The volume of freight carried by vessels of JSC Volga Shipping on Russia's inland waterways during the navigation of 2010 (April 1 - Dec.1) amounted to 5,5 million tons of cargo, up 21% over the last year’s period. The company’s shipments totaled 8 billion mt/km, which is 13% more than a year earlier, the VS’s press release said. Proportion of home trade and exports traffic in the total volume of carried goods was 36% and 64%, respectively.
The volume of exports with transshipment at estuarial river port and sea ports rose by 3% to 3,5 million tons (+107,000 tons). Inland traffic soared by 70% as compared with 2009’s figures, to 2 million tons.
The company’s performance growth was fueled a 41-percent increase in sulfur shipment to 1.5 million tons and construction materials volume (gravel and sand-gravel mixture) to 1,5 million tons, a twofold gain from a year earlier).
Other cargoes volume corresponds to the last year’s figures.
JSC Volga Shipping Company, formed in 1843, is one of the oldest and largest shipping companies in Russia. The company provides transportation of cargoes and passengers on inland waterways of the country. Volga Shipping Company is part of the Universal Cargo Logistics Holding incorporating a number of stevedoring, shipping and shipbuilding companies.
In 2009, the Volga Shipping's fleet of 250 cargo and passenger ships carried 4,5 million tons of cargo and 359,000 passengers. The company’s 188 cargo vessels that operated this year’s navigation included 72 Volga-Don class ships, MV Omsk, 49 pusher tugs and 66 dry cargo barges.
The volume of exports with transshipment at estuarial river port and sea ports rose by 3% to 3,5 million tons (+107,000 tons). Inland traffic soared by 70% as compared with 2009’s figures, to 2 million tons.
The company’s performance growth was fueled a 41-percent increase in sulfur shipment to 1.5 million tons and construction materials volume (gravel and sand-gravel mixture) to 1,5 million tons, a twofold gain from a year earlier).
Other cargoes volume corresponds to the last year’s figures.
JSC Volga Shipping Company, formed in 1843, is one of the oldest and largest shipping companies in Russia. The company provides transportation of cargoes and passengers on inland waterways of the country. Volga Shipping Company is part of the Universal Cargo Logistics Holding incorporating a number of stevedoring, shipping and shipbuilding companies.
In 2009, the Volga Shipping's fleet of 250 cargo and passenger ships carried 4,5 million tons of cargo and 359,000 passengers. The company’s 188 cargo vessels that operated this year’s navigation included 72 Volga-Don class ships, MV Omsk, 49 pusher tugs and 66 dry cargo barges.