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Visiting Russian Port Officials |
Under the Auspices of the U.S. Department of Commerce
A Luncheon Program on
Thursday, November 18
Program Moderator:
Dr. Anatoly Hochstein
Director
LSU National Ports & Waterways Institute
12:00 Noon
(11:30 a.m. cash bar reception)
The Plimsoll Club, 30th Floor
World Trade Center of New Orleans
(Free validated parking in the WTC Garage)
The members of the delegation will describe a wide range of trade and
investment opportunities for Louisiana companies in port projects under
development in the Russian northwest region (Kaliningrad, Karelia, Murmansk,
Vologoda, St. Petersburg, and Leningrad Oblast). The delegation is in the U.S.
for four weeks of training organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s
Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) program. SABIT has
successfully trained over 1,400 executives and scientists from the New
Independent States (NIS).
- Members
of the Delegation
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- Andrey B. Andreyev, Director, Economics and Finance
- Primorsky LPG Terminal
- The company’s main activity is project management, design and
construction of a specialized export gas port terminal on the Gulf of
Finland on the Baltic Sea.
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- Konstantin I. Agapov, Head of Investments, Contracts and Foreign
Relations Division
- Ministry of Transportation of the Russian Federation
- The Division for Investments works with the Russian Federal Program
for the Revival of the Russian Merchant Marine and organizes the
construction and reconstruction of ports and harbors, attracts
investments to the projects and deals with contracting with domestic
and foreign contractors participating in the project.
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- Anton V. Galantsev, Executive Director
- Techmashincom, Ltd.
- Techmashincom, Ltd. is a private investment company located in
Murmansk. Their main activities are the construction of new port
facilities in the Murmansk region.
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- Valeriy S. Izraylit, First Deputy Director
- Ust-Luga Company
- Ust-Luga Company works with design and contract organizations for
port construction projects. For these projects the company uses its
own funding as well as federal funding allocated for port
modernization.
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- Yevgeniy V. Koryushkin, General Director
- Petrolesport
- Petrolesport is a private port located in St. Petersburg. The main
activities of the port are the storage, loading and unloading of
timber, general cargo, reefer cargo and containers, the transportation
and forwarding of cargo, customs clearance and surveyor services.
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- Oleg G. Kravtsov, Head of the Division of Maritime International
Cooperation, Maritime Administration
- Ministry of Transportation of the Russian Federation
- The Maritime Administration is part of the Russian Federal
Government and is responsible for international agreements on sea
transportation as well as overseeing that the laws and requirements of
the Russian Federation and international agreements in the field of
sea trade and navigation are observed.
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- Aleksey M. Maligonov, General Director
- Primorsky LPG Terminal
- Primorsky LPG Terminal’s main activities are project management,
design and construction of a specialized export gas port terminal on
the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The terminal will be used for
the transshipment and transportation of liquefied gas and ammonia from
railway transport to carrier vessels.
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- Aleksandr Y. Meleshkevich, Deputy Director of
- Operational Planning
- 1st Stevedoring Company, Seaport of St. Petersburg, Ltd.
- The main activity of the port is cargo handling and storage. The
port of St. Petersburg handles one-quarter of the total volume of
foreign trade cargoes among all ports of Russia.
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- Aleksandr A. Mikhaylov, Financial Director
- Port of Cherepovets
- The port’s main activities are the operation of freight and
passenger lines, cargo storage, non-metallic cargo delivery, and
ship repair.
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- Aleksandr A. Mtropov, Head of Marketing and Contracts
- Seaport of St. Petersburg
- In cooperation with freight forwarders, shipping agents and other
companies, the Seaport of St. Petersburg is able to function as a full
service port.
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- Geogiy M. Ogryum, Vice President
- White Sea and Onega Shipping Company (WSOSC)
- The White Sea and Onega Shipping Company provides transportation of
export/import cargoes and handles more than 5 million tons of freight
every year within Russia, the New Independent States (NIS) and other
foreign trade routes.
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- Aleksandr V. Ryabinin, Project Manager
- LenmorNIIproekt
- LenmorNIIproekt is a design institute located in St. Petersburg
which is involved in the design, survey and research of Russian marine
transportation. The institute is involved in port development and
construction projects in Russia.
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- Aleksey N. Smirnov, Manager
- North-Western Shipping Company
- North-Western Shipping Company’s main activities are cargo
transportation in the Russian North Western basin, loading and
unloading and transshipment of cargo on river ports, maintenance of
river and sea vessels, and shipbuilding.
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- Yuriy V. Sobol, Chief Expert, Department of Shipping
- Maritime Administration, Ministry of Transportation
- The Maritime Administration is part of the Russian Federal
Government and is responsible for international agreements on sea
transportation as well as overseeing that the laws and requirements of
the Russian Federation and international agreements in the field of
sea trade and navigation are observed.
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- Valeriy M. Tarasov, Sales Director
- Commercial Seaport of Kaliningrad, Ltd.
- The port is the closest geographically to Western Europe and is able
to handle eight million tons of cargo annually.
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- Viktor Y. Yatsuk, Executive Director
- Barbaletta Stevedoring Company
- Barbaletta is a stevedoring company located in St. Petersburg
processing ships with a cargo capacity of up to 10,000 tons.
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- Vladimir S. Zdanevich, Chief of the Maritime Administration
- Ports of Vysotsk and Vyborg
- Port facilities and technology in the territory of the Leningrad
region.
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Sponsoring Organizations
- New Orleans U.S. Export Assistance Center
- Louisiana Department of Economic Development
- Port of New Orleans
- Transoceanic Shipping Company, Inc.
- World Trade Center of New Orleans
In Cooperation With
- Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs
- City of New Orleans, Office of International Relations
- Consular Corps of New Orleans
- Foreign Relations Association
- International Trade Council/Red River Region
- Louisiana District Export Council
- Louisiana International Trade Center/SBDC
- Louisiana International Trade Commission
- New Orleans Media Center
- New Orleans Technology Council
- Traffic & Transportation Club of Greater New Orleans
- Transportation Research Institute, Inc.
- United Nations Association of Greater New Orleans
- World Trade Club of Greater New Orleans
Registration Fee: $22 for members of the
sponsoring organizations and $27 for non-members.
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