OREANDA-NEWS. January 15, 2010. "Logoprom Sormovo (Nizhny Novgorod) bulk cargo container port (BCP) owned by "Logoprom " holding company in 2009 handled 2 thousand 204 TEUs, the company said. The port has been operating since August 1st 2009. The major volume of transshipped containers - 2 thousand 106 TEUs were tank-containers. The bulk cargoes were largely gas fuel (propane butane fraction), sulfur dioxide, fatty alcohols (sintanols), hydrogen peroxide. The cargoes, the company said, were bound to gas filling stations in Nizhny Novgorod region (Dzerzhinsk, Arzamas, Semenov, Paul, Navashino, Volga, Bogorodsk, Volga, Kstovo), as well as other regions (Moore, Vladimir, Kovrov, Ivanovo, Kineshma, Suzdal, etc.).

Of overall volume there were 98 TEUs of dry bulk containers (auto parts, cardboard, etc.). The shipment of import and export freight traffic covers South-East Asia (China, Shanghai, Hong Kong), the countries of the Middle East (UAE), Western Europe (Hamburg, Rotterdam). For example, the port authority said, from the Nizhny Novgorod region to the United Arab Emirates an ekranopan was shipped in container to UAE and to Magadan a hovercraft.

The company has projected for 2010, three weekly route container trains, with a volume of at least 120 TEUs each, to raise handling rate to 100 TEUs a day, to set up the RMG cranes, contracted with one of Western producers, to increase area for handling containerized cargoes, expanding services: cross-docking (auto-container), attachment and separation of cargoes inside the container, the organization of shipment of sensitive goods (alcohol, fruits, etc.). The company added, it would offer warehousing and distribution services.

"Logoprom" Holding company is the largest logistics operator of the Volga region and Russia, offering a full range of logistics and customs services, The Holding combines modern complexes: Logoprom Sormovo (Nizhny Novgorod), Logoprom Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod region), Logoprom Medvedkovo (Moscow) and Logoprom Davydova (Moscow region), the total area of 60 hectares. Logistic centers are equipped with modern facilities, road and railway access ways.