DELO GROUP

Sergey Shishkarev starts building his first big business in his hometown of Novorossiysk—the freight forwarding company Delo.

It becomes the first private stevedoring company in the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port and the first of the future Delo Group.

Delo grows exponentially in the first years of its existence. At the beginning, the company accounts for 15% of all freight traffic in the seaport of Novorossiysk, which is already a lot for a young company in the actively developing post-Soviet space.

More and more customers are beginning to entrust Delo with their cargoes, so that the company soon occupies half of the local market for agency and forwarding services.

Ruscon's arsenal contains new acquisitions: The company's fleet includes receives its first railway container flatcarts. The company is also building its own fleet of vehicles to work at the terminals in Novorossiysk.

In just two years of operation, NUTEP has become a leader in the container market of the Port of Novorossiysk.

Since then, the terminal has not only remained a leader, but has also increased its capacity every year. Today, NUTEP can be described as the absolute market leader in the port of Novorossiysk: 76% of cargo traffic is handled here.

Delo Group acquires a neighbor of NUTEP in Novorossiysk—OAOOJSC Kombinat StroyKomplekt which is located on a plot next to thea container terminal. A new large-scale construction project is being built on this plot: a new KSK export grain terminal will soon be built here.

This is another response to the challenges of the time: demand for Russian grain is constantly high and importing countries are willing to buy it at ever higher prices.

Ruscon acquires a land container and logistics terminal IANP MANP in the Moscow region. The more than 14-hectare site in the Podolsk district is not only a convenient location for transport, but also an efficient one: 20,000 TEU per year pass through the terminal.

This was an excellent addition to Ruscon's facilities—the total capacity of all the company's terminals is now 180,000 TEU per year.

Delo Group begins handling grain at the newly built, state-of-the-art KSK terminal. Here are huge, modern elevators where the grain arrives by rail from different parts of the country.

In the fifteen years of its existence, KSK has become the number one terminal in the Black Sea basin: its share in the region has reached 30%.

Delo Group becomes the sole owner of NUTEP, having bought their 50% stake from National Container Company.

Thus, Delo Group consolidates 100% of NUTEP shares.

KSK opens its own laboratory, which takes over the most important tasks of grain quality control. Using high-precision equipment, the laboratory staff thoroughly examine samples of all batches arriving at the terminal. Only the best is delivered to KSK's elevators.

New important places appear on the KSK site: three silos with a capacity of 3,000 tonnes each and a conveyor belt for loading grain onto a ship.

The regular technical modernization of the terminals enables the company to maintain and increase its capacity. And KSK is an excellent example of this: thanks to all the modernizations, its throughput capacity has increased to 3.5 million tonnes per year.

The Delo Group's stevedoring assets and bunkering business is merged into the holding company DeloPorts. This not only provides new opportunities for fundraising, but also simplifies the overall operational interaction between the terminals.

Optimizing the efficiency of the terminals is a more than urgent measure as cargo throughput at Russian seaports continues to grow. In 2012, its volume increased by 5.6% year-on-year to a total of 565.5 million tonnes.

A roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) facility is commissioned in a vacant area at the KSK terminal. Cargoes can now be moved in and out of the floating vessels under their own power and without the use of cranes and other lifting equipment.

The complex includes not only a dedicated berth but also a storage area for more than 1,500 vehicles.

International grain trader Cargill, one of the world market leaders, becomes a strategic investor in the KSK terminal. The company's assets now include 25% plus+ one share of KSK.

Delo Group starts supporting the Russian Handball Federation of Russia and developing a sport that has unfairly remained in the shadow of football. Sergey Shishkarev, a handball enthusiast and a man who knows how to assemble highly effective teams, is elected as President of the Russian Handball Federation of Russia.

Just a year later, the Russian women's handball team won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for the first time in the history of the sport.

DeloPorts' stevedoring assets, such as the NUTEP container terminal, the KSK grain terminal and the Delo service company, are be merged into a single Russian holding company called DeloPorts.

One of the most important steps in the strategic unification of the company is the issuance and placement of the first bonds of the new holding structure on the market, which allows raising additional funds for business expansion.

