The Moscow Exchange registered the bond issue on 13 March 2025 under the 4B02-04-36485-R-001P number. Expert RA, a rating agency, assigned a ruAA- credit rating to the series 001P-04 bonds issued by DeloPorts.

The bonds were issued under DeloPorts’ programme for exchange-traded bonds registered in August 2016. The programme allows for total issuance of up to RUB 100 billion or its equivalent in a foreign currency. The maximum bond maturity under the programme is 10 years. 

“With this new bond issue, DeloPorts sought to refinance its previous issue, which matures on 1 April 2025. Additionally, given the more attractive financing conditions in the bond market compared to traditional loans, we replaced part of our loan portfolio (calculated as the banking margin plus the Bank of Russia’s key rate) with new instruments offering a coupon rate of 20.75%. The fact that DeloPorts was able to offer bonds below the current key rate reflects the Company's strong position as an issuer and the high quality of its assets, which provide best-in-class stevedoring services in the Azov–Black Sea region,” said Elena Svirina, Deputy CEO for Finance and Economics at DeloPorts. 

KSK handled a record 10.3 million tons of grain for export for Russia, which is 25.6% higher than in 2023. The terminal’s throughput capacity increased to 10.5 million tons. In the fourth quarter of 2024, transshipment at KSK has increased by 44% to 2.7 million tons. A monthly handling record of 1.074 million tons was set in October, which is 4.3% higher than the previous achievement (in April 2024).

Following the results of the last year NUTEP increased container turnover by 1.7% to 613 thousand TEU and took the second place among container terminals of the country. In October-December, the terminal increased handling by 12.3%, to 160,000 TEU.

“In 2024, DeloPorts consolidated its leadership among Russia’s stevedores, ensuring a historic record transshipment volume of both containers and grain. The growth in cargo turnover has been driven by the consistent implementation of investment and operational efficiency projects implemented over the past few years. Moreover, we see the long-term potential of the market and plan to further increase capacity,” said Igor Yakovenko, CEO of DeloPorts.

Delo Group is implementing a project at NUTEP to reconstruct deep-water berth No. 38, which will result in the terminal’s throughput capacity increasing to 1 million TEU by the end of 2027. KSK development projects will enable the terminal to increase its throughput capacity to 15 million tons per year over the next few years, in particular, by installing equipment for unloading low-tonnage grain ships, which will enable cargo to be delivered to the terminal via inland waterways, relieving the load on railways and motor vehicles.

DeloPorts consolidated results:

 Rounding adjustments have been made in calculating the operating data included in this release. As a result, the numbers and percentages shown in the table may not correspond to exact arithmetic sums.

 

	Q4 2024	Q4 2023	Change		12М 2024	12М 2023	Change
			Abs	%			Abs	%
Maritime container turnover
NUTEP (thousand TEU)	160	143	17	12,3%	613	603	10	1,7%
Marine cargo turnover of non-containerized cargoes
KSK (grain, mln tons)	2,7	1,9	0,8	44,0%	8,2	6,3	1,3	25,6%

 

 

Company background

Delo Group (Delo Group of Companies) is a Russian transportation and logistics holding company founded in 1993. It is a leader in marine transshipment and railway transportation of containers, as well as deep-sea grain transshipment in Russia. Companies of the Group provide cargo delivery across all stages of the multimodal transportation chain in both domestic and cross-border traffic. The Group operates 9 marine terminals and 47 inland terminals. The total capacity of the marine terminals is 3.9 million TEU and 10,5 million tons of grain per year, and 3.7 million TEU per year of the inland terminals. The Group operates a fleet of 42,000 fitting platforms and containers with a total capacity of 230,000 TEU, as well as its own fleet.

More than 470 young sportswomen aged 11-12 from 34 schools of Novorossiysk took part in the tournament. The eight best teams competed for victory in the final, which was held at the Chernomorochka handball club venue. Traditionally, players of Novorossiysk handball club became mentors of the participants, who shared their experience with the athletes.

The victory was claimed by the team of School No. 23, the second place went to School No. 11, and the third place went to Gymnasium No. 6. The prize-winning teams received valuable prizes and memorable gifts.

The tournament was held for the second year in a row and is aimed at promoting a positive attitude towards healthy lifestyles and handball in Novorossiysk.

