Ust-Luga Container Terminal

In April 2007 NCC started construction of a new container terminal in Ust-Luga port. Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) with the ultimate capacity of 3M TEU per year will become the largest and the most technologically advanced facility in Russia and Eastern Europe. The terminal will be capable of handling vessels with intake capacity over 6,000 TEU. Putting it into operation is expected to eliminate the deficit of container capacity in North-West Russia and to decrease the dependence of Russian consignees on the ports of Finland and the Baltic states.

The terminal is being constructed within the framework of state-private partnership. The investments of the NCC will amount to about $800M by 2020. At least $ 110M will be invested in the project from the state budget.

The terminal will be put into operation in three phases.

Phase	Start of operations	Quay lenth, m	Depth alongside, m	Max. vessel capacity, TEU	Yard area, sq.m.	Storage capacity, TEU	Throughput capacity, TEU p.a.
1	2010	440	13.5	2,500	146,000	15,000	500,000
2	2013	660	16.5	6,000	471,000	33,600	1,500,000
3	2019	600	16.5	2,500	888,000	78,700	3,000,000
Total		1700			888,000	78,700

Today two berths of the total length of 440 m are already in place. In 2008 NCC commenced pavement of the container yard as well as construction of administrative buildings and technical facilities. In 2009-2010 ULCT will receive container handling equipment including four Panamax STS cranes produced by Konecranes.

The customer-developer of the container terminal is «Ust-Luga Container Terminal» JSC. The General Contractor for the construction - the subsidiary of "Transstroy" company - OOO "SochiMorStroy".