In January-September 2008 "river-sea" vessels of the North-West shipping company transported 3.948 mln tons of cargoes, the company informs. The company exported 1.669 mln tons of cargoes, which by 14% exceeds the figure of the same period of 2008.
The company carried 67,000 tons of coal (including 60,000 tons for export), 423,000 tons of ferrous metals (including 311,000 tons for export), 21,000 tons of iron and manganous ore, 659,000 tons of chemical and mineral fertilizers (including 374,000 tons for export), 57,000 tons of chemical cargoes (including 41,000 tons for export), 700,000 tons of construction cargoes, 24,200 tons of fruits and vegetables.
Profit from transportations by cargo vessels reached $101.733 mln (+25%, by foreign trip vessels - $89.052 mln (+30.2%).
In 2008 94 vessels carried out cargo transportations, comparing with 110 vessels operated last year.
OJSC “Severo-Zapadnoe Parokhodstvo” (“North-West Steamship Company”) is the largest carrier of Russian water transport celebrated its 85th anniversary in January, 2008. The history of the company is inseparably linked with navigation development in Russia and formation of St.-Petersburg as the sea capital. This shipping company is a successor of a state enterprise «North-West River Steamship Company» founded in 1923 and reincorporated as a joint-stock company in 1993. The company operates in the internal waterways of the European part of Russia, in the Baltic, Northern, Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas.