“It’s wonderful to have such a well-run tournament. And it is even better that it has already become a tradition. A growing number of schools are taking part and more and more children are learning about our sport. Thanks to the support of Delo Group, the tournament has become a bright, spectacular and unforgettable event for children. Teams and athletes receive great prizes and gifts, which undoubtedly contributes to the enthusiasm of children to play sports, including handball”, — said Oleg Frolov, General Director of the Chernomorochka handball club.

Sports development is an integral component of the Delo Group’s social policy. For many years, Group companies have been actively supporting domestic sports, implementing projects in professional and children’s sports at the national and club levels, contributing to the development of handball and football in Russia.

Since 2015, Delo Group has been a sponsor of the Russian Handball Federation. Sergey Shishkarev, the Group’s founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, heads the RHF, is Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee and a member of the Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports.

Delo Group is actively developing the regions where it operates. In particular, with the Group’s support, a DELO SPORT complex was built in Abrau-Durso, where handball and soccer clubs hold training camps, and the Novorossiysk women’s handball club Chernomorochka takes on rivals in the OLIMPBET Super League.

Chernomorochka, the first professional women’s handball club, was founded in Novorossiysk on the initiative of Sergey Shishkarev in 2022, and it immediately became the winner of the Russian Championship among women’s teams of the Higher League, winning a ticket to the Super League of Russian women’s handball.

During the breaks between matches of the Football National League the athletes visited the grain and container terminals, as well as the tugboats of the Delo Group’s service company.

The company’s employees briefed the athletes on the history of the Group’s establishment, the specifics of operations and implementation of DeloPorts’ investment projects. The footballers observed the loading processes at the berths, the work of heavy machinery and tugboats.

“The visit of the Chernomorets football club to our terminals proves the interconnection between sports and business, when teamwork and striving for new heights stand in the first place. I expect that the example of the port workers will inspire the athletes to new accomplishments both on and off the pitch,” said Igor Yakovenko, General Director of DeloPorts.

“Above all, we are grateful for the unique opportunity to dive into the work environment at the port. The visit to DeloPorts’ terminals provided a glimpse of the impressive scale of the company, and allowed us to greatly appreciate the interaction and coherence of the employees at the berths. I believe that our athletes used this visit as an opportunity both to learn new things and also to appreciate the volume and efforts of investors in our work”, — said Maxim Ponomarev, General Director of Chernomorets Football Club.

FC Chernomorets was founded in 1907 under the name Olimpia. From 1992 to 2001, Chernomorets played in the Premier League. The sixth place in the 2000 season allowed the club to compete in the UEFA Cup of 2001/02. In 2002, Chernomorets was relegated and returned a year later. The 2003 season was the last for the club in the Russian elite. Since 2012, the team has been playing in Group 1 of the Professional Football League (PFL) Championship. In 2022, Delo Group became a sponsor of Chernomorets, and in 2023 the team returned to the First League.

Grain transshipment at KSC terminal in Q3 2024 grew by 15.0% YoY to 2.6 million tons. For 9 months, the transshipment volume increased by 20.1% YoY to 7.6 million tons. With grain exports on the rise, the terminal's unique infrastructure is in high demand, and transshipment growth was driven by the systematic implementation of investment and operational efficiency projects implemented over the past few years.

NUTEP terminal increased container turnover by 3.6% YoY to 126 thousand TEU in Q3 2024. At the end of 9 months, container turnover remained at the high level of 2023 and reached 453 thousand TEU (-1.6% YoY). The dynamics of the terminal's container turnover in 2024 was influenced by modernization works and delivery of new equipment to ensure a higher degree of service and further growth of cargo turnover in the future.

"The well-timed implementation of investment projects has allowed DeloPorts to strengthen its market position in the fast-changing environment in 2024, but also over the past few years to become a firm leader in container and grain transshipment in the Russian Federation. We recognize the longer-term potential of the market and intend to keep increasing capacity and offering our customers top-class service in integration with other assets of Delo Group,” said Igor Yakovenko, CEO of DeloPorts.

DeloPorts' consolidated results:

 Rounding adjustments have been made in calculating the operating data included in this release. As a result, the numbers and percentages shown in the table may not correspond to exact arithmetic sums.

