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North-Western Shipping Company

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North-Western Shipping Company
Company typeOpen Joint Stock Company
IndustryTransportation
Founded1923 (1923)
Headquarters,
Russia
RevenueIncrease US$ 160.2 mln (2023)
Increase US$ 1.7 mln (2011)
Number of employees
2,200 (2011)
Websitenwsc.spb.ru

The North-Western Shipping Company (Russian: Северо-Западное пароходство, romanized: Severo-Zapadnoye parokhodstvo) is a Russian ship-owning company within UCL Holding and is ultimately controlled by Vladimir Lisin's Fletcher Group Holdings Ltd. Founded in 1923 as the North-Western River Shipping Company, the company now owns a fleet of 107 vessels, totaling 400,000 DWT (Dead Weight Tons).

Business Description

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The North-Western Shipping Company serves an important role of delivering dry, general, and oversize cargoes from Europe and elsewhere to the Russian hinterland cost-effectively.

The North-Western Shipping Company's fleet of vessels includes dry cargo ships, bulk carriers between 1,500 and 7,000 DWT capable of navigating both rivers and seas.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "North-Western Shipping Company". North-Western Shipping Company. Retrieved 2012-07-30.