On the Svir River, between the village of Vazhiny and the village of Nikolskoye, there is a very large-scale and fascinating object, which passenger ships tourists cannot always identify.

This is Podporozhsky River port- the largest industrial facility in Svir (along with two Svir hydroelectric power stations) and one of the largest river ports in North-West Russia.

Back in the times of Peter the Great, when the Ladoga canals and shipyards began to be built, the need arose to maintain the waterway along the route: Shlisselburg, Pela (Otradnoye), Novaya Ladoga, Sviritsa, Lodeynoye Pole, Podporozhye.

The GOELRO plan stimulated the development of new socialist cities - Kirovsk, Volkhov, Syasstroy, Svirstroy, and the growing needs of St. Petersburg for building materials and woodworking products intensified the development of urban settlements in areas where natural building materials are found.

If there is a single deep-sea transport network the European part of the USSR and the development of transportation on river-sea vessels new port was necessary as a link between the river and by rail in the Leningrad industrial region.

So the decision was made to build a port on Svir. It began with the fact that in March 1981, on the right bank of the Svir River near the village of Vazhiny at the 1055th kilometer of the Volga-Baltic Waterway, work began on the construction of a transshipment river port with a cargo turnover of 3330 thousand tons.

The port was intended for transshipment of coal, sulfur pyrites, timber and mineral construction materials.

It was built in 1986. This is how the Podporozhye river port began to function in the village of Nikolsky.

The area between Lake Onega and Gulf of Finland(Svir River, Ladoga lake and the Neva River) formed part of the Volga-Baltic waterway, passing through the territories of the Leningrad region and St. Petersburg.

In addition to the Podporozhsky port, the St. Petersburg river port, the Passenger port in St. Petersburg, as well as the Leningrad river port in the city of Otradnoye on the Neva River at the confluence of the Tosno River began to function in this area.

Podporozhye port has become the largest river port in the North-West of the Russian Federation, handling more than 3 million tons per year of bulk, bulk and packaged cargo.

The port has a berth 640 m long, an area of ​​more than 32 hectares, 22 overhead cranes with a lifting capacity of 16 tons, and more than 4 km of railway tracks. All this allows you to simultaneously process up to five motor ships, and unload/load motor ships, wagons and vehicles using the “direct option”. Power equipment with a capacity of 5.7 MW allows the location of various production facilities on the territory.

The port offers clients the creation of complete logistics schemes and all operations related to the delivery of goods, carries out all export-import operations and registration of necessary documents.

Podporozhye port mainly provides transshipment of crushed stone and timber, receiving and sending cargo by rail, road and water transport. In addition, it offers transshipment of export and import cargo, freight forwarding services, fleet bunkering services, and the receipt of oil-containing water, waste water, and garbage from ships.

The address of the Podporozhye port is 187741, Leningrad region, Podporozhye district, Nikolsky village.

Nikolsky village

The history of the village of Nikolsky is connected with the events of the early 18th century, when Peter I, traveling around the Olonets region, identified a place for the construction of a shipyard near the villages of Meshkovichi and Mokrishvitsy (in the territory modern city Lodeynoye Pole). In 1703, the construction of the Olonets shipyard was completed. To make iron chains and anchors, Peter I ordered the Germans from the then German settlement and settled them on the banks of the Svir River. Craftsmen extracted ore, from which iron was smelted in “varnitsa” to produce chains and anchors.

Until 1914, the village was called Nemetskoe. Then, in connection with the outbreak of the First World War, it was renamed in the Russian manner to Nikolskoye. Since 1946, in connection with the construction of the Svir shipyard, the active development of the village began. In the mid-80s, there was another impetus in the development of the village, which was associated with the construction of the Podporozhye port.

At the same time, according to media reports, the village of Nikolsky has experienced many upheavals in recent years. The reason for this was the difficult financial situation of large enterprises - the Svir shipyard and the Podporozhye port. The result is a decrease in income and, of course, tension among the population. Due to the lack of orders at the Svir shipyard and the decline in production at the port of Podporozhye, many residents go to work in Vazhiny and Podporozhye.

Currently, the port is on the verge of bankruptcy.

On June 28, the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region received a claim from Petrozavodsk LLC Remzheldorput regarding the bankruptcy of Podporozhsky Port OJSC. The port did not pay the company 248 thousand rubles for maintenance railway tracks in 2011. This is not the first lawsuit demanding bankruptcy of the port. Back in February, the Federal Tax Service of Russia demanded bankruptcy of the enterprise due to a debt of 7 million rubles. The consideration of her claim has been postponed until September.

There are already dozens of lawsuits in court to collect debts from the port and other creditors. The company's largest debt to date is to the Latvian Business Bank. The port is in debt subsidiary company Bank Radicale Trusts LLC 60 million rubles. To get its money back, the bank tried to foreclose on six river boats ports that are in collateral. On June 25, the court granted his claim. St. Petersburg LLC "Great City Consulting Group" is claiming another 13 million rubles. If the court confirms the company's claims, it will become the largest unsecured creditor and will control the bankruptcy of the enterprise if it occurs.

Podporozhye port is the largest river port in the North-West region. It is designed to handle 3 million tons of bulk and packaged cargo. Its current annual load, according to management, is up to 600 thousand tons of cargo per year. The port area is 30 hectares, warehouse space is 60 thousand m2. According to SPARK, in the last few years the company has completed the financial year with losses ranging from 5 to 13 million rubles.

Until 2008, Podporozhye Port belonged to North-Western Shipping Company OJSC. After the entrepreneur’s structures gained control over the shipping company, the latter decided to sell the port to the Cyprus offshore Deltaport Service Limited. Its beneficiaries are unknown. Until recently, the board of directors of the port included co-owners of the Latvian shipping company Alpha Shipping Company and the St. Petersburg-based JSC ALFA LOGISTICS. In addition, the co-owner of the St. Petersburg companies BaltikaLes LLC and PortService LLC, Petr Borzon, was on the council. “Less than a year ago, the composition of the board of directors completely changed. I am no longer on it,” the latter said. He did not comment on the reasons for the changes.

“At the end of last year, the port changed its owner,” a company source close to management explained to the website the reasons for the changes. But he did not say who exactly bought the company. It is only known that the formal owner is still the same offshore company, but the co-owner of the St. Petersburg group of companies has become the chairman of the board of directors of the port." Great city" Eric Papayan. The group is registered on the former premises of the bankrupt Salolin oil mill on Salova Street. Its director was formerly Eric Papayan. The potential largest unsecured creditor of the Podporozhye port also belongs to the same group of companies. Acting general director of the port Nikolay Feopentov and Eric Papayan denies the fact of a change of owner, but confirms the possibility of bankruptcy of the enterprise.

“We tried to negotiate with the tax service on restructuring, but so far we have not succeeded,” Eric Papayan told the site. “Most likely, the port will have to go through bankruptcy, but it will not stop its work. This will be external management,” said Eric Papayan .

According to Eric Papayan, the new owners expect to make the enterprise profitable and pay off all creditors. To this end, this year the port has changed its pricing policy and thanks to this has attracted new clients from Finland and Sweden. The plans of the Latvian Business Bank for six ships will not interfere with their plans. An agreement has already been reached with the bank, and its representatives are also on the board of directors of the port.

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