In 2007, North Western Shipping Company OJSC (SZP, St. Petersburg) carried 6.197.4 million tonnes (+ 5.9% against 5.850 million tonnes in 2006), the company’s press center reports according to Interfax. The growth should be attributed to considerable increase of transportation along inland waterways of Russia, the report reads.
The company’s proceeds from cargo transportation totaled $111.333 million including $93.529 million for foreign transportation, $14.095 million for domestic transportation (including $5.839 million for transportation to the Far North). In summer navigation the geography of cargo transportation to the Far North is to expand and the volume of general cargo and crashed stone transported from Archangelsk to Kharasaway is expected to grow Харасавэй.
North Western Shipping Company OJSC is a holding comprising 9 subsidiaries. The company owns 220 transport vessels. North Western Shipping Company is managed by the Volga-Baltic company, which also manages the Volga Shipping.