Delo Group and Sakhalin Oblast Government concluded a cooperation agreement during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum held last week. The agreement is aimed at developing transport, logistics and tourism potential of the region.
The document was signed by Dmitry Pankov, Delo Group Management Company Director General, and Valery Limarenko, Governor of Sakhalin Oblast.
According to the agreement, the parties will study the possibility for cooperation in the sphere of renovating the port facilities, including participation of Delo Group in the development of Korsakov port. In addition, the Group and the regional government intend to jointly develop touristic infrastructure. The regional authorities will also consider extending the measures stipulated by the legislation for stimulation of regional investment projects to Delo Group companies.
“The agreement will make it possible to lay the groundwork for further development of the Sakhalin Region’s port infrastructure, modernization of the passenger and cargo merchant fleet and implementation of new logistics projects, which is especially important against the background of the growing demand for transportation of products both in domestic and international traffic. We expect that together with the authorities of the region we will be able to ensure the development of the fleet and give a strategic impetus to our shipping asset, Sakhalin Shipping Company,” said Dmitry Pankov.
“Delo Group, which owns the Sakhalin Shipping Company, intends to study, among other things, an important project for the region to modernize the port of Korsakov. In the coming years we are going to create a multifunctional deep-water port on the basis of this transport hub. There will be a cargo pier with a container terminal and a fish logistics terminal with a capacity of one million tons of goods. The implementation of the project will create additional jobs, increase cargo traffic, and ensure the stable development of the region,” said Valery Limarenko.
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