Top Russian officials have repeatedly voiced the need for the development of Russian ports of the North-West in a bid to redirect freight traffic from the ports of the Baltic countries. At the same time, the Estonian SILPORT, Sillamae, is a joint Russo-Estonian company, which showed in 2009 as much as 1.5 times growth in cargo volumes over 2008. Andrew Birov, marketing director of SILPORT JSC told in his interview with PortNews IAA about the company’s portfolio of assets, the 2009’s outcome and the port’s prospects.
2010 February 25
Andrew Birov, Marketing General Manager of SILPORT: Confrontation with Russia has cost us millions of tons of cargo a year
Top Russian officials have repeatedly voiced the need for the development of Russian ports of the North-West in a bid to redirect freight traffic from the ports of the Baltic countries. At the same time, the Estonian SILPORT, Sillamae, is a joint Russo-Estonian company, which showed in 2009 as much as 1.5 times growth in cargo volumes over 2008. Andrew Birov, marketing director of SILPORT JSC told in his interview with PortNews IAA about the company’s portfolio of assets, the 2009’s outcome and the port’s prospects.