29 March 2021
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company receives industry recognition as Russia's top container terminal for 2020
Association of Marine Commercial Ports (ASOP) of Russia has named Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC, a Global Ports Group company) “Best Stevedoring Company Specializing in Container Cargo Handling” in its awards for 2020. The award ceremony takes place annually as part of the ASOP Best Stevedoring Company competition.
Container terminals for the category were evaluated by experts of the ASOP in terms of volume and dynamics of cargo throughput, customer service and the range of services, financial results, investments, and the absence of arrears in payments to the budget.
“The winners of the competition have achieved really impressive results in their activities, despite of all the limitations that we have faced in the past year,” said the Executive Director of ASOP Serik Zhusupov at the awards ceremony at the annual ASOP conference.
At the end of 2020, Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company increased its container throughput by 14.7% to 452.7 thousand TEU compared to 2019. During the year, VSC also continued its facility upgrade program to modernise the container terminal and its fleet of equipment – purchasing new RMG cranes with a capacity of 50 tonnes, KALMAR terminal tractors, TOYOTA forklifts, and increasing the capacity of container storage areas in 2020.
“The industry has faced many challenges against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis. One of these was a drastic increase in freight traffic through the Far Eastern basin. Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company has adapted its operational processes to changing market conditions and demonstrated strong performance results by the end of 2020. We are grateful to our customers for their trust and support. The development of VSC remains the focus of the Group and will continue in 2021,” said Albert Likholet, CEO of Global Ports.
“We would like to thank the Association of Marine Commercial Ports for the recognition of Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company's performance. In 2021, we will continue the modernisation of the container terminal infrastructure, and also plan to introduce new IT solutions. This will increase the productivity and efficiency of the company and make our operational processes transparent for customers,” said Aleksey Pavlenko, Managing Director of Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company.
ASOP holds the Best Stevedoring Company competition annually on behalf of the Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport (Rosmorcheflot). The purpose of the competition is to identify Russian stevedoring companies that achieve best performance results and provide other stevedoring companies of Russian ports with the expertise of the winners. Winners are announced at the annual ASOP conference.
Container terminals for the category were evaluated by experts of the ASOP in terms of volume and dynamics of cargo throughput, customer service and the range of services, financial results, investments, and the absence of arrears in payments to the budget.
“The winners of the competition have achieved really impressive results in their activities, despite of all the limitations that we have faced in the past year,” said the Executive Director of ASOP Serik Zhusupov at the awards ceremony at the annual ASOP conference.
At the end of 2020, Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company increased its container throughput by 14.7% to 452.7 thousand TEU compared to 2019. During the year, VSC also continued its facility upgrade program to modernise the container terminal and its fleet of equipment – purchasing new RMG cranes with a capacity of 50 tonnes, KALMAR terminal tractors, TOYOTA forklifts, and increasing the capacity of container storage areas in 2020.
“The industry has faced many challenges against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis. One of these was a drastic increase in freight traffic through the Far Eastern basin. Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company has adapted its operational processes to changing market conditions and demonstrated strong performance results by the end of 2020. We are grateful to our customers for their trust and support. The development of VSC remains the focus of the Group and will continue in 2021,” said Albert Likholet, CEO of Global Ports.
“We would like to thank the Association of Marine Commercial Ports for the recognition of Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company's performance. In 2021, we will continue the modernisation of the container terminal infrastructure, and also plan to introduce new IT solutions. This will increase the productivity and efficiency of the company and make our operational processes transparent for customers,” said Aleksey Pavlenko, Managing Director of Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company.
ASOP holds the Best Stevedoring Company competition annually on behalf of the Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport (Rosmorcheflot). The purpose of the competition is to identify Russian stevedoring companies that achieve best performance results and provide other stevedoring companies of Russian ports with the expertise of the winners. Winners are announced at the annual ASOP conference.
Association of Marine Commercial Ports (ASOP) unites leading marine commercial ports, forwarding companies, research institutes and educational institutions of Russian marine transport. The main goal of the Association is to coordinate efforts of professional community to create conditions for effective development of marine transport enterprises and realisation of Russia's transport potential.
