Ice Slows Down St. Pete Cargo Shipping

Because of the ice coating the Gulf of Finland, the growth rate of cargo turnover in St. Petersburg’s port has fallen, and dockworkers have received about $10 million less than they could have, shipping experts said. In St. Petersburg’s main port, cargo turnover — a measure of the amount of freight versus the distance it travels — fell 11 percent in March versus the same month last year, […]