Ports of Ust-Luga and Kiel Ink Cooperation Deal

2016-09-27

Cooperation, Kiel, ports, Ust-Luga

Russia’s commercial sea port of Ust-Luga and the German port of Kiel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in an effort to promote the development of Russian-German economic and trade relations.

The cooperation has a goal to increase cargo traffic at the ports of Ust-Luga and Kiel, attract new customers, and create and develop relations between the Leningrad region and the German region of Schleswig-Holstein.

The first phase of the agreement signed between the parties includes a new logistic service for cargo delivery between Germany and Russia which will be offered by Cis-Cargo GmbH and PUL Trans JSC.

The new logistics service involves interaction on the principle of “one window” with a guaranteed term of delivery of goods, marked prior to shipment.

The port of Ust-Luga operates the multipurpose terminal YUG-2 and the Auto-RailwayFerry Terminal.

Source from : World Maritime News

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