Any company in the country is committed to developmentinternational relations, because this is the prospect of cooperation with foreign companies, new markets and constantly growing profits. At the same time, the question of the transportation of goods becomes before every entrepreneur;
Today, marine transport isonly intercontinental traffic. Aviation communication is also perfectly organized, but the cost of such services is quite high and most often from an economic point of view is generally not profitable.
Sea transportation is practicallyunlimited port capacity and low cost. Moreover, water transport is the complete absence of the risk of cargo theft and damage. In light of this, ports are subject to increased requirements for the quality of services provided. The port is engaged not only in sending and receiving cargo, but also in organizing the loading and unloading of goods.
Для транспортной инфраструктуры России морские Ports are of great importance not only in the field of export and import operations, but also as an internal message. Somehow, it is necessary to deliver fuel and other goods and products to the same Far North.
Loading and unloading goods at the port
For entrepreneurs who have never encountered maritime traffic, the question arises, what is it - a stevedoring company?
Stevedoring operations are related activities.with loading and unloading operations, as a rule, only within the port. Stevedoring companies also handle cargo hold, forwarding, provide tally account services or agency services.
World practice
What is it - a stevedore company?In world practice, the term is interpreted differently. In some countries, a stevedore is just a port worker who handles loading and unloading. Such a person may be hired for a one-time job or is a regular employee of the port. But this is the exception rather than the rule, usually employed by stevedoring companies that provide a full range of services.
For example, in Canada and the United States, terminal andstevedore services are clearly separated. Each company provides a specific list of services. Most often, this separation can be found in the ports, where there is a special congestion in the containers arriving and departing from the berth. In these countries, it is quite difficult to obtain one license for two companies at once.
The Russian market
The market for stevedoring companies in Russia is mainly based on the participation of ports. The degree of involvement in loading operations depends entirely on the participation of the state in managing the port itself.
It can be represented as follows:
- full state control;
- under the control of the municipal authorities;
- management is at the mercy of a public company;
- combined form.
Hence the following classification:
- ports where the organization of loading and unloading operations is assigned to the port itself;
- ports where the management is not engaged in loading, but only leases berths, warehouses and terminals.
Importance of ports for Russia
Today it is the second formoccurs most often, and all over the world. Hence, it becomes clear that this is a stevedoring company, that is, an enterprise that leases the port’s production facilities and performs loading and unloading operations and provides other services to the port’s clients. In light of this, it becomes clear that the stevedore in the port is a key figure and the rating of the port depends on the quality of the services it provides.
In the Russian Federation today about 100 seaports are:
- Petersburg.
- Oriental.
- Find
- Caucasus.
- Makhachkala and others.
Thousands of gantry cranes work in portsall kinds of technology, which account for hundreds of thousands. Handling facilities are able to handle more than 10 thousand cars per day. One-time storage can be estimated at 15 million tons of cargo. The share of seaports accounts for more than 90% of all cargo handling in the country.
What is it - a stevedoring company in Russia?It is about 250 organizations that carry out loading and unloading activities. Modern Russian stevedoring companies are not only engaged in loading, but also expanding the production capacity of ports, developing road and rail links, and organizing new checkpoints, that is, taking most of the concerns for the development of sea freight and the ports themselves.
The Gulf of Finland
For example, the First Stevedoring Company of St. Petersburg, created with the support of OJSC Sea Port of St. Petersburg, has good technical equipment, which includes:
- 38 gantry cranes;
- 134 loaders;
- 2 truck cranes.
The company has huge storage facilities, the port itself allows you to receive any vessels that carry out shipping.
These advantages make it possible to carry outtransshipment of small and large cargoes, work with particularly heavy goods. The company has a new Ro-Ro terminal that allows you to work with any rolling cargo.
Own storage facilities allow storage of goods at the level of 1 million tons per year.
Kaliningrad direction
Receiving and dispatch of goods byKaliningrad Bay of the Baltic Sea is carried out by Baltic Stevedoring Company LLC, established on the basis of the port of Baltiysk. It is of great importance for the country, it has two ports of call.
The park of equipment is presented by 70 units.The terminal is equipped with a Solvo system that allows you to exchange data with shipping lines. Warehouses with a total area of 5.6 hectares, with an electrical substation of 3.5 MW, which allows you to store perishable goods. The company is relatively young and was only opened in 2002. But during this time, the company was able to purchase a lot of equipment, finish the first stage of the construction of a container terminal, in 2015 put into operation an in-depth inspection center. In 2016, the company acquired scales for the control of freight transport along axles, which makes it possible to prevent overweight of the vessel. In 2017, the stevedoring company was one of the first in the Kaliningrad region to undergo certification for transport security.
The Baltic Stevedoring Company in Kaliningrad has an additional office where you can order all the necessary services without visiting directly the port in Baltiysk.
