Multimodal transport operator Ruscon, part of Delo Group, has put into operation a new container terminal located at the railway station of Orlovka station in Volgograd region, Delo said in a statement. The launching ceremony was held on August 4, 2023.
The construction of the 30,000 TEU per annum terminal started from scratch in mid-2021. The project envisages two stages. Within the first stage, railway tracks were laid, road accesses were prepared, a container yard was organized, and a 38-ещт gantry crane was installed.
By the end of 2023, the second stage will include the construction of a 1,200 square meters roofed warehouse for storage of agricultural and other products designated for export abroad and delivery to consignees in Russia. In addition, a complex for processing, cleaning and packing 1,000 tons of grain per month is to be launched.
“The launch of our own terminal in Volgograd will expand our capabilities to provide logistics to our customers in southern Russia – the largest local enterprises and agricultural producers, as well as key importers. We expect that in the future the terminal will become an important link in the route of the international transport corridor “North – South” and will provide additional opportunities for receiving, dispatching and transit of cargo,” said Sergey Beryozkin, Head of Ruscon.
“With the opening of the container terminal, residents and partners of the Orlovka Industrial Park have received additional opportunities. The new transportation and logistics facility creates conditions for timely sending and receiving of cargoes, allows creating new jobs. Further realization of the investment project will contribute to the solution of the region’s task to double the volume of industrial production in the region by 2034, to the socio-economic development of the Volgograd Region, to improving the quality of life of the residents of our region,” said Oleg Nikolaev, Deputy Governor of the Volgograd Region.
In April, during the TransRussia exhibition in Moscow, Ruscon and Regional Industrial Parks Management Company, which manages the industrial park where the terminal is located, signed a cooperation agreement to ensure conditions for the effective implementation of the investment project of the container terminal at the Orlovka railway station, as well as coordination of activities in the field of transport and logistics services using all types of transport in the industrial park.
Ruscon operates three container terminals in Novorossiysk with a total capacity of 110,000 TEU per year, as well as a terminal in Moscow with a capacity of 50,000 TEU per year.
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