A deep-water berth, designated number 38, is being built from scratch on the site of the NUTEP container terminal. The unique technical solutions underlying the construction were awarded the national prize for achievements in transport and transport infrastructure “Formula of Movement 2019”.

This is the first berth on the Black Sea coast that can accommodate seagoing vessels with a cargo capacity of up to 10,000 TEU.

Three important business areas of the holding company—bunker business, shipping agency and towing of ships—are merged into the Delo Service Company.

This enables the company to offer a complete range of services for ships and all necessary support in ports and offshore operations.

Delo SC takes an important step in business development and buys tugs for its fleet.

The company can now tow vessels itself in the port of Novorossiysk and offer additional vessel maintenance and management services. All this increases its competitiveness in the maritime logistics market.

Delo Group takes an important step in the development of its business with the acquisition of a 30.75% stake in Global Ports, a leading container terminal operator in the Russian market. In 2018, the consolidated container throughput of Global Ports' sea terminals increased by 12.2% to 1.352 million TEU.

At the KSK terminal, construction began on four more new silos, as well as rail and lorry receiving stations and a new laboratory for grain quality control. The decision proved to be well-founded: Grain exports in the 2017-2018 agricultural year amounted to 52.4 million tonnes.

This exceeds the volumes supplied by the European Union and the United States and consolidates Russia's serious position in the global agricultural market.

The new container terminal Ruscon-4 with an annual capacity of 30,000 TEU was successfully commissioned in Novorossiysk.

This is an important addition to Delo Group's infrastructure in Novorossiysk, which will benefit the development of maritime logistics in the region and attracts growing cargo volumes.

Delo Group opens a unique memorial to the Novorossiysk port workers in Novorossiysk. This is a token of the company's appreciation for all port workers, reminding them how important each individual's contribution is not only to the company, but also to the development of port infrastructure and the entire regional economy.

It is the only monument in Russia dedicated to people of all important, complex and honorable port professions.

A new, unique deep-water berth No. 38 is commissioned at the NUTEP container terminal. It took four years to realize this ambitious project of the holding company. The investment has paid off: the water depth at the berth allows huge container ships with a capacity of 10,000 TEU to berth here.

This gives the terminal undeniable advantages and opens great prospects. As time will tell, the operation of the berth will help the Delo Group to occupy an even larger segment of the container shipping market in Russia.

Delo Group wins the auction and becomes the owner of 50% and plus one share of TransContainer PJSC, Russia's leading container transportation ship operator. And in 2020, Delo Group completes the consolidation of TransContainer by buying out the remaining shares held by minority shareholders.

This significant acquisition will enables Delo Group to take an important position in the national logistics traffic at the national level. In this way, important resources and expertise are added to the company, helping it to become a national logistics champion.

The State Corporation Rosatom acquires a 30% stake in the Delo Management Company—joining forces and assets for the joint development of the logistics business. This decision is obvious: one of Rosatom's key projects is the federal Northern Sea Route project, which is crucial for the transport of goods in the Arctic.

In the same 2019, a third more cargo was transported via the Northern Sea Route, and when we talk about tens of millions of tonnes, that is really strong growth.

Delo Group is proud to announce the commissioning of a new deep-water berth No. 40A at the KSK grain terminal in Novorossiysk.

Thanks to this investment, the KSK terminal now has state-of-the-art infrastructure for efficient cargo handling and reception of large vessels. One hundred-thousand-ton vessels (with a cargo capacity of up to 100,000 tonnes) with a maximum draught of 14.4 meters can moor here.

NUTEP has undergone another successful transformation: the terminal now offers even more road and rail transport options. There are now brand-new cranes, powerful and mobile.

Work at the terminal has spilled over in all directions at once: four container ships are handled here at the same time, which is a record.

Ruscon has embarked on the construction of a multifunctional container terminal at the Orlovka railway station in Volgograd region—and opened it in August 2023.

Like most of the company's terminals, it has an impressive capacity and will be able to handle up to 30,000 containers a year, ensuring efficient freight traffic through the region.