North-Western Shipping Company -

JSC “North-Western Shipping Company” is one of the largest shipping companies in Russia. It handles export and import of general, bulk and oversize cargo, provides towing of vessels as well as transit shipments through the Volga-Baltic Waterway and the Saimaa Canal. Company vessels transport about six million tonnes of cargo annually, calling at 300 river and sea ports in 30 foreign countries.

The company has a total of 145 cargo vessels with a total DWT of 550,000 tonnes, including 120 river-sea ships, four barges, 12 tugboats and eight auxiliary vessels.

Konstantin G Palnikov, Managing Director JSC “North-Western Shipping Company”.

Born in 1966 in Perm region.

In 1988 graduated from the Marine Engineering Faculty of LVIMU as Marine Engineer.
Since 1988 — Marine Engineer at “Latvian Shipping Company”.
Since 1990 — Marine Engineer on “AcomaritUK” and “Bergesen SA ships”.
Since 1996 — Marine Engineer, then Senior Engineer at “Stolt — Nielsen Transportation Group”.
Since 2006 — Technical Superintendent at “Stolt — Nielsen Transportation Group.
Since 2007 — Deputy General Director “Volga-Neva", a subsidiary of JSC “North-Western Shipping Company”.
Since 2008 — General Director “Volga-Neva”.
Since 2009 — Managing Director JSC “North-Western Shipping Company”.

Аddress: Bolshaya Morskaya str. 37, 190000 St. Petersburg, Russia
Теl: +7 (812) 380−2398 (reception)
Fax:+7 (812) 380−2379
E-mail: nwsc@nwsc.spb.ru