Global Ports Investments PLC ("Global Ports", "the Group", LSE ticker: GLPR) has announced a top management reshuffle at its stevedoring companies, the Group said Thursday.
Valery Mestulov has been appointed General Manager of Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), the Group’s port in the Far East of Russia. He replaces John Scourtis who has served in this capacity since June 2006. Up to now Mr. Mestulov was General Manager of both Moby Dik Ltd., one of the Group’s container terminals in Big Port St. Petersburg, and Yanino Logistic Park, an inland terminal built in the Leningrad region.
Mr. Mestulov will continue to pursue the Group’s strategy in the Far East region which includes improving the overall performance through a focused investment program and increasing the efficiency of the terminal’s operations.
Alexander Dudko, who has been serving as the Director for Operations of VSC, will take over as General Manager at Moby Dik.
Valery Mestulov was born in 1959 in the Voronezh Region. He had worked for N-Trans Group, parent company of Global Ports, in various roles for over 10 years. He has extensive experience in running container terminals, including in the Far East of Russia, and has been instrumental to the development of Global Ports strategy to develop inland terminals.
Alexander Dudko was born in 1981 in Sochi. He received a degree from the Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University (Saint Petersburg) and the UK Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. He received a master’s degree from the Cass Business School of the City University London (United Kingdom). He joined VSC in early 2011 from DP World Southampton (UK) where he held various positions.
Global Ports Investments PLC is the leading operator of container terminals in the Russian market. Global Ports accounts for 30%[1] of the total container volumes in the Russian ports and 25%[2] of the total exports of fuel oil from the former Soviet Union countries (according to Drewry, an industry consulting company). Global Ports is part of N-Trans group, one of the largest private transportation and infrastructure operators in Russia. Global Ports' terminals are located in the Baltic and Far East Basins, key regions for foreign trade cargo flows. Global Ports operates three container terminals in Russia (Petrolesport, Moby Dik in St. Petersburg and Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company in the Vostochny Port) and two container terminals inFinland (Multi-Link Helsinki and Multi-Link Kotka).
Global Ports also includes Yanino logistics park located in the vicinity of St. Petersburg and a major oil terminal Vopak E.O.S. in Estonia.
The Group's container terminals had a total container throughput of approximately 1,095 thousand TEUs in 2010, which represented 81.3% growth on the previous year, and of approximately 747 thousand TEUs in the first six months of 2011, a 57.6% increase on the first six months of 2010. GPI's terminals are located in the Baltic Sea and Far East Basins, key gateways that collectively handled 87% of Russian container cargo in 2010.