News International container shipping April 2009

The Odessa sea transport port - rare calling large sea carrier of containers

April, 13, 2009

On the container terminal of a mooring #2 Odessa sea transport ports on March, 30-31 made an overload of containers, large-capacity sea carrier of containers with capacity of 4,5 thousand TEU under Liberia flag CSAV CANTABRIAN, with length of the case of a vessel of 294 meters. During time reloading works, on the only thing for all March large-capacity carrier of containers was the overload of 1256 sea containers that is low indicators for such large courts is spent.

As chief executive "GPC -Ukraine" B.Suhodolsky in March, 2009, in comparison with the similar period of last year has declared, volumes of an overload of container cargoes on the terminal of the Odessa sea transport port were reduced almost three times. But because of crisis, the chief executive also declares, operator "GPC -Ukraine" has not broken, any investment program on equipment of capacities.

As we already informed, in February, 2009 on a mooring №2 the third has been established and started in technical operation container transport firms LIEBHERR. Also at present in the container terminal completing knots for four new, on pneumatic to a course, transport firm RTG containers arrive.

As the press-service of the Odessa sea transport port administration of head office "GPC -Ukraine" located in Hamburg in the beginning of current year informs, not looking at a world economic crisis, has declared necessity of full preservation of the list of staff of workers and employees of the Odessa container terminal.

For the information. Company "GPC -Ukraine" is branch of Hamburg concern Hamburg Port Consulting and is the operator of the Odessa container terminal of transport port since July, 1st, 2001.