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1.1 Bln. Rubles Transferred for Development of Group of Companies "Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg" in 2010

In 2010 the group of companies "Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg" transferred over 1.1 bln. rubles for the implementation of port infrastructure development programme. Main part of the funds, over 888 mln. rubles, was transferred for the modernization of the handling facilities of the Container Terminal of Fourth Stevedoring Company. In ...
15.02.2011 | More >>

Russian Govt to Offer 25.5% of Volga Shipping at Tuesday Auction

Russia's Federal Agency for State Property Management will offer 25.5% of Volga Shipping, one of the country's largest shipping companies, at a minimum selling price of 1.043 billion rubles ($35.35 million) at an auction on Tuesday. The bid book was opened on December 30, 2010 and was closed on February ...
15.02.2011 | More >>

SUEK Starts New Stage of Vanino Bulker Terminal Development

Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) continues to develop Vanino Bulk Terminal (Bay Muchka, the Khabarovsk Territory). The new investments will provide an opportunity to increase the capacity of the terminal along with the increase in the capacity of the Far Eastern Railway and the commissioning of a new tunnel through ...
15.02.2011 | More >>

Tranzit-DV to Deliver 40 000 Tons of Coal from the Kuzbassrazrezugol's Coal Mines

Tranzit-DV (a part of Tranzit-DV Group) will deliver 40 000 tons of coal from the coal mines of Kuzbasrazrezugol to Kamchatka. The delivery will be provided under the contract with Kamchatenergosnab. On February 14, 2011 the motorship Zolotaya Kolyma called at Vanino port for loading which is to take about ...
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Ro-Ro Vessel to Be Used on Novorossiysk - Sochi Imeretensky Route

The new line Novorossiysk - Sochi Imeretensky - Novorossiysk will deploy Ro-Ro vessel with the cargo capacity of 80 17-meters trucks. Besides, the vessel has the cabins for the drivers for 180 people. The first ferry will depart from Novorossiysk to Sochi this week. ...
15.02.2011 | More >>

PJSC Vanino Port Turnover in January 2011

According to the information from the main dispatch office the turnover of the stevedoring company Vanino Port in January 2011 equals 463.3 thousand tons (+0.5 %). During the first month of the current year the port handled 187.6 thousand tons of exported cargo (-15.6 %), including 80.5 thousand tons of ...
15.02.2011 | More >>

Russian Govt to Spend RUB 17bn in 2011-2018 for Yantar Shipyard Upgrade

Russian government allocated 17 billion 160 million roubles for the project of reconstruction and re-equipment of JSC Baltic Shipyard Yantar in the period of 2011-2018. The funds will be spent in line with the target program 'Development of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation for 2011-2020'. The enterprise plans ...
14.02.2011 | More >>

VMTP Continues Container Development

The line service Sinokor Merchant Marine Co., Ltd. started to operate at the berth of VMTP (Commercial Seaport of Vladivostok) on the route Vladivostok - Pusan - Vladivostok. The service Sinokor will be provided once in eight days. The line is served by Golden Express with the maximum container capacity ...
14.02.2011 | More >>

RTL Group LLC Launches New CLT in Novoshakhtinsk

RTL Group LLC commissioned on February 11, 2011 a new Customs and Logistics Terminal (CLT) in Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov region) based at the logistics complex of Southern Transport Lines Ltd. (UTL). The CLT became the first logistics outpost in the southern region implemented in line with the Concept of customs clearance ...
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Ust-Luga Terminal to Handle 3rd Tanker on February 14

The Cyprus-flagged Baltic Ambition is expected to arrive on February 14, 2011 at the liquid cargo terminal at the port of Ust-Luga. This is the third oil tanker to be handled at the oil terminal. The tanker's DWT- 37,300 tons, length - 183 meters, breadth - 27 m. The vessel ...
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Mediterranean Shipping Company Calls at Saint-Petersburg

On February 6, 2011 Mediterranean Shipping Company called at the container terminal of Petrolesport. Before this, the company's container carriers were handled in Saint-Petersburg at First Container Terminal and Neva-Metall. ...
11.02.2011 | More >>

1.1 Billion Roubles Invested in Saint-Petersburg Seaport Development

In 2010, a group of companies "Sea Port St. Petersburg" has invested more than 1,1 billion roubles in the implementation of a full program of development of port infrastructure. Most of the funds, more than 888 million roubles, were spent on development of production facilities of container terminal of Fourth ...
11.02.2011 | More >>

SCF Group's Fleet Grows by One Million Tonnes Dwt

SCF Group acquires six Aframax shuttle-tankers from OAO Primorsk Shipping Company (PRISCO Corporation) and expands its participation in servicing the Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects. Of the six crude-oil shuttle-tankers, Captain Kostichev, Viktor Titov, Zaliv Aniva, Sakhalin Island and Governor Farkhutdinov are already engaged in servicing major offshore energy projects, under ...
11.02.2011 | More >>

Transas Installs Modern VTMS in Ilyichevsk Port

Transas Ukraine has completed the installation of a new modern VTMS in Ilyichevsk port. Transas Navi-Harbour is the core of the system. By the decision of the state commission of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine, the system has been commissioned and recognized compliant with the requirements of ...
11.02.2011 | More >>

Port Temryuk's Cargo Throughput up 25% up to 208 000 Tons

Freight traffic at the port of Temryuk in January 2011 rose by 25% compared to the same period in 2010, to 207,930 tons. In the reported period, exports grew by 20.4% to 198 930 tons. The volume of imported cargoes soared as much as 7.8 times from a year earlier, ...
10.02.2011 | More >>

