Case Study
Murmansk Sea Commercial Port Increases Profits with Axxon Enterprise
The publicly traded Murmansk Sea Commercial Port (MSCP) was founded in 1994 as a state enterprise and is the forth- largest port in Russia - the second-largest port in all of North-Western Russia. With seventeen berths and a total of 120,000 square meters of outdoor storage space, more “black gold” is exported through the Murmansk port than through the ports of Saint-Petersburg, Kandalaksha, Vyborg and Vysotsk combined. In 2009 the port’s cargo turnover amounted to 15.1 million tons. Of all cargo flows passing through the Murmansk port, 95,8% are for export, and most are headed to Western European countries, making the port not only a prominent local port but a significant enterprise on the international market, as well. Key issues: Quality control, cost efficiency, safety and prev