OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel informs that Zapolyarny enhanced ice class diesel-electric ship, owned by the Company, has arrived to its destination point – Shanghai port.
As reported earlier, on September 14 Zapolyarny container ship left Murmansk port for regular voyage along the Eastern part of Northern Sea Route (NSR) on route Murmansk-Dudinka-Shanghai and back. The Eastern part of Northern Sea Route is the shortest route for transportation of the Company products from the place of production to consumers in South East Asia.
The Company first used the above mentioned route for cargo transportation to South East Asia countries in 2010.
For the return voyage from Shanghai to Dudinka, it is planned to fully load the ship with material and technical supplies, equipment, and consumer goods for inhabitants of Norilsk Industrial Area.
ABOUT MMC NORILSK NICKEL:
MMC Norilsk Nickel, a company incorporated under the laws of the Russian Federation, is the largest diversified mining and metals company in Russia, the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium and one of the world’s largest producers of platinum, rhodium, copper and cobalt. In addition to this, MMC Norilsk Nickel produces a large number of other by-products, including gold, silver, tellurium, selenium, iridium and ruthenium.
The key production units of the Company’s group in Russia are at the Polar and Kola Peninsulas. MMC Norilsk Nickel international assets include operations in Finland, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.
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Source: Norilsk Nickel, October 12, 2011