Deputy Transport Minister of Russia Viktor Olersky may join the Board of Directors of Murmansk transport Hub Management company (MC MTH OJSC) in the first half of 2010, Mr. Olersky said today responding to a PortNews correspondent, during his short interview with journalists at a meeting of the Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot) in Moscow.

"They want to appoint me to the Board of Directors of MTH", Mr. Olersky said, adding that this might be possible no earlier than in a few months over, in accordance with the Companies Act, under which such changes can be made within six months at the end of the next reporting period.

The current Board of Directors of Murmansk transport Hub Management JSC includes Igor Levitin, Dmitri Dmitrienko, Nikolai Yegorov, Vladimir Korelin, Issak Livshits Viktor Morozov, Valeri Reshetnikov, Igor Romashov, Igor Rusu, Victor Steppe and Sergei Frank.

Dmitry Dmitrenko, Governor of the Murmansk region has already been approved a candidate of representatives of the region for the election in 2010, to the MTH”s Board of Directors.

According to the Ministry of Transport of Russia, the stockholders of the Murmansk Transport Hub Management OJSC are Murmansk Commercial Sea Port OJSC that holds a 40% stake, RosNeft OJSC (15%), RZD, Russian Railways (25%), the Government of Murmansk Region (5%) and Federal State Company RosMorPort (15%).