OJSC North-West Shipping Company: history. Services, reviews

"North-Western Shipping Company" is one of the oldest shipping companies in Russia, which at the moment is a holding type association. The main area of its activity is cargo transportation between the ports of Russia, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

The structure of the company

North-West Shipping Company also includes 8 subsidiaries in addition to the management company of OJSC SZP, including:

• Shipping company "North-Western Fleet".

• "Belozersky port".

• "Passenger Port".

• The enterprise "Ascension repair base of the fleet".

• Company "Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant".

• Firm "Subservice".

• "Astrakhan Shipping Company".

• Company management of the fleet "Volga-Neva".

• "Volga-Baltic Logistic Company".

Registered subsidiaries of the company in the Leningrad and Vologda regions. St. Petersburg is the city where the head office of the North-Western Shipping Company is located. Legal holding address: st. Bolshaya Morskaya, 37.

history of the company

This shipping company was created a long time ago - at the beginning of the last century. The decision on its organization was adopted by the Labor and Defense Council in 1923. Initially, SZP OJSC was named "North-West River Shipping Company". In those early years, at his disposal were 500 ships, of which 76 were commodity-passenger. The main activity of the shipping company was transportation of timber and food.

During the war, crews of many ships of the company took direct part in the fighting. The shipping company also evacuated people from besieged Leningrad and supplied food and medicines to the city. On combat positions, the crews delivered ammunition, military equipment and equipment. In 1948, the shipping company established a regular movement of cargo ships along the Volga, and in 1964 began shipping to the ports of the Baltic, Caspian and White Seas.

The main production structure of the shipping company was formed in the 1980s. At the same time, many port facilities and the Nevsky Shipyard were reconstructed. In the 90s, the company managed to maintain its strong positions and practically its assets during the privatization. At present, 25% of the holding's shares belong to the state, 56.12% are owned by the Depository Clearing Company, and 10% are owned by private individuals. OJSC North-Western Shipping Company was registered in 1994.

Company services

Nowadays the main activity of the holding is cargo transportation from the Center of Russia along the Volga and Kama, as well as between the basins of the Mediterranean, Caspian, Baltic, Black and North Seas. At the same time, transportation is carried out not only on the territory of the country, but also on the rivers of foreign countries of Western Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic States, etc. Annually the company transports up to 6 million tons of cargo for customers, including the largest timber processing, metallurgical and agricultural enterprises.

In addition to the actual transportation of goods, the scope of the holding's activities includes:

• Towing operations.

• Selection of crews.

• Operations for the purchase and sale of ships and property.

• Logistic operations.

Towing operations

At the moment the company carries out all kinds of similar works. Tugboats of the North-Western Shipping Company move floating cranes, construction platforms, and, if necessary, other vessels. Often the crews of the company have to participate in various kinds of rescue operations or environmental activities.

To obtain the towing service, the client must conclude a contract with the shipping company of the established type. Also, such operations are carried out by the company as part of the implementation of work on other orders of business partners. For example, towing may be needed when performing rescue contracts, pilotage, etc.

The company performs the following types of towing:

• Emergency. The specialists of the shipping company will deliver to the port a lost course or damaged ship.

• Planned towing of ships and objects.

• Intra-port towing in raids and in harbor .

In OJSC North-West Shipping Company it is possible to order towing by the main method (on a short line), by pushing, lag, etc. Operations are carried out by one vessel and several. The company's specialists carry out all the preparatory measures necessary for towing: they count on the strength of the equipment, the stability of the ships, determine the probable ports of refuge, reinforce the superstructures, hulls, decks, cuttings, etc., if necessary.

Crew selection

Particular attention is paid to work with personnel in OJSC North-West Shipping Company. Over the years of the company's existence, entire fleet dynasties have developed, the members of which have devoted themselves entirely to work on river ships and in ports. As an example, we can mention the Rudous, Bibiksar, Horn, Pozdnyakovs.

In 2015, the company employs more than 1,500 employees, most of whom are highly qualified specialists. Therefore, the shipping company has the opportunity to provide recruitment services both for domestic dry cargo ships and for foreign ones. The ship's crew usually consists of a captain, rank and file, mechanics, radio specialists, masters, doctors, engineers. All these specialists can be hired in the company if necessary. The employees of the shipping company have sufficient qualifications to ensure safe navigation, adhere to high conscious discipline and comply with the requirements of the Charter.

Ship purchase / sale

The implementation of dry cargo vessels is also what North-West Shipping Company is doing. St. Petersburg is a city in which, as already mentioned, the head office of the company is located. Turning to the managers of the holding, you can buy ships or order their construction. The company offers its customers single-screw and twin-screw dry cargo ships (up to 7,000 tons), oil tankers, non-self-propelled vessels.

Logistics

Among other things, the specialists of the SZP carry out such an operation as the synchronization of cargo transportation by sea and river, as well as by land transport between remote ports and regions. By ordering this service, the company's customers get the opportunity to save significant money by reducing the time of delivery of goods, reducing fuel costs, etc.

Newspaper holding

Among other things, the company "North-Western Shipping Company" (although more correctly called it river) is one of the founders of the newspaper "Volgo-Nevsky Prospekt", the publishing house of which is located in Nizhny Novgorod. It was formed in November 1934 on the basis of a copy of the Leningrad Waterman. They called it the "North-West Waterman". Only in 1947 there were 126 issues of this edition with a circulation of 2,000 copies. The Stakhanovite movement reflected in its pages , the work of the shock workers of production, the work of the courts, etc. The editorial staff carried out enormous work with the letters of the readers, answering the questions of interest to them. In 1973, this printed edition was renamed the "Leningrad Rechnik", in 1990 they returned to it the old name. In 1994, due to the difficult financial situation of the company, the newspaper was closed.

Once again, its editorial office began to be implemented in 2 years - in 1996. However, the newspaper began to release the newspaper in 2001 only. Finally, its release was terminated in 2005 in connection with the establishment of a larger edition of Volgo-Nevsky Prospect distributed in the North-Western, Central and Volga federal districts.

Statistical data

In 2014, the total revenue of OJSC SZP amounted to 6.1 billion rubles (21% more than in the previous year). At the same time about 75% of the income was received from transportation of timber and grain, as well as products of the enterprises of ferrous metallurgy and mineral fertilizers. The growth of the company's economic indicators, according to its management, was achieved mainly thanks to the renewal of the fleet - the sale of 14 old ships and the concentration of traffic on the dry cargo ships built during the last 12 years.

North-West Shipping Company: reviews

The opinion of the clients about OJSC "SZP" was good. Its obligations are fulfilled by the company exactly, in accordance with the concluded contracts. But, unfortunately, in connection with the recent economic situation in the country that is not too favorable, the employees of the holding themselves sometimes say unflattering about it. It's all about the small salary and not too good, bureaucratic attitude to the cadres. And the fact that the management decided to sell the old ships, like not everyone. People want to work and receive a reward worthy of it. However, to change old dry cargo ships to new ones, in their opinion, the leadership is in no hurry. But we will assume that the difficulties are in the company temporary, and soon all these problems will be solved.

In general, the work of the oldest Russian enterprise OJSC North-Western Shipping Company (address of the company: St. Petersburg, B. Morskaya St. 37) can be called quite effective. Undoubtedly, the company is profitable, and its activity contributes to the development of the economy not only of the Leningrad region, but of all Russia as a whole.