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The Volga Shipping Company Wrapped Up the 2017 Navigation

On November 20, the Volga Shipping Company (part of UCL Holding) completed cargo navigation in 2017. The shipping company's freight vessels transported 6.3 million ton of cargo, exceeding the performance of the previous year by 21%. The navigation lasted 244 days (from March 22 to November 20) - two days longer than last year.

On November 20, the Volga Shipping Company (part of UCL Holding) completed cargo navigation in 2017. The shipping company's freight vessels transported 6.3 million ton of cargo, exceeding the performance of the previous year by 21%. The navigation lasted 244 days (from March 22 to November 20) - two days longer than last year.

In the structure of transportation, export cargoes amounted to 4 million ton (14% increase as compared with 2016). The amount of cargo transported by domestic routes increased by 600 thousand ton (35%) to 2.3 million ton.

In the navigation of 2017, a third of the total amount was grain cargo. The shipping company transported 2.2 million ton of grain, 40% more than last year. The shipping of sulphur retained the level of the previous year and amounted to 1 million ton.

The main domestic cargo was crushed stone from mining plants of Karelia. Vessels of the shipping company transported 1.5 million ton of crushed stone (40% increase as compared with 2016). Inside Russia, other cargo (metal, salt, gravel, industrial raw materials) remained at the level of the previous year.

In the navigation of 2017, 79 vessels of the cargo and towing fleet were engaged in transportation, including four motor ships of the Volga-Don type that were put into operation in August to provide shipping of excessive amounts of cargo.. Also, 59 non-self-propelled sections were used in transportation.

Upon completion of the navigation, all vessels were laid up for scheduled maintenance to be carried out at the shipping company's fleet maintenance depots and shipyards.

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JSC "Shipping Company "Volga Shipping Company" is one of the largest shipping companies in Russia. It performs cargo transportation along rivers and lakes of the country. As a result of navigation in 2016, 5.2 mln ton of cargo were transported.

The Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding) is an international transport group, enterprises of which transport cargo by rail and inland water transport, transship the cargo in Russian ports, and also render services in logistics and shipbuilding. The holding incorporates several large railway operators with affiliated network throughout Russia, stevedoring companies “Sea Port of St. Petersburg”, “Container Terminal St. Petersburg” and “General Transshipment Terminal” in the North-West of Russia, as well as Tuapse and Taganrog seaports in the South of the country, Volga and North-West Shipping Companies, Shipping Company “V.F. Tanker”, and shipbuilding enterprise “Oka Shipyard”.

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