 

	Q3 2024	Q3 2023	Change		9М 2024	9М 2023	Change
			Abs	%			Abs	%
Maritime container turnover
NUTEP (thousand TEU)	126	121	5	3,6%	453	460	-7	-1,6%
Marine cargo turnover of non-containerized cargoes
KSK (grain, mln tons)	2,6	2,3	0,3	15,0%	7,6	6,3	1,3	20,1%

 

 

Company background

Delo Group (Delo Group of Companies) is a Russian transportation and logistics holding company founded in 1993. It is a leader in marine transshipment and railway transportation of containers, as well as deep-sea grain transshipment in Russia. Companies of the Group provide cargo delivery across all stages of the multimodal transportation chain in both domestic and cross-border traffic. The Group operates 9 marine terminals and 47 inland terminals. The total capacity of the marine terminals is 3.9 million TEU and 9 million tons of grain per year, and 3.7 million TEU per year of the inland terminals. The Group operates a fleet of 41,000 fitting platforms and containers with a total capacity of 230,000 TEU, as well as its own fleet.

In addition to TransContainer, where the program was launched on June 1, 2022, it is also being implemented at Ruscon, DeloTech, DeloPorts, Global Ports and the Sakhalin Shipping Company. Thus, 11 000 employees can take advantage of the support measures in all regions of Group presence, from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. The unified corporate standard to stimulate the birth rate in employees' families, improve the quality of life and support employees with children meets the goals of the Demography national project and was developed at the initiative of Sergey Shishkaryov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delo Group. The standard provides for progressive amounts of benefits and their drastic increase with the birth of the third child, including payment of 1 million rubles for the birth of the third and subsequent children. In addition, a set of measures includes additional payments during maternity leave, additional sick leave benefits during pregnancy and upon early return from maternity leave, compensation for kindergarten and children's camp trips, expansion of the voluntary medical insurance program for employees and others. The Group companies have introduced a “social manager” position to organize work with employees in terms of the corporate program, as well as to inform them about the system of state benefits. Commenting on the implementation of the Group’s demographic project, Alexander Osipov, HR Director of Delo Management Company, said: “We see the demand for the program among employees. In the second half of 2022, 880 employees of TransContainer took advantage of various support measures, and eight families with many children received financial aid of one million rubles. We expect that the adopted standard will become an effective tool to help improve the demographic situation in the country.”

On Thursday, April 7, just two days before the start of the Russian Cup in Krasnodar the Women`s Handball Club ‟CSKA” visited DeloPorts (part of Delo Group) terminals. Men`s and women`s ‟CSKA” Clubs are closely associated with the Group, which is the general sponsor of not only these Clubs, but also of Handball Club ‟Kuban”, so employees of the Group are devoted handball fans.

The team came to Krasnodar region to participate in OLIMPBET Final4 of the Russian Women's Handball Cup – 2021-2022. The Cup will be held in Krasnodar on April 9-10. The best teams of Russian Cup - ‟CSKA”, ‟Rostov-Don”, ‟Kuban” and ‟Zvezda” will take part in the competition.  

After arrival in Novorossiysk, the athletes laid flowers at the monument ‟Port workers of Novorossiysk”, built on the initiative of the Delo Group. Afterwards, the team went on a tour of the DeloPorts holding terminals and talked with their employees.

The sportswomen got a chance to get acquainted with the facilities and see how the containers and grain are handled at the terminals. The CEO of DeloPorts Igor Yakovenko told the team about how the holding had become a leader in the market, about investment projects which the Group had implemented in last 7 years: construction of unique deep-water container and grain berths for ocean-type vessels, purchase of own modern tugboats that are an important part of the uninterrupted work of terminals.

Igor Yakovenko, in a dialogue with the handball players, noted: ‟These days DeloPorts is one of the most advanced divisions of the Group and the most advanced in southern Russia. The second place we are no longer interested in, because if we fight, we fight till the end - as well as you. Handball plays an important role in our corporate culture, and we are really happy to support ‟CSKA” and thereby contribute to the development of sports in Russia.

On April 9-10 in the Cup of Russia I wish you exactly this - to fight to the bitter end, and we, DeloPorts, NUTEP, KSK, SC Delo employees will go to Krasnodar to cheer for you”.

For two members of the team, the visit to the terminals was not the first. Olympic champions of Rio 2016 Yekaterina Ilyina and Olga Akopyan by the sea tradition earlier became godmothers of two tugboats of ‟Delovoy-3” and ‟Delovoy-4” Service Company respectively.

After this tour the ‟CSKA” team captain Daria Dmitrieva addressed to the employees and shared her impressions of her visit to the terminals: ‟It was very interesting for us to visit your city. The city where the Group was founded, and to see how DeloPorts terminals work. We have a high regard for the profession of port workers and we are very thankful for the opportunity to perform at one of the best clubs in the country that your work gives us. Thank you for rooting for us. We, the meantime, will try to live up to your trust and strive to always be first as you do”.

