Yevgeny Savkin appointed as Acting Director General of Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga (photo)
Yevgeny Savkin was appointed Acting Director General of Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga (Leningrad Region) on 8 November 2017, the company told IAA PortNews.
Previous position of Yevgeny Savkin – Executive Director of Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga (from October 2017).
Mikhail Talanenko has resigned from the post of Director General on his own will.
Commercial Sea Port of Ust-Luga OJSC is a stevedoring company operating multipurpose terminal YUG-2 and Auto-Railway Ferry Terminal. In 2016, the company handled 3.55 mln t of cargo.
Ust-Luga port is situated practically at the border of the Russian Federation and the European Union. The deep water area of the port (17.5 m) together with the approach channel (3.7 km) make Ust-Luga the only Russian port on the Baltic Sea able to accommodate dry-cargo vessels with the deadweight of up to 75,000 tonnes and liquid cargo carriers with the deadweight of up to 160,000 tonnes.