Russia’s DeloPorts reports cargo turnover up 40%

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 - Total cargo turnover of DeloPorts terminals, the stevedore division of Delo Group, has reported cargo volume for the first nine months of 2020 up 40% to 7.9 million tons on the same period of the previous year. Based in Novorossiysk port, DeloPorts operates container (NUTEP terminal) and grain handling facilities (KSK terminal). For nine months of 2020, the NUTEP container terminal increased TEU turnover by 33%, handling 353,500 TEU. This has been achieved during a time when container turnover in Russian ports decreased by 2%. In the third quarter of 2020, growth in container handling by NUTEP was up 26% on 2019. Grain handling at the KSK terminal increased by 49% compared to the three quarters of 2019 and was 3.5 million tons. The volume of cargo handled in the 3rd quarter of 2020 increased by 27% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, and in September 2020 a new monthly record for transshipment was set at the terminal - 661,758 tons. General Director of DeloPorts Igor Yakovenko said: “We have successfully adapted and adjusted the operating processes taking into account the negative economic trends caused by the pandemic, and made full use of a combination of a number of favorable objective and subjective factors. First, the return on investment - the launch last year and active operation of a new deep-water container berth No. 38 at NUTEP, new production facilities for receiving grain from road and rail transport and an increase in the KSK silo capacity from 116 to 220 thousand tons of storage at a time. Secondly, the positive impact of the low base effect of the 2019 – 2020 agricultural season; the redirection of a part of the traditional cargo traffic of the North – West ports to the south and the growth in the transshipment of perishable goods in refrigerated containers”. The performance of the Delo Service Company, which provides towing services in the port of Novorossiysk using new highly maneuverable own tugs, has increased. In January-September 2020, providing 913 mooring services by the fleet, which is 29% higher than in the same period a year earlier. Transshipment of general and Ro-Ro cargoes by the assets of DeloPorts for nine months of 2020 amounted to 18,000 tons. Statistical details of DeloPorts nine-month throughout can be accessed here Company DeloPorts is a Russian holding company that owns the stevedoring assets of the Delo Group of Companies in the port of Novorossiysk.Delo Group is the largest transport and logistics holding in Russia, managing sea container terminals in the Azov-Black Sea, Baltic and Far Eastern basins, a network of railway container terminals, a fleet of containers and fitting platforms. The parent company of the Group is LLC MC Delo, 70% owned by the founder of the Group, Sergey Shishkarev, and 30% is owned by State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom. Copyright (C) PortSEurope. All Rights Reserved. 2020.

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