On March 2, Moscow Arbitrage Court adjudged JSC Volzhski Oil Shipping Company Volgotanker to be a bankrupt, Interfax reports according to Gudok.Ru. The Court has opened a Volgotanker bankruptcy proceeding for one year. According to Aleksandr Volzhanin, acting head of the company, “The first meeting of creditors held on January 22 and 23 decided to apply to Arbitrage Court in order to appoint Aleksandr Volzhanin a bankruptcy commissioner.
As it was reported earlier, on August 8, 2007 Moscow Arbitrage Court instituted a supervision of JSC Volzhski Oil Shipping Company Volgotanker. The Court approved the claims of Federal Tax Service against Volgotanker to the amount of RUR 3 billion 33 million including RUR 2 billion 12 million of tax debt.
The Ministry of Transport initiated the bankruptcy procedure in spring 2007. From late 2005, Volgotanker activities were almost paralyzed due to arrest of vessels caused by tax claims against the company (RUR 4 billion).