Port of billionaires secrets

The only ones who remained in the port number of the founders - the owners of First Quantum Ports Vitaly and Andrei Kobzar Yuzhilin. That, however, is also known for certain. Get some meaningful comments about the history of privatization and division, "Sea Port St. Petersburg" is impossible. Everyone is silent as the dead: one - because there really are dead, others - because they were alive and did not want to die. In the journalist who touches the subject of Petersburg "port redistribution", there is great temptation to write that the current Russian elite is largely tempered and formed around the controversy over this export corridor. However, the very names say more. Here began his career as the current head of "Gazprom" Alexei Miller, who until 1996 worked under Putin, who oversaw external communications while in the City Hall of St. Petersburg. After becoming in 1996 Director of Development and Investment JSC "Sea Port St. Petersburg", Miller did not change the preferences of his boss - the largest freight port of St. Petersburg has always accounted for the German Hamburg. On the contentious issues of privatization of assets and associated port of St. Petersburg Mikhail Manevich murder, vice-governor of St. Petersburg, who oversaw the property unit, a team member Anatoly Chubais. "Port legacy" in the administration of the city then, by the way, got a future minister, German Gref, the reformer. The current head of "Gazprom oil" and the president of "Zenith" Dyukov also worked in the structures that are associated with reputable businessman Ilia Traber, considered as gray eminence Petersburg port. Dyukov served as Financial and General Director of JV CJSC "Petersburg Oil Terminal", General Director of JSC "Sea Port St. Petersburg". According to "F.", is the recipient of Ilia Traber money when the port of St. Petersburg in the end sold the structures of Vladimir Lisin. In the port of "job" and the current Minister of Transport Igor Levitin, and his subordinate - Chapter Rosmorport Igor Rusu. Silent witnesses. The scheme property of the company "Sea Port St. Petersburg" has always been very messy. Most of the threads converge to set up in 1992 by British company First Quantum, implementing several major transportation projects in Russia. Who owns it, is not known. The website of "National Container Company" (NCC), one of the biggest assets of First Quantum Ports, it is reported that the owners are the last two individuals. At the same time the media have always believed that these individuals are State Duma Deputy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Russian seaports Yuzhilin Vitaly and his business partner, businessman Andrei Kobzar. Unfortunately, do not comment on the matter, they abstained. In the 1990s, close to the First Quantum Liechtenstein offshore Nasdor (exact owners are unknown, but always thought that behind them Ilia Traber) consolidated a controlling stake in JSC "Sea Port St. Petersburg" ("Sea Port St. Petersburg"). In the early 2000s, the share of total turnover in the port of St. Petersburg reached 50% and an annual turnover of around $ 140 million The company controlled some of the largest stevedoring companies operating at the port of St. Petersburg - she owned them minority stakes, with the shares owned directly stevedore companies associated with Nasdor. This ownership structure, on the one hand, the added weight of the "Sea Port St. Petersburg" by which sometimes meant all the commercial port city, on the other - made it possible to defend against hostile takeovers. After all, in fact, harbor, which are major generators of income for Nasdor and First Quantum, were independent companies. Other shareholders of the company "Sea Port St. Petersburg"'s Committee on City Property Management (Kuga) St. Petersburg (28%), and Ming-property (20%). Kuga before joining the team at the Smolny current governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko does not manifest itself as a shareholder in the port. However, with the change of the Mayor Committee began to sue the controlling shareholder of the company Nasdor for the right to their representatives on the board port. Port for the city was then the black hole. Valentina Matvienko, and pre-trial actions around the port, and after he has repeatedly said that St. Petersburg does not receive adequate contributions from the sea port, despite the fact that the harbor is one of the largest in Russia. In this regard, the desire of the city have their man in the board of directors of the company's largest port looks good reason. However, to succeed the officials did not succeed. The city was the owner received during the privatization of preferred shares that are trying to convert into common. But the actions of the registrar were challenged Nasdor and "Sea Port St. Petersburg". Passed a series of hearings in which to decide in favor of one or the other. The final decision in 2004 in favor of the city authorities. But by that time, "Sea Port St. Petersburg" has lost its former greatness. Nasdor pulled out of its shareholders, leaving its control over part of the stevedoring companies. Controlling the same package, "Sea Port St. Petersburg" bought the structures close to Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), Vladimir Lisin. NLMK in 2004 remained the only major metallurgical enterprise, did not have their own marine terminal for export of steel products. In 2004, the plant has acquired two assets at once, "Sea Port St. Petersburg" and the terminal in Tuapse, resulting in a desired outlet to the sea. Speaking about the deal in 2004, Andrei Kobzar noted that together with the shares of ports friendly Nasdor Cypriot company was sold and the proportion of 81% in the First, Second and Fourth Stevedoring companies who are mainly engaged in transshipment of metals, coal, fertilizers and petroleum products for export . These companies directly, "Sea Port St. Petersburg" owned by 19% of the shares. The amount of the transaction were not disclosed, but experts have estimated it at $ 140 million after leaving Nasdor of "Seaport of St. Petersburg" has lost interest in the company and the Smolny, who preferred to sell its stake in NLMK. In 2005, Vladimir Lisin structure at an auction of the Russian Federal Property Fund acquired a consolidated (municipal and federal) shares, "Sea Port St. Petersburg" by paying for 48% of the shares of 802.5 million rubles. So, Yuzhilin Kobzar and got rid of the least profitable port assets (handling raw and bulk materials), but retain a more promising container business. Containers full of profit. First Quantum has the structures after the