Leonid Sergeev, CEO of Northern Capital Gateway LLC, Rostislav Chernyshev, CEO of Pulkovo Airport JSC, and Igor Chebunin, Deputy CEO for Logistics of Russian Post JSC signed a corresponding agreement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The parties are going to build a new logistics terminal for Russian Post and related infrastructure near the Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg. The terminal will operate more than 73 million international shipments per year, it is 35% more than is currently passing through the Pulkovo cargo terminal.

"The construction of a new postal terminal in Pulkovo is one of the points of implementation of the strategy to reduce delivery times in Russia to 2 days by 2025. Our own postal terminal will allow us to significantly speed up the processing of parcels and letters and reduce delivery times to recipients by almost one day. And fast delivery is one of our top priorities, "said Igor Chebunin, Deputy General Director for Logistics, Russian Post JSC.

Northern Capital Gateway is interested in the development of the Pulkovo airport infrastructure and in strategic partnership with Russian Post. Considering the important role of the postal services, especially in the new realities, both for business and for individual clients, we see the prospects for such cooperation, and today we have taken the first step towards our goals, "commented Leonid Sergeev, CEO of Northern Capital Gateway.

"Rendering assistance in the development of Pulkovo Airport is a priority goal of Pulkovo Airport JSC. We are welcome the plans of Russian Post JSC to create a logistics terminal, which is one of the integral elements of the Pulkovo airport development, "noted Rostislav Chernyshev, General Director of Pulkovo Airport JSC.