Russia's Port of St Petersburg port renamed 'Big Port'

THE St Petersburg Seaport Administration has been renamed the Administration of Big Port of St Petersburg.

The name was changed in accordance with St Petersburg Government Decree number 284, reports www.dars.ru, the Russian Transport Daily Report.

The Port of St Petersburg is located in the Neva Bay at the eastern side of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea.

The Big Port of St Petersburg includes the mouth of the Neva-river, the Neva Bay, Kronshtadt and the complex of structures protecting St Petersburg from Flood, including the dam.

In 2007 the port handled 59.6 million tonnes of cargo.