Global Ports’ volumes accelerate into the New Year

The container throughput of Global Ports, the Russian terminal operator, rose by 16% to 4.4m teu in 2017 following strong performances in both imports and exports.

The second half of 2017 proved crucial to this growth as throughput rose by 11.8%, while in the first half of the year container volumes grew by 6.8%.

This acceleration has continued into 2018, with the company reporting a throughput increase of 28% in January and February, well above the Russian market growth of 16%.