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St Petersburg opens new deepwater port for containers, ro-ro traffic

THE new deepwater Sea Cargo Complex (MSCC) Bronka at the Port of St Petersburg has opened, offering 1.45 million TEU as well as 260,000 ro-ro unit annual capacity.

The first-phase comprises a five-berth container terminal, with 1,220 metres of quay and a single berth ro-ro terminal (a second berth will be added in 2017).

MSCC Bronka aims to handle between 150,000 and 200,000 TEU and of 23,000 ro-ro units in its first full year of operation, reported Lloyd's Loading List.

"The first call by a scheduled container has arrived while a regular ro-ro service will start this month," said port's managing director Alexey Shukletsov.

Handling equipment, capable of accommodating postpanamax vessels in ready, including a Liebherr LHM 800 mobile port crane with a lifting capacity of up to 308 tons and a boom range of up to 64 metres.

This will be used at both the container and ro-ro terminals for loading heavy cargo.

Being directly linked to the St Petersburg orbital highway and the Russian rail network Bronka has the potential to emerge as a multi-modal hub.

Bronka is already equipped with two on-site rail sidings and four more are earmarked for construction which will be served by a fleet of up to six rail mounted gantry cranes by 2018, Mr Shukletsov said.