The Multipurpose Reloading Complex (MRC), a coal & coke terminal located in the Port of Ust-Luga, has put into operation the 63t of capacity Vityaz portal crane.
The shipping line, part of CMA CGM, has received from the Chinese Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard Containerships Polar, its second in a series of four 1,380 TEUs-big (incl. 360 reefer plugs) gas-run vessels.
Elenger, a subsidiary of the Tallinn-headquartered natural gas company Eesti Gaas, has started to supply Tallink's cruise ferry Megastar with liquefied natural gas (LNG) also in the Finnish capital.
Manned by a team of over 200 people, it'll be a 23,700 m2-big, three-chamber, 30k pallet and 50kt max capacity warehouse, with 35 docks able to serve up to 200 trucks/day.
UTLC ERA - a JV between the Belarusian, Kazakhstan, and Russian railways - has kicked off a new and regular container service between Luxembourg and Chengdu.
"Over last few years we have been facing a constant deterioration on the Russian market. Unfortunately the political and economical situation is still dramatically affecting the commercial trade environment," the company said in a press release.
The 70mt of annual handling capacity Primorsk Multipurpose Transshipment Complex (PMTC), an investment valued at RUB90.6b (€1.21b), is planned to be up and running by 2022.
Following the installation of protection screens, coal dust suppression equipment, and air & water quality monitoring systems, the Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) has started taking care of coal shipments.