Kavkaz Port's January Throughput down 23.8% to 369.85 Tons

Freight flows passing via Port of Kavkaz shrank by 23.8% in January as compared with the same period in 2010, to 369,850 tons. Exports grew by nearly 10% from 2010's figures, to 347 660 tons, while imports slumped by 4.4 times, to 22 190 tons. In January 2011, the port ...
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Taman Port's Cargo Volume Soars 2,5 Times to about 15 000 Tons

Cargo throughput of the port of Taman in January 2011 increased as much as 2.5 from the same period of 2010, up to 14,990 tons. Currently, edible oil is handled at the Terminal of Food Ingredients LLC. Seaport of Taman is located at Zhelezny Rog in Temryuk district of the ...
10.02.2011 | More >>

Russian Transport Ministry Posts Draft Law to Regulate Navigation on NSR

The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft federal law "On amendments to some legislative acts of the Russian Federation with regard to state regulation of commercial navigation in the water areas of the Northern Sea Route". The document was posted on the ministry's website. The ...
9.02.2011 | More >>

PRISCO Sells Tankers to Sovcomflot

Primorsk International Shipping Limited ("Prisco") wishes to announce the "en bloc" sale by Prisco and purchase by OAO Sovcomflot ("SCF") of six tanker vessels employed on the Sakhalin shuttle trades. The terms of the sales are confidential. Two of the vessels are time-chartered to Exxon Neftegas Limited ("ENL") for Sakhalin-1 ...
9.02.2011 | More >>

VSC Adds SASCO Line

A new regular international line of SASCO is now operating at the terminal Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company LLC (a Global Ports group company). The line delivers containers to the VostochnyPort from Shanghai in China allowing for substantial time savings for both shippers and consignees. The first vessel of the new line, ...
8.02.2011 | More >>

VMTP Announces Operating Results for January 2011

In January 2011, the cargo turnover of Commercial Seaport of Vladivostok (VMTP) totaled 498 900 tons which is 125.6% of the January plan. Export accounted for 237 900 tons of total volume of cargo in the reported period, import - 160 400 tons, cabotage - 100 600 tons. Containerized cargo ...
8.02.2011 | More >>

Vostochny Port Acquires New Equipment

PPK-1 of Vostochny Port OJSC received two new crawler-mounted excavators Liebherr R 934. Liebherr R934 with the lifting capacity of 12 tons is a high-duty machine. It is designed for a long service life to handle loose cargo. The special equipment is fitted with telescopic lifting cab which substantially expands ...
8.02.2011 | More >>

Oil Exports via POT up 8.2% to 906 000 Tons in January 2010

Exports of petroleum products passing through JSC Petersburg Oil Terminal (POT, St. Petersburg) in January 2011 rose by 8.2% from the same period in 2010, to 906,000 tons. In the reported period, the monthly volume includes 617,000 tons of dark oil products (+12.8% from 2010's figures) and 289,000 tons of ...
7.02.2011 | More >>

Box Volume of Neva-Metal Terminal down 18% in 2010

Container throughput of Neva-Metal terminal (part of Severstal) operating at the Big Port of St. Petersburg in the calendar year 2010 shrank year-over-year by 18% to 37,654 TEUs. According to the Group container volume declined since the terminal was focused more on handling metal, which volume rose by 18% from ...
7.02.2011 | More >>

NCSP Board Approves Share Redemption Ratio

PJSC Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (LSE: NCSP, RTS & MICEX: NMTP) hereby announces the resolution of PJSC NCSP Board of Directors passed on 4 February 2011 (Board meeting's minutes №09-SD NMTP dated 4 February 2011): To approve the Report on the share redemption claims submitted by PJSC NCSP shareholders, and ...
7.02.2011 | More >>

Baltisky Zavod and State Marine Technical University of Saint-Petersburg Sign Partnership Agreement

Being aware of the objective conditions for further development the shipbuilding industry with the need of Baltisky Zavod in skilled workforce, being conscious of the key role of technological education for the development and modernization of production processes for effectively addressing the problems of technological competitiveness of products both in ...
4.02.2011 | More >>

Yeisk Sea Port's Turnover up 2.1 Times in January 2011

The turnover of Yeisk Sea Port (the Krasnodar territory) totaled 166 567.9 tons in January 2011 which is 2.1 times as much as in the same period of 2010. Coal accounted for the most of the cargo volume in the reported period - 109 285.4 tons (up 5.2 times compared ...
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Ust-Luga Port Posts Strong Results for January 2011

Stevedoring companies operating at Commercial Seaport of Ust-Luga in January this year handled 870,370.5 tons of cargo, a 18.7-percent increase from the same period of 2010. Imports of cars through Yug-2 multipurpose terminal soared 9.6 times to 5,992 cars. The port's operators handled 14,728 railcars, up 33.7% from Jan, 2010. ...
4.02.2011 | More >>

Novoship to Operate Four Panamax Vessels

In 2013, Sovcomflot is going to take delivery of our bulker Panamax vessels. The ships will be operated by Novoship. The ships will be named NS Energy, NS Yakutia, NS Ust-Luga and NS Vanino. They will be deployed in the transportation in the Baltic States (from Ust-Luga) and the Far ...
4.02.2011 | More >>

Arkhangelsk Port's Cargo Turnover up 38.9% in January 2011

Trade flows passing through Arkhangelsk port in January 2011 increased by 38.9% compared to the same period of 2010 up to 268 700 tons. In the reported period, the exports of petroleum products soared more than threefold to 353,700 tons, while coal shipment slumped by 42% to 26 000 tons. ...
4.02.2011 | More >>