The Board of Directors of North-Western Shipping Company OJSC has approved the list of seven candidates for election of the new BoD at the general meeting of shareholders. According to the company materials, the list includes the following candidates: Rishat Bagautdinov, Oleg Belushkin, Albert Vygovsky, Vladimir Kasyanenko, Dmitry Lisin, Pavel Oleynik and Igor Federov.
North-Western Shipping Company is the largest carrier in Russia’s water transport system, specializing in shipping import / export general cargo, bulk and loose dry cargo, tugging of oversized cargo and vessels.
The company operates 80 cargo ships with deadweight ranging between 1,700 t and 7,000 t and two ro-ro barges of mixed river-sea type. Total deadweight of the company is 363,000 t, average age – 15 years. The NWS Company transports 6 million tonnes of different cargo a year.
The Company is a member of VBTH, a shipping division of UCL Holding (majority owner of VBTH), consolidating also a number of Russian rail, stevedoring and logistics assets.