The container terminals of Russia’s biggest Novorossiisk Sea Commercial Port are almost idle now. The reason of such sharp decline in container shipment is introduction of tougher fines for the weight excess in heavy cargo in time of automobile carriage.
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Novorosiisk Port Broke Down under Load
The container terminals of Russia’s biggest Novorossiisk Sea Commercial Port are almost idle now. The reason of such sharp decline in container shipment is introduction of tougher fines for the excess of weight of heavy cargo in time of automobile carriage. The only way-out, the operators say, is doubling the number of trucks used for this purpose, but this action is bound to hike the cost of the carriage.
The fines for violating the weight requirements in time of the truck carriage took effect August 11, 2007. Nowadays, the per-truck excess of over 15 percent of 18-tonn cargo will cost up to 2,000 rubles to a driver, while the persons responsible for the carriage will face the fine of up to 15,000 tons and a corporate carrier will have to part with 400,000 rubles.
So, “starting from Monday, the container removal from two container terminals went down by 70 percent,” said Dmitry Bolotov, first deputy general director of Novorossiisk Sea Commercial Port. “At terminals of Novolesexport, the warehouses have been filled completely, and three ships are still off the harbor. We are handling the last container carrier, but will have to refuse to unload the vessels after it.”
In St. Petersburg Port, no delays with container removal have been reported so far, said sources with the operators of container terminals of National Container Co. and Severstaltrans.
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All the Article in Russian as of Aug. 20, 2007
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