Norilsk in Murmansk terminal move

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Starting from October last year with the arrival of two new Liebherr LHM 420 mobile harbour cranes, Nornickel’s Polar Transport Division located in Dudinka has now received four more, another two are under assembly in the port, and the final two will be delivered before the end of 2021

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Russia’s Norilsk Nickel (NN), the world’s leading nickel and palladium producer, is set to open a second container berth at its Murmansk terminal in Q1 2017, practically doubling its shipping capacity from the port to 1.5 Mtpa. Its existing berth in the Barents Sea port can handle vessels with a draught of up to 6m, including its own ice-class container ships.

Russia’s Norilsk Nickel (NN), the world’s leading producer of nickel and palladium, is planning to invest more than US$20M to upgrade its Murmansk-based terminal, from where it exports its products to Western Europe.