Reduction of cargo shipment and level of costs were among the main factors that significantly influenced the amount of income of the main business within the 9-month period 2009.
Sakhalin Shipping Company is the only company providing year-round shipment ex ports of De-Kastri, Vanino and Soviet Gavan. The company’s fleet comprises 21 vessels (excluding ice-breakers, tow-boats and other units of support fleet), all of them belong to ice-class and fly the RF flag. The shipping company provides services to a railway-ferry crossing between Sakhalin and (Holmsk port) and the land (Vanino port). The state is the main shareholder of Sakhalin Shipping Company OJSC (25.5% shares). The rest shareholders are 4,000 legal and physical bodies.