OREANDA-NEWS. April 6, 2011. PJSC NCSP  informs that Rado Antolovic,  one of leading world experts in the field of sea shipping,  has taken the post of  NCSP Group Vice-President, Marketing, Sales and Development.

Rado Antolovic will be responsible for increase in efficiency and strategic business development of  NCSP Group. Attraction of new clients, optimization of goods flows, development and implementation of new projects and a complex management of the investment program will also be in his scope of responsibility.

Rado Antolovic  has been working in port sphere since 1976, and since 1997 he has been engaged in management of container terminals with a capacity of more than 1 000 000 TEU. In 1997-2000 he, as the General Director, managed construction of  Vostochny,  Russia’s  first commercial container terminal, from start.  Rado Antolovic then occupied key posts in such companies as MOL (Mitsui OSK Lines), APL (American President Line NOL), P&O Ports and CMA CGM. From 2005 he worked in DP World Group,  one of the largest world port operators, from  2005 to 2007  as CEO of Asia Container Terminal (Hong Kong), from 2007 to 2009 as MD of  DP World Russia, CIS, in 2009-2010 as  MD of CSCT Romania (the largest Black sea container terminal).

Rado Antolovic  was born in 1959. In 1985 he  graduated from the Edward Kordeli university in Ljubljana,  with a specialization in marine engineering. In 1991 he has received a bachelor’s degree  in transport business at Sydney University, in 2008-2010 he graduated from MBA in Sydney at the Macquarie university, as well as TBM at the DP World institute.

Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port is the largest Russian port operator and the 3d operator in Europe in terms of cargo turnover. NCSP shares are traded on Russia's RTS and MICEX exchanges (NMTP) and on the London Stock Exchange (NCSP) in the form of GDRs (1 GDR representing 75 shares). NCSP Group consolidated cargo turnover in 2009 totaled 86.5 million tons (excluding Primorsk Trade Port), andc onsolidated revenue to IFRS for 9 months of 2010 totaled USD 499.4 million and net profit USD 233.0 million. NCSP Group includes the following stevedore companies: PJSC Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, PJSC Primorsk Trade Port (since 2011), PJSC Novorossiysk Grain Terminal, OJSC Novorossiysk Shipyard, PJSC Fleet of NCSP, OJSC NLE, OJSC IPP, and Baltic Stevedoring Company Ltd.