OREANDA-NEWS. November 29, 2007. In January-November, 2007, North Western Shipping Company increased the volume of cargo transportation by 5.8%, year-on-year, to 5.821 million tonnes. In January-November 2007, the company’s operating fleet numbered 100 cargo vessels. In winter it will operate 82 vessels including 60 vessels to be deployed for operation in the Northern Basin and 22 – in the Southern Basin.

North Western Shipping Company (NWSC) is one of Russia’s largest river and sea shipping companies with a focus on the northern trading areas. It was originally founded in 1923 and privatized in 1993. NWSC comprises 2 shipping companies - North Western Fleet and Astrakhan Shipping Company, 3 ports and 2 shipbuilding and ship repair enterprises. The company’s fleet consists of 200 self-propelled vessels including 120 cargo vessels with total capacity over 400,000 tonnes and 32 passenger vessels. The territory covered by the company’s activities include inland waterways of Russia’s European part, basins of the Baltic, North, Mediterranean, Black and Caspian seas.