Leonid Dolgoush appointed as Managing Director of Osetrovsky River Port OJSC (Irkutsk Region)
Leonid Dolgoush has been appointed Managing Director of Osetrovsky River Port OJSC (, Starway Group, Irkutsk Region), the port says.
“Starway Group expects the new Director to optimize the company’s activities amid the growing turnover, explained Arkady Lavrov, Vice-President of the Group. – The task is to ensure maximum loading of port facilities, exclude idleness of railcars and vessels, reduce cargo waiting time. Our priority is to ensure comfortable environment for cargo owners and ship owners through strict planning and complying with the schedule of loading/unloading operations.”
In the navigation season of 2016 Osetrovsky River Port is going to handle about 1 mln t of cargo, 30% more than in the previous year. This is backed with the contract signed by Rechservis LLC, logistic operator of Starway Group.
Leonid Dolgoush graduated from Moscow State Academy of Water Transport with specialization in navigation. He has skills in arranging the activities and ensuring efficient functioning of river transport companies, coordinating project cargo transportation activities. Previous position – Deputy Director of Mezhregionflot LLC (managing company of Ob-Irtysh River Shipping Company OJSC and a number of subsidiaries).
Osetrovsky River Port OJSC (Starway Group) and Rechservis LLC constitute the largest logistic center on the Lena river for transporting of cargoes to the northern areas of the Irkutsk Region, Sakha Rebublic (Yakutia) and other areas on the Arctic coast from Khatanga to Kolyma. In the navigation season of 2015 the port handled 587,000 t of cargo (+8%, year-on-year).