Private company

Volga Shipping Company

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Russian ship-owning company based in Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 18431

The Volga Shipping Company (Russian: Волжское пароходство, romanized: Volzhskoye parokhodstvo) is a Russian ship-owning company within UCL Holding and is ultimately controlled by Vladimir Lisin's Fletcher Group Holdings Ltd.2 It employed 3,245 people.1 It is part of North-Western Shipping Company.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 19, 1843Founded1

The Volga Shipping Company (Russian: Волжское пароходство, romanized: Volzhskoye parokhodstvo) is a Russian ship-owning company within UCL Holding and is ultimately controlled by Vladimir Lisin's Fletcher Group Holdings Ltd.2

Corporate structure

Volga Shipping Company is part of a group headed by North-Western Shipping Company. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The company was founded in 1843 as On the Volga steamship company, went through a number of structural and ownership changes over the years, emerging under its current name and structure in 1994.

From Wikipedia’s article on Volga Shipping Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

The company owns a fleet of 300 vessels, which carried 6.7 million tonnes of freight and 368,000 passengers in 2011.

The company operates over 236 cargo ships and tankers.

From Wikipedia’s article on Volga Shipping Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Volga Shipping Society1

Timeline

  1. Sep 19, 1843Founded Founded1

Sources

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