The fleet of the North-Western Shipping Company (NWSC) after the southern section of the Volga-Don canal was closed two days ago completed the navigation of 2010 on inland waterways, the company’s press office said.
From April 13 to December 5, the NWSC’s tugs fleet carried out 29 towing operations of large equipment shipped for development of the Caspian shelf, 16% more than a year ago. Two river-sea going vessels the Rusitch and the Sormovsky were delivering goods to the Caspian Sea this year.
The doubled the volume of metal shipment this year’s navigation in the southern basin - up to 70 tons, in North-West basin - by 2,5 times - to 160,000cbm, increased transportation of timber cargoes delivered from the ports of Lake Onega and the Volga-Baltic waterway to the ports of Sweden and Finland.
NWSC’s fleet was transporting construction materials for the construction of an oil and gas production complex on the Yamal Peninsula. The company started this year shipment of grain from the port of Rostov to the port of St. Petersburg and the ports on the Kama River.
In the navigation of 2010 the company began to enter the market of cargo transportation in the Western Siberian region on the rivers Ob and Irtysh. The company delivered unique equipment from the ports of St. Petersburg and Arkhangelsk for a polypropylene production facility in Tobolsk.
North-Western Shipping Company is part of VBTH, controlled by the majority stockholder Universal Cargo Logistics Holding, consolidating a number of Russian shipping, stevedoring and shipping assets.
NWSC is the largest carrier of the Russian water transport industry, specializing in shipment of general cargo, bulked cargo and towing of oversized cargo and vessels. The company owns and operates about 140 vessels of about 530,000dwt, including 112 river-sea going ships, 6 barges, 12 tugboats and 7 auxiliary ships. The annual volume of freight traffic of the company reaches nearly 6 million tons.
From April 13 to December 5, the NWSC’s tugs fleet carried out 29 towing operations of large equipment shipped for development of the Caspian shelf, 16% more than a year ago. Two river-sea going vessels the Rusitch and the Sormovsky were delivering goods to the Caspian Sea this year.
The doubled the volume of metal shipment this year’s navigation in the southern basin - up to 70 tons, in North-West basin - by 2,5 times - to 160,000cbm, increased transportation of timber cargoes delivered from the ports of Lake Onega and the Volga-Baltic waterway to the ports of Sweden and Finland.
NWSC’s fleet was transporting construction materials for the construction of an oil and gas production complex on the Yamal Peninsula. The company started this year shipment of grain from the port of Rostov to the port of St. Petersburg and the ports on the Kama River.
In the navigation of 2010 the company began to enter the market of cargo transportation in the Western Siberian region on the rivers Ob and Irtysh. The company delivered unique equipment from the ports of St. Petersburg and Arkhangelsk for a polypropylene production facility in Tobolsk.
North-Western Shipping Company is part of VBTH, controlled by the majority stockholder Universal Cargo Logistics Holding, consolidating a number of Russian shipping, stevedoring and shipping assets.
NWSC is the largest carrier of the Russian water transport industry, specializing in shipment of general cargo, bulked cargo and towing of oversized cargo and vessels. The company owns and operates about 140 vessels of about 530,000dwt, including 112 river-sea going ships, 6 barges, 12 tugboats and 7 auxiliary ships. The annual volume of freight traffic of the company reaches nearly 6 million tons.