News / Russia's Baltic container traffic stagnates, but bigger vessels could herald a revival

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Growth through Russia’s Baltic container shipping gateways has slowed to almost a standstill, thanks to a combination of a deflationary rouble and increasing interest in Black Sea and Far Eastern entry ports.

Speaking at last week’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in London, Dan Pershing, head of marketing at container terminal technology provider Solvo, said that in the first half of this year container volume growth at Russia’s Baltic Sea ports was just 0.8% to 1.2m teu, which he described as ...