Ust-Luga

Ust-Luga Commercial Sea Port JSC is the operator of two terminals in the port of Ust-Luga: the YuG-2 Multidisciplinary Transshipment Complex (IPC YuG-2) and the Automobile and Railway Ferry Complex (AZHPK).

JSC MTP Ust-Luga provides customers with the following services:

• Stevedoring services;
• Cargo storage;
• In-port freight forwarding;
• Ship Agent;
• Towing services.

Performance indicators

2021: Ust-Luga in the 5 largest ports in Europe

Europe's busiest cargo ports in 2021

Of the top 5 largest ports in Europe in terms of cargo turnover, two are in Russia: Novorossiysk (third place, almost 143 million tons of cargo) and Ust-Luga (fifth place, 109 million tons).

History

2024

Allocation of 392 billion rubles from the NWF for the construction of a complex for the processing of ethane-containing gas in the port of Ust-Luga

The Government of the Russian Federation approved the allocation of more than 1 trillion rubles from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) for 2024. The main part of the funds will be used to finance self-sustaining infrastructure projects, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development Ilya Torosov said on June 10, 2024. The largest amount, 676 billion rubles, will be invested in two large projects. One of them is the construction of a complex for the processing of ethane-containing gas in the port of Ust-Luga, for which 392 billion rubles were allocated from the NWF. Read more here.

APU drone attack on Novatek plant and gas terminal

On the night of January 20-21, 2024, several UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Novatek plant and the gas terminal in the port zone in Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region.

The staff of the enterprise was evacuated, the departments of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are engaged in extinguishing the fire, an emergency regime has been introduced in the Kingisepp district.

According to local media, at the pier during the attack there were three tankers that arrived in Ust-Luga from Oman, Belgium and Libya.