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tage for years to come. Document
management services are sought
by many customers, and Belomor-
trans’ software products are exactly
the tool to meet their need. With in-
ternally developed software, proven
processes and highly skilled profes-
sionals, we boasted a strong competi-
tive edge to last us for years.
In 2016, we started an office in
Ust-Kut, Irkutsk Oblast. This region
owes its huge industrial logistics po-
tential to a number of major mining
projects run by Gazprom (Power of
Siberia), Irkutsk Oil Company, and
Rosneft. Here, the key transport ser-
vice segments are winter roadways
and ESPO oil pipeline.
The next step in our develop-
ment was marked by becoming the
contractor general for Novatek’s
Kola Shipyard construction project
in Murmansk in 2018, to which we
were providing forwarding servic-
es. In that same year, we launched
a rebranding campaign to enhance
our logistics market communication
policy based on our experience and
specialization. Unlike our domestic
partners and colleagues, the exter-
nal contractors were unaware of our
new specialization as a service pro- tailored to industrial logistics mar- from the employees and customers.
vider for oil and gas projects. ket needs; Belomortrans is owned by Igor
Anna Ermolaeva: • results orientation as a corpo- Nekrasov. He has been on board
“The new business requirements rate state of mind towards improve since 1997. Igor has a background
have pushed us to identify ourselves performance; in seafaring and was for a long time
as a logistics operator for petroleum • professional standards and reg- personally involved in Belomortrans
industry and industrial construc- ulations allowing us to stay immune operations relating to the northern
tion. Hashtag #russianupstreamlo- to corporate changes; projects.
gistics received a vigorous response • continuous transfer of experi- We are celebrating our 30th
from customers.” ence, training and career advance as birthday as an upstream logistics
As a marine company, Belomor- prerequisites to employees’ staying operator for oil and gas sector and
trans pays special attention to ex- competent in dealing with whatever industrial development. Headquar- «За переваленными
peditions to explore hard-to-reach customer request. tered in Moscow, we have offices and тоннами,
destinations. For one such expedi- divisions in Arkhangelsk, Murman-
tion – Fyodor Konyukhov’s rowing Today and tomorrow sk, Ufa, Usinsk, Varandey, Dudinka, пройденными
around the world adventure that he and Ust-Kut. милями,
undertook in 2018 in the Southern What has changed over these Belomortrans’ development обработанными
Hemisphere – we acted as a spon- thirty years? Chaos gave way to sys- strategy is in line with the Arctic
sor. Along with this, we are trying tem. Technological effectiveness and Development Project 2035. The com- документами
to expand our operations in Kras- professionalism are now two cru- pany is a partner to all important стоят люди,
noyarsk Territory, namely Dudinka cial criteria to judge about the mar- projects that are run by Gazprom,
and Norilsk, by embracing both the ket players, and the Belomortrans of Novatek, Rosneft, Bashneft, Lukoil которыми мы
upstream cargo traffic (cargo con- 2021 can be said to be is fully meet- in the Arkhangelsk Oblast (includ- по-настоящему
solidation and shipping via Arkhan- ing them. Our experience and repu- ing NAO), Yamal-Nenets Autono- гордимся»
gelsk) and the downstream flows tation are our biggest strengths that mous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Territo-
(transshipment in Dudinka for fur- make us a highly sought-after suppli- ry, Chukotka, Eastern Siberia, and “Behind those tons of
ther storage and inland delivery). As er on the industrial logistics market. the Far East. transshipped cargoes,
of mid-2020, our staff numbered 299 Anna Ermolaeva: The company sees itself evolv- miles traveled and
employees. “What matters most is sustain- ing towards improved processes
With expanded geography of able development and knowing and technical resources. Among its documents executed
operations, we welcomed the 2020 which development path to take. major focuses is automated ware- were the people. They
round of the Arctic development ful- Market fluctuations are inevitable, housing in High North areas, the are our greatest asset”
ly prepared. The Arctic Development so the most important thing is to latter known for their challenging
Project 2035 covers nearly all the ar- stay alert to the changing interests climate. Software development is a
eas of our presence. of customers and make the most of special priority, too. Condor is cur-
We owe our 30-year-long histo- the technologies and well-established rently available under license agree- SOZVEZDYE #37
ry to: processes.” ment and there is a plan to release
• being quick to respond to Belomortrans is in the hands of its package version.
changes and having flexible corpo- Anna Ermolaeva, its director gen- Our operational activities rely
rate structure; eral, since 2017. She has been work- on project approach, which is a very логистика
• our focus on upstream industri- ing for Belomortrans for over twenty helpful tool given the complex nature logistics
al logistics in the Arctic Zone; years, of which more than fifteen in of the oil and gas industry. And, of
• customized service and ability managerial positions. Anna’s com- course, we place a lot of value on en-
to adjust to customers’ business pro- mitment as the director general in- hancing our own logistics assets and
cesses; volves her in all in-houses process- skill level of our employees as two
• service management digitali- es and on-site developments. She is basic criteria of a sustainable busi-
zation; availability of own software at all times attentive to the feedback ness. 39