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RUSCON's export box traffic rises 32pc in 2015, but imports fall 4.5pc

RUSCON, one of the top multimodal operators in Russia, has reported a 32 per cent increase in export traffic, while import traffic declined 4.5 per cent in 2015.

Russia's total containerised exports increased 1.6 per cent while import volume fell 31 per cent to one million containers.

The Black Sea port of Novorossiysk showed the company's biggest growth, with a total of 119,170 containers handled in 2015, up 11 per cent year on year.

Traffic through ports on the Russian Pacific grew by seven per cent to 5,729 laden containers.

Ruscon president Vladimir Bychkov, attributed the strong performance mainly to "customers recognising the value of the services offered by Ruscon off-dock terminals and because the intermodal service via the port of Vostochniy on the Pacific coast was expanded last year.?

The rise in export traffic comes on the back of a surge in demand for its container stuffing services at its Novorossiysk off-dock terminal with agribulks, liquids, chemical and mineral bulk products all loaded into containers for transport around the world.

"We have customers who are involved in importing and exporting a wide range of products so that helps our traffic to continue to grow, despite the difficult market conditions. Also, Ruscon continues to invest in new facilities and provide additional services where needed," said Mr Bychkov.

Last year the company opened the first bonded veterinary control and a reefer facility at its off-dock terminal in Novorossiysk to handle the growing volume of perishable goods arriving at the port from South America, Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean.

The increase was largely in response to changing foodstuffs traffic patterns after the US, the European Union and various other countries imposed economic sanctions on Russia.