sale of "Seaport of St. Petersburg" remained in the share of the terminals have been built structures of the holding from its own investments. In particular, Yuzhilin Kobzar and save 50-percent stake in the companies' First Container Terminal "(while the remaining 50% owned a" Severstaltrans ")," Baltic Bulk Terminal "(handling of fertilizers, 50% - in" BRIC ") and" Neva metal "(transshipment of steel, 50% - a" Severstaltrans "). At these companies accounted for approximately half of the business, "Sea Port St. Petersburg". Also in 2004 came from the capital Nasdor "Baltic Bulker Terminal" and "Neva-Metal", fully concentrating on the container business. Even at the end of 2002 was established "National Container Company (" NCC). Its founders were on an equal footing, and First Quantum "Severstaltrans". The first asset of the NCC was "Roskonteynerterminal." This company owned land at the port of Ust-Luga, intended for the construction of a container terminal. NCC together with the German container operator Eurogate bought 74% shares of "Roskonteynerterminala" blocking remains the property of "Company" Ust-Luga "," acts as the customer-builder construction of the port. By the way, according to some sources, Valery Izraylit, CEO of OJSC "Company" Ust-Luga "," which is the developer of the port, well acquainted with Mr. Traber. Construction of the terminal in Ust-Luga has not yet been completed. It is assumed that the first phase will be launched later this year. NCC plans to build in Ust-Luga's largest container terminal in Russia with a turnover of 3 million TEU («twenty-foot equivalent" (DFE, Eng. TEU) - a standard unit of measurement of quantity of traffic - containers) per year. Thus, by 2005, NCC has become a very large container company. She entered the Ukrainian market by launching investment projects in Illichivsk port, 30 km from Odessa. In addition, the company in early 2006 has operated with six container terminals in Russia - St Petersburg, Novorossiysk, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Astrakhan, and those under construction in Ust-Luga. In 2006 it was announced the intention to break up with a "Severstaltrans". As a result, the partition of assets "Severstaltrans" abandoned terminals in the Far East and the Caspian Sea, and the Kobzar and Yuzhilin - all the other terminals. In the end, SAC remained at terminals in St. Petersburg ("First Container Terminal" - still the largest in Russia) and in Novorossiysk. In addition, the company continued to projects in Ust-Luga and Illichevsk. In 2007, 50% of the NCC for $ 375 million acquired group Fesco Sergei Generalov. "Friendship" between the two structures for two years. In mid-2009, NCC First Quantum has publicly proposed to his partner to withdraw from the project of construction of Ust-Luga container terminal at the refusal Fesco finance the project. At the same time First Quantum offered to sell the package Fesco NCC for the same $ 375 million The transaction took place, but a year later, in the summer of 2010. However, the price it was very different - $ 900 million, then it was reported that 50% of the NCC have bought Fesco structures close to Andrei Kobzar, information about the activities of which have been reported since the release of Nasdor "Seaport of St. Petersburg." Throughput of the terminal by the NCC in 2010 amounted to 1.3 million TEU, cargo turnover of these "First Container Terminal" (FCT) - 1.16 million TEU. The city on the water. Petersburg was conceived by Peter as the Venice of the North - with a large number of channels, but the idea failed. The ideas of Peter the Great did not leave and those who have gone through a "window to Europe". Maybe that's why Vitali Yuzhilin and in 2006 was drawn in semi-fantastic development project. In June 2006, a previously unknown company "Terra Nova" bought for $ 5.3 million the right to conclude lease contract provided for the integrated development of the project "Marine Facade". He suggests aggradation 477 ha in the Gulf along the western coast of Vasilevsky Island in St. Petersburg. In these areas, already partially built marine passenger terminal, as well as the business district and trendy residential buildings. A little later it became clear that the "Terra Nova" and LLC "Design and construction agency" perspective "" part of the management company "Marine Facade" and the latter is a company of First Quantum. "Marine Facade" must address the construction of a marina, the task of "Perspectives" is the development of the western part of Vasilevsky Island. In 2006, the Ministry of Transport estimated the amount of investment in the future project in the 29.2 billion rubles-lei. A month after the auction has approved the government of St. Petersburg target program for the construction of marine passenger terminal on Vasilevsky Island. The city decided to buy out the investor a future marine terminal. This will occur in stages. As the construction of a complex city will purchase bonds of the Criminal Code specially created "Marine Facade" of "Passenger Port St. Petersburg" Marine Façade "." Subsequently, the bonds will be convertible into shares of the JSC. As a result of completion of construction of the terminal city will receive a package of its shares. City to purchase bonds in 2008-2011 was about 5.9 billion rubles to send. But later, this amount is doubled. To date, the city had already bought the bonds of "Marine Facade" by 9.4 billion rubles, and by the end of this year will spend for this purpose for about 0.9 billion currently in the Naval Station built two cruisers and a ferry terminal. In the current year is planned to complete construction of a third cruise terminal. At the same time directly developer of the project so far stalled. Yuzhilin and Co. managed to attach only 71.9 hectares of already namytyh to date, 180 hectares. 8.5 hectares in the Criminal Code, "Marine Facade" acquired "Marine Construction Company", a member of the St. Petersburg holding "Leader Group." In June 2008, PIK Group acquired a "Marine Facade" 63.4 hectares for the construction of more than 1.3 million square meters of housing in early 2010, the developer has sold part of the name of the buyer still has not been formally named. Beautiful far. Another required the city and so complex project, which he seems fantastic, will implement the structure of First Quantum. A consortium of French and FQ Vinci will build the Orlovsky Tunnel under the Neva worth 47.7 billion rubles. Project in equal shares to finance the concessionaire, the federal investment fund and the St. Petersburg budget. Open Tunnel is scheduled for late 2015. How to get on it will cost 50 rubles-lei.