In 2008, net profit of Murmansk Commercial Seaport OJSC increased 6.6 times to RUR 970.841 mln, the company reports according to PRIME-TASS.
The increase of the company’s net profit should be attributed to the growth of tariffs for handling operations, the increase of local rates, handling of new types of high-price cargo, expansion of the range of services tailored to the consignee’s demands according to the requirements of the international market.
JSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport was established in 1994 on base of the public enterprise and nowadays it is one of Russia’s busiest ports. The port has 17 berths with total length of some 3,000 meters. The length and depth enables the port to handle vessels of up to 15.5 meters in draft and over 265 meters in length. In 2008, Murmansk Commercial Seaport handled over 14.3 million tonnes of cargo.
