In the reporting period, the management of JSC Ventspils nafta has essentially changed. On July 7, 2010, a new Supervisory Council of JSC Ventspils nafta was elected for a period of the next three years. Since the beginning of the year, members of JSC Ventspils nafta management board have changed as well. In Jan-Jun, 2010, one of the largest JSC Ventspils nafta shareholders Euromin
Holdings (Cyprus) Limited increased its shareholdings in JSC Ventspils nafta by more than 1.5%, thus becoming an owner of 49.5% shares in JSC Ventspils nafta and thereby becoming the largest shareholder of JSC Ventspils nafta.
In the reporting period, price of JSC Ventspils nafta shares has ranged from VL 0.91 to LVL 1.80, with the average price per share reaching LVL 1.17.
The JSC Ventspils nafta subsidiary Ventspils nafta terminals Ltd has reached ncome of LVL 24.2 million in the first six months of 2010. The transshipment olume of crude oil and petroleum products was 4.8 million tons. The throughput f products delivered by sea was 72 thousand tons and by pipeline – 964,000 tons more than budgeted. Ventspils nafta terminals Ltd is one of the
largest of such companies in the region, and its crude oil and petroleum products shore-tank farm reaches 1.2 million cubic meters.
JSC Ventspils nafta subsidiary, owner and operator of crude oil and petroleum products pipeline in the territory of Latvia LatRosTrans Ltd has reached income f LVL 5.2 million in the first six months of 2010, which is 28.2% more than in he corresponding period in 2009. Petroleum products transportation volumes of atRosTrans Ltd in the territory of Latvia in the reporting period amounted to, 963 thousand tons, which is 580 thousand tons (24.3%) more than in the respective period in 2009.
In the first half-year of 2010, the JSC Ventspils nafta associated company JSC Latvian Shipping Company worked with losses in the amount of $ 25.2 million.
VN management emphasizes that companies of JSC Ventspils nafta Group have to deal with hard and difficult work following the end of the reporting period to guarantee stable operations also in the future and ensuring that interests of ll shareholders are observed.