The Port of St. Petersburg has experienced strong growth in container traffic with some 1.7 million TEU handled in 2007. However, demand for container handling is outstripping capacity and currently growth has slowed due to the limited capacity of the container terminals in the port.
The present container handling facilities owned by the Fourth Stevedoring Company (FSC) in the Fourth Cargo Area of the greater Port of St. Petersburg are limited. In order to capitalise on the anticipated significant growth in container throughput at St. Petersburg the Fourth Stevedoring Company (FSC) has approached Royal Haskoning to develop the largest part of the area and berths in the Fourth Cargo Area which occupies it into an efficient modern international container terminal.The overriding requirement is to maximize the capacity of the future container terminal.  FSC has asked for a minimum throughput capacity of 1,400,000 TEU per annum for the fully developed container terminal. The container terminal is required to handle both rail and road traffic.
The proposed site for the container terminal comprises about 87 hectares of area (including the proposed reclamation area) in the vicinity of Berths 101-105.  About 18 hectares of land behind Berth 101 is currently an operational terminal handling containers, general cargo and Ro-Ro traffic. 

The site is crossed by an operational railway line which connects the nearby Avtovo Station with St. Petersburg Oil terminal and the Baltic Bulk terminal.  There is an area of approximately 31 hectares south of the railway

line which is used for storing general cargo.
The area available for manoeuvring ships in Coal Harbour basin limits the maximum size of containership able to use the container terminal to 225 m LOA which is equivalent to about a 3,000 TEU capacity Panamax containership.  The depth of water in the basin limits vessel draught to a maximum of 11.0 m although it is planned to increase the depth in the sea approach channel and Coal Harbour basin to allow ships up to 12.5 m draught.
Seven alternative berth and container yard layouts (Alternatives 1-7) were initially considered and evaluated. A study was carried out to examine all aspect in detail of the alternatives.
It is proposed that the development of the container terminal is implemented in two stages: 

- Stage 1: Rehabilitation of the existing Berth 101 and storage yard areas of the container terminal.  This will give a container terminal with an annual throughput capacity of about 345,000 TEU.
- Stage 2: Final development – rehabilitation of Berths 102-105 with 713 m of new quay and additional storage capacity to provide a fully developed terminal with an annual throughput capacity of some 1.5 million TEU.

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