Volga Shipping Company
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Volga Shipping Company (Russian: Волжское пароходство, romanized: Volzhskoye parokhodstvo) is a Russian ship-owning company within UCL Holding and is ultimately controlled by Vladimir Lisin's Fletcher Group Holdings Ltd.
 | |
| Company type | Open Joint Stock Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | 1843 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Revenue |  US$ 165.8 mln (2011) |
 US$ 19 mln (2011) | |
Number of employees | 3,300 (2011) |
| Website | Volga Shipping Company |
Operations
History
The company was founded in 1843 as On the Volga steamship company, went through a number of structural and ownership changes over the years, emerging under its current name and structure in 1994.
