BASHVOLGOTANKER

BASHVOLGOTANKER Shipping Com­pany, ZAO (Ufa). Performs the carriage of oil products in the basins of the rivers of the European part of Russia, comprehensive service of transport fleet, and ship repair. The structural divisions of the company are located in Ufa, Samara, Astrakhan, PGT Kamskoye Ustye (RT), Rostov­on­Don, Yaroslavl; the key cargo­generating centers are located in the ports of Ufa, Samara, Syzran, and Saratov. For transportation purposes, it uses tugs, tows and tankers of “river­sea” mixed navigation, as well as mooring and transshipment fleet. The Company fleet is represented by vessels: anchors of Volgoneft type, push­tugs of OT­2000 and Ural  types,  tank  barges of various carrying capacity, oil pumping stations. It was founded in 1948 as the Ufa Operation Department, since 1968 the Bashkir District Administration of Volgo­tanker Shipping Company, since 1995 has its current name. Since 1993 a branch of Vol­gotanker Volga Bulk Shipping Company.