OREANDA-NEWS. November 09, 2009. From May through October 2009, Volga Shipping carried 54.5 thousand passengers on local and suburban lines.

The “OM” passenger boat serving the ‘Nizhny Novgorod – Bor’ ferry conveyed 48.5 thousand passengers. The “Voskhod-24” hydrofoil boat transported 5.9 thousand passengers on the route ‘Nizhny Novgorod – Kalinin Creek.

Joint Stock Volga Shipping Company – a biggest shipping company of Russia, celebrated 165th anniversary since foundation in 2008. The company performs cargo and passenger transportations by rivers and lakes of Russia. Fleet of Volga Shipping includes 250 passenger, cargo and short-sea cargo vessels. During navigation 2008, the company delivered 6.9 mln tons of cargoes and 454 thousand passengers.