Investors of Rostov port eye consortium
Investors of Rostov Universal Port are considering creation of a consortium, the Rostov regional Ministry of Transport said.
The project implementation was discussed at a meeting held August 9, by Deputy Governor, Minister of Transport of the region Jivan Vartanian. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry, the city administration and investors.
Participants reviewed the plan of building of a railway track from the off-dock railyard to the cargo areas of the Port of Rostov. It is planned that the design and construction of the facility will be carried out at the expense of a few investors - to start work, the companies participating in the project, should create a consortium.
General Director of LLC Rostov Universal Port Andrei Leshchenko assured that all organizational aspects for the investors’ consortium will be completed as soon as possible, before the end of summer.
Russia’s Main State Expert Review Board (Glavgosexpertiza) has issued positive conclusion on the construction of federal property of multimodal logistics hub – the off-dock railyard and car interchange at the western access road to Rostov-on-Don. For the objects designing the federal government allocated over 250 million rubles. The completion of the project worth RUB 3bn is scheduled for 2015.