 

About the Company

DeloPorts is a holding company that owns and operates stevedore assets of Delo Group in the port of Novorossiysk. DeloPorts consolidates NUTEP Container Terminal, KSK Grain Terminal and Delo Service Company.

Delo Group is the largest transport and logistics holding in Russia, managing sea container terminals in the Azov-Black Sea, Baltic and Far Eastern basins, a network of railway container terminals, a fleet of containers and fitting platforms. The parent company of the Group is LLC MC Delo, 70% owned by the founder of the Group, Sergey Shishkarev, and 30% is owned by State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom.

The Group's stevedoring business includes DeloPorts holding and Global Ports, a leading container terminal operator. The transport and logistics business of the Group is made up of the multimodal transport operator Ruscon and the intermodal container operator TransContainer that owns and operates the largest fleet of containers and flatcars over the entire 1520 standard railway network.

December 23, 2021, marks the fourth anniversary of establishment of the tugboat fleet of the Delo Service Company (SC Delo), a part of DeloPorts, the stevedoring asset of the Delo Group.

On that day in 2017, SC Delo accepted the first three tugboats produced by Damen Shipyards Group. The tugs which received the name «Delovoy» with the relative numbering. Today there are six tugboats in the fleet in total.

The last years have shown that the decision to create own tugboat fleet was more than rational and justified.

In 2021, DeloPorts completed the implementation of the large investment project aimed at reconstruction of container and grain terminals. As the result the two new deep-water berths were launched, which allows simultaneous mooring of two vessels, including ocean-type ones.

The professionalism of tugboat crews provides quick and safe mooring of all arriving vessels, which makes operations as efficient and comfortable as possible for our customers.

Over the years of existence of the SC Delo tugboat fleet 4932 mooring operations were carried out.

Good working relations are established with the pilot service of FSUE Azov-Black Sea Basin Branch of Rosmorport.

Pilots play an important role in achieving uninterrupted and accident-free performance during all operations at the berths of the DeloPorts terminals. This especially is true for the mooring operations in unfavorable weather conditions.

The same effective cooperation was established with all other port services, which facilitates the successful achievement of the tasks.

Igor Yakovenko, the CEO of DeloPorts, congratulating the SC Delo employees on the fourth anniversary of the fleet formation, noted: «Having own tugboat fleet for the company that owns eight berths, and two of them are the deepest in the Azov-Black Sea basin, is the vital component of the safe operations and increasing efficiency of our terminals.  We value trust of our customers and guarantee responsiveness and quality. I thank all the employees of SC Delo, our colleagues from port services, the pilot staff of the basin branch of Rosmorport. We are confident that in the future the common work will be effective».

 

About the Company

DeloPorts is a holding company that owns and operates stevedore assets of Delo Group in the port of Novorossiysk. DeloPorts consolidates NUTEP Container Terminal, KSK Grain Terminal and Delo Service Company.

Delo Group is the largest transport and logistics holding in Russia, managing sea container terminals in the Azov-Black Sea, Baltic and Far Eastern basins, a network of railway container terminals, a fleet of containers and fitting platforms.

The Group's stevedoring business includes DeloPorts holding and Global Ports, a leading container terminal operator. The transport and logistics business of the Group is made up of the multimodal transport operator Ruscon and the intermodal container operator TransContainer that owns and operates the largest fleet of containers and flatcars over the entire 1520 standard railway network.

The tugboat “Delovoy-6”, manufactured by Damen Shipyards Group, arrived at the port of Novorossiysk on the BBC ONYX on February 8, 2021.

The blessing ceremony was conducted by Bishop Feognost of Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik.

According to the maritime tradition, Natalia Semevskaya, Deputy Director of the Branch of OOO Delo-Center in the city of Novorossiysk, became the godmother. Natalia Semevskaya has been working in the holding for over 25 years.

About the Company

DeloPorts is a holding company that owns and operates stevedore assets of Delo Group in the port of Novorossiysk. DeloPorts consolidates NUTEP Container Terminal, KSK Grain Terminal and Delo Service Company.

Delo Group is the largest transport and logistics holding in Russia, managing sea container terminals in the Azov-Black Sea, Baltic and Far Eastern basins, a network of railway container terminals, a fleet of containers and fitting platforms. The parent company of the Group is LLC MC Delo, 70% owned by the founder of the Group, Sergey Shishkarev, and 30% is owned by State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom.

