Mechel Announces Its Acquisition of Port Temryuk-Sotra

Mechel announces it has acquired 100% of the Temryuk-Sotra seaport shares.

The Temryuk-Sotra seaport is located at the Taman shore of the Sea of Azov and is primarily utilized for small tonnage river-sea type vessels in the Southern Russia.

The company will specialize mainly in coal transshipment. The competitive advantages of the port of Temryuk are determined by its geographical location, proximity to sea communications, year-round navigation, and available railroad and highway accesses. Currently, with the existing depths, the port enables the use of river-sea vessels up to 5,000K tonnage, whose parameters correspond to the capabilities of the Black Sea, Mediterranean, and the mainland waterways in West Europe.

Mechel Management Chief Executive Officer Vladimir Polin commented on the transaction, “In line with Mechel’s strategy to develop its global transportation scheme and expand geography of its logistic routes, we acquired the Temryuk-Sotra seaport in addition to the commercial ports of Posiet and Kambarka already owned by Mechel. This acquisition will provide us with even more capabilities to regulate logistics of our deliveries, including our export shipments, minimize dependence on transport market conditions, and deliver products from producer/seller to end consumers avoiding brokers, thus reducing our transportation costs, increasing flows of traffic, and expanding our sale markets.”