Metalloinvest Ships Iron Ore Pellets to ThyssenKrupp from New Terminal in Ust-Luga

Metalloinvest, a leading global producer and supplier of HBI and iron ore products, and one of the regional producers of high-quality steel, a Metal-Expo regular exhibitor has made the first export shipment from the new terminal built by Ultramar at the Ust-Luga port, located in the Leningrad region. MV CL BEIJING, a Panamax class vessel carrying 71,200 tonnes of pellets for ThyssenKrupp Group, left the port on 14 October. The dispatching involved the commissioning of specialised port equipment for cleaning, employing conveyor delivery from the warehouse area to the docking area and using a specialised ship-loading machine equipped with a cascade descent to ensure careful handling of iron ore raw materials.

The dispatching of the first large vessel was preceded by a trial shipment of several batches of HBI, during which the systems and equipment of the new terminal were tested. HBI transhipment at the terminal is carried out using an innovative technology involving the use of specialised containers and a crane with a 52-tonne capacity, the only one of its kind in Russia, equipped with a revolver-type spreader.

Under the contract with Ultramar, effective from 1 October 2020, the new terminal will handle 2.5 million tonnes of pellets and HBI from Metalloinvest annually.

Ultramar Terminal has completed the construction of the cargo port terminal in an unprecedentedly short timeframe for Russia, despite the current coronavirus restrictions. In just over year, the main construction works of the water area and the Panamax docking area were completed, along with the installation of a unique handling crane, a specialised ship-loading machine, a technological line for cleaning and transporting pellets, and the construction of a powerful rear terminal for the delivery of cargo from rail transport, equipped with storage facilities for ship batches.