The Group's stevedoring business includes DeloPorts holding and Global Ports, a leading container terminal operator. The transport and logistics business of the Group is made up of the multimodal transport operator Ruscon and the intermodal container operator TransContainer that owns and operates the largest fleet of containers and flatcars over the entire 1520 standard railway network.

The main characteristics of «Delovoy-6» are length - 22.73 m, width - 9.80 m, engine power - 3000 kW or 4080 hp, tugboat type - azimuth. The increase in the number of the tugboats fleet is part of the ongoing plans to expand the production capabilities of stevedore assets. Chief Executive Officer of DeloPorts, Igor Yakovenko emphasized: «After the launch of the reconstructed KSK Grain Terminal, scheduled for the summer of 2021, we expect to host grain carriers with a carrying capacity of up to 100 thousand tons. The NUTEP Container Terminal is operating at full capacity. Very soon, we will have to simultaneously moor large vessels at both terminals, so expanding our own tugboat fleet is a logical step towards solving this problem». In addition to the towing functions itself, «Delovoy-6» is equipped with a fire-prevention system. Now the fleet of SC Delo consists of six powerful tugboats, three of which have a fire class.

In October 2020, CMA CGM launched a new linear service with weekly calls of vessels at NUTEP Container Terminal (part of DeloPorts). Container carriers ANDANTE DINA and TRADER, both with a capacity of 800 TEU, will operate on the Mersin-Odessa-Novorossiysk-Ambarli-Piraei-Mersin route. "CMA CGM is the fourth largest maritime transportation company in the world. We highly appreciate the trust in our services, our time and the time of our partners, therefore we guarantee efficiency and quality"- Oleg Nechaev, the CEO of SC Delo commented the start of cooperation. According to the agreement, SC Delo, with its own towing fleet provides a wide range of agency services for vessels operating on the line of CMA CGM Group.

he contracts for the supply of the three STS and four RTG were signed in June 2017; the reach stackers were ordered in January 2019. The overall contract value is USD 22.5 million under the DAT terms.

The new STS with a track gage of 18 m, a cantilever span of 54 m and a lifting height above the berth of 40 m are the largest on the Russian Black sea coast, allowing NUTEP to handle vessels up to 10,000 TEUs.

Apart from the unique STS, the terminal received four RTG for handling stacks of 7+1 in width and 5+1 in height, and 2 reach stackers with a capacity of 45 tons.

The equipment was loaded onboard on January 28, it took less than three months for it to reach the port of Novorossiysk. The unloading, setup and commissioning will take 40 days depending on weather conditions. The vessel crew, 35 specialists from ZPMC and IPSK, St. Petersburg, will participate in the assembly of the equipment.

The berth No. 38 construction project is being implemented as part of the investment program that involves construction of the berth No. 38 as well as developing the terminal area by concreting for additional storage space and switching the terminal to RTG technology that will increase its storage density.

The investment project will increase the capacity of NUTEP from the existing 350 thous. TEUs to 700 thous. TEUs, the storage capacity from 12,000 TEUs to 15,000 TEUs on the berth and up to 19,000 TEUs at the terminal area. NUTEP will be able to receive and handle vessels up to 10,000 TEUs. Moreover, the new berth will reduce the shipping cost for container lines.

DeloPorts is a holding company that owns and operates stevedore assets of Delo Group in the port of Novorossiysk. DeloPorts consolidates NUTEP Container Terminal, KSK Grain Terminal and Delo Service Company.

NUTEP is located in the South-Eastern cargo district of the port of Novorossiysk. The terminal operates 4 berths (two container berths and 2 Ro-Ro).

In 2018 NUTEP handled 332,756 TEUs, a + 9.6% growth year on year. NUTEP holds the first place in the port of Novorossiysk by the containers handling volume with a 43% share and it holds the fifth place among the ports of the Russian Federation with a share of 6.5%.

The fleet of the Service company Delo (a part of DeloPorts holding company) received 2 new ASD Tug 2310 from Damen Shipyards Group on the 24th of December 2018: “Delovoy-4” and “Delovoy-5”. Traditionally each boat is blessed by a godmother. Prominent Olympic handball champions of 2016 Rio-de-Janeiro Games Olga Akopyan and Irina Bliznova became the godmothers of SC Delo new tugboats. Delo Group is general sponsor of the Handball Federation of Russia. On the 19th of January 2019 first three tugboats of the fleet were blesses by Viktoriya Kalinina, Anna Vyakhyreva and Ekaterina Illyna.
DeloPorts is a holding company that owns and operates stevedore assets of Delo Group in the Port of Novorossiysk.
DeloPorts consolidates the container terminal NUTEP, the grain terminal KSK and the service company Delo.

