Volga Shipping Company
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Company type | Open Joint Stock Company |
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Industry | Transportation |
Founded | 1843 |
Headquarters | , |
Revenue | US$ 165.8 mln (2011) |
US$ 19 mln (2011) | |
Number of employees | 3,300 (2011) |
Website | Volga Shipping Company |
The Volga Shipping Company (Russian: Волжское пароходство, romanized: Volzhskoye parokhodstvo) is a Russian ship-owning company within UCL Holding and is ultimately controlled by Vladimir Lisin's Fletcher Group Holdings Ltd.
Operations
The company now owns a fleet of 300 vessels, which carried 6.7 million tonnes of freight and 368,000 passengers in 2011. [1] The company operates over 236 cargo ships and tankers.[2]
History
The company was founded in 1843 as On the Volga steamship company, went through a number of structural and ownership changes over the years, emerging under its current name and structure in 1994.
See also
References
- ^ "Volga Shipping Company". Volga Shipping Company. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ^ Bahtić, Fatima (16 July 2021). "Volga Shipping starts its 20-ship renewal program with 4 orders at Okskaya Shipyard". Offshore Energy. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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