The ship is owned by Russia's largest banana trader "JFC Group» (JFC). Previously the Group JFC transported bananas using conventional container ships with a limited capacity. The company with its reefers has planned to significantly increase turnover of goods, improving control over the transportation conditions. The JFC company’s vessels will regularly call at the PLP.
Petrolesport (PLP) LLC of the Big Port of St. Petersburg is a leading stevedoring company in container handling in the Russian North-West region. The PLP provides transshipment of various goods (refrigerators, ro-ro ships, timber, general cargo). Petrolesport belongs to a group of companies Global Ports.
Global Ports Investments Plc (GPI) is a group of companies comprising the leading operators of container terminals in Russia. Included in the Group "N-Trance", which is the largest private operator on the transportation service market in Russia, CIS and Baltic states.
GPI terminals are located in the Baltic and the Far Eastern basins. GPI manages Russia's three container terminals (Petrolesport, Moby Dick in St. Petersburg and the Eastern Stevedoring Company at the port of East) and two container terminals in Finland (Multi-Link Helsinki, Multi-Link Kotka). The GPI is currently implementing the development project of dry terminal Yanino near St. Petersburg. The share of companies within the group in 2008 accounted for over 30% of the total Russian container ports.
The JFC - an integrated holding company for the production, logistics and distribution of fruits. The JFC company operates round the world. The Group companies produces, purchases, transfers and sells over 600 tonnes of fruit annually. The Group owns the “Bonanza” brand.