Key tugboat features:
• length – 23 m;
• width – 10 m;
• engine power – 3000 кВт или 4000 л.с.;
• type – azimuthal.

CEO of SC “Delo” Oleg Nechaev said that the expansion of the fleet is planned: “Reception of the two new tugboats is a part of the planned fleet expansion in the framework of “DeloPorts”. A year ago, we received first three Damen tugboats ASD Tug 2310. Today we have five powerful modern tugboats, two with firefighting class”. According to “DeloPorts” CEO Igor Yakovenko, now there are no limitations for mooring of vessels at the Group’s terminals: “Own tugboats improve the level of services for our clients. Now we’re able to simultaneously moor vessels both at NUTEP and KSK with own resources for different type of vessels including container vessels up to 10 thous. TEUs after launch of the berth 38”.

DeloPorts is a holding company that owns and operates stevedore assets of Delo Group in the Port of Novorossiysk. DeloPorts consolidates a container terminal, a grain terminal and a service company.

Delivery of the 6th vessel is scheduled for the start of 2021. Total investments in the tug boat fleet of SC Delo will exceed 31 mln euro of own and borrowed funds. The new tug will be used for towing, mooring, firefighting and a wide range of additional harbour tasks at the grain and container terminals owned by DeloPorts at the port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. Because of its compact size and its bollard pull of 50 tonnes the ASD Tug 2310 is the ideal tool to work at the terminals. Currently the Delovoy-04 and Delovoy-05 are on their way from the building yard in China to the Black Sea with delivery scheduled for the end of this month. On arrival the vessels will begin operations immediately. Delo Group is one of the largest private transportation and logistics companies in Russia with port assets in the Azov-Black Sea, Baltic and Far Eastern basins. It is also a major rail and multimodal supplier of containerized cargo delivery services. The relationship between Delo Group and Damen started two years ago in 2016, but in this short period of time the companies have become good partners. On the premises of another Delo Group subsidiary, Aleksino Port Marina Shipyard in Novorossiysk, Damen has established a Service Hub that allows it to deliver quick and professional services for Damen customers in the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean region.

Delo Service Company (SC ‘Delo’), specializing in bunkering services and providing agency and tugboat operations on the berths of DeloPorts, and the largest Dutch shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards (Damen) signed an agreement on the purchase and delivery of the new tugboat ASD 2310 to the port of Novorossiysk. Delivery of the tugboat "Delovoy-5" with the capacity of 3,000 kW is planned for the 4th quarter of 2018. In December 2017, SC ‘Delo’ started mooring operations for ships calling at DeloPorts terminals using new tugboats. There are three highly maneuverable tugboats in the fleet of SC ‘Delo’ delivered by Damen. The fourth tugboat will be delivered to Novorossiysk in November 2018. Commenting on the signing of the agreement, CEO of SC ‘Delo’ Oleg Nechaev noted: "We are glad to cooperate with colleagues from Damen. Tugboats of this project are by far the most modern in the port of Novorossiysk. The purchase of the new tugboat is related to the increase in the capacity of DeloPorts stevedore assets and the commissioning of the deepwater berth No. 38 in the first half of 2019. " Damen Shipyards Group is the largest shipbuilding group that unites shipbuilding and ship repair yards all over the world.

The tugboats "Delovoy - 1", "Delovoy - 2", "Delovoy - 3" belong to Delo Service Company (part of the stevedore holding DeloPorts), which specializes in bunkering vessels and providing agency and tugboat operations.

According to the tradition, the leading players of Russia women's national handball team, Victoriya Kalinina, Anna Vyakhireva and Ekaterina Ilyina became the godmothers of the tugboats. Delo Group is the general sponsor of the Handball Federation of Russia. 

Earlier on December 23, 2017, three tugboats for the Delo Service Company were delivered to the port of Novorossiysk. The fourth tugboat will be delivered in 2018. The delivery of tugboats is carried out within the framework of an agreement signed earlier with the Dutch company Damen Shipyards Group.

On 23 December 2017, three tug boats were delivered to the port of Novorossiysk by the vessel Prima Dora. The tug boats for Delo Service Company were unloaded at the berth of NUTEP. The fourth tug boat is scheduled for delivery in 2018. The delivery of tug boats was carried out as part of a previously signed agreement with the Dutch company Damen Shipyards Group.