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of wallhamn in Sweden with the Russian
port of ust-luga, about 150km south
of St Petersburg.
In another measure of our belief in the
Russian market, we have deployed one of
our chinese newbuilds in this fortnightly service.
These are state-of-the-art giants of the
sea, 187 metre-long, ice-class 1A ro-ros with
capacity for 3,200 lm of rolling cargo and 600
cars, and a service speed of 21 knots. Specifically
designed to optimise fuel consumption,
they are also models of environmental
sustainability.
Wallhamn and ust-luga critical ports
The two terminus ports will be critical to the
success of this new service. wallhamn, 55
km north of gothenburg, is the only private
port in Sweden. It has a 712 metre-long quay
and 50 hectares of yard, and links directly to
grimaldi’s Euro-med service between North
Europe and the mediterranean. Third party
operators serving Asian markets also connect
with wallhamn.
In Russia, meanwhile, we are using the
yug-2 (or South-2) car terminal at ust-luga,
which is equipped with two ro-ro berths for
stern-ramp vessels along a 925 metre quay.
It also has paved space for 12,200 cars as
well as an on-site customs office on a total
area of 50 hectares. our St. Petersburg agent
Trans-log will also be handling our activities
in ust-luga.
Just as important as its physical assets,
the Russian port has the advantage of good
road links as well as rail connections linking
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it to cities as far afield as Ekaterinburg and
on to Siberia if need be. As a result, Russian
clients can move cargo from almost
anywhere in their enormous homeland to
grimaldi destinations around the world. Now
more than ever, Finnlines is helping to bring
Russia to the world, and the world to Russia.