Russia: Moby Dik Container Terminal Welcomes New Hyundai Merchant Marine Service

Hyundai Merchant Marine to launch new service to LLC Moby Dik container terminal

Service will call at Russian terminal on a weekly basis

Hyundai Merchant Marine, the South Korean shipping and logistics firm, has announced the launch of a new service that will call at the LLC Moby Dik container terminal at the Port of St. Petersburg.

The Russian terminal has finished handling the first ship to operate on the service the Jork Reliance, an 803 TEU capacity vessel, that arrived from the German Port of Hamburg.

LLC Moby Dik, a Global Ports entity, expect the service to operate on a weekly basis.

The principal cargo Hyundai Merchant Marine carries to the region will be the products of the Korean industrial companies, including car components and parts for assembly of Hyundai and Kia cars at the Hyundai plant in St. Petersburg.

Moby Dik has two cargo berths with a total length of 321 m capable of berthing container carriers and Ro-Ro vessels with a side and a stern ramp. The current capacity of Moby Dik allows to handle up to 400,000 TEU per annum.

The LLC Moby Dik terminal is situated on Kotlin (Kronshtadt) island close to the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd, a member of Hyundai Group, is among the five leading Pacific ocean container shipping lines.

(porttechnology)

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Source: porttechnology, August 11, 2011; Image: moby-dik