Russia’s Northwest: 2006 results        27 The First Container Terminal   27 Petrolesport   28 Moby Dick      30 Kaliningrad (Four terminals, 2006)    31 Kaliningrad (Three terminals, 2007)   33 Northern ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk    35 Russia’s South 35 Finland 40 The Russian Far East   436. Railway container traffic      46 7. Russian Railways’ container operations: 2006 results 46 8. Russian Railways’ services and price list     51 9. The Russian container market and its cash flows      59