feeder service from Hamburg to St. Petersburg. Every five days the two feeder shipsBetsy S and Cartagena call at the container terminals Burchardkai, Altenwerder and/or Tollerort of the Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) or at the container terminal Hamburg of Eurogate. In St. Petersburg loading and unloading takes place at the Northern Wharf Russmarine Terminal and at the Petrolesport (PLP) Terminal. The port of St. Petersburg is the largest and most important Russian port at the Baltic Sea. The first departure from Hamburg took place with the feeder ship Smaragden on August 7, 2007. Hamburg and Bremen. In 2006 sea borne container transport between the Port of Hamburg and Russia increased by 42 percent.