On January 21, 2022, the keel of the eighth dry-cargo ship for the Rostov company Aston was laid at the JiangSu DaJin shipyard.
It is planned to be launched in April this year.
Currently, this company already has 6 river-sea vessels.
In total, the company plans to increase their number to 28, and within the next year. The total volume of cargo transported by these ships should be about 628 000 tons.
It is important that all new vessels will be equipped with modern engines that ensure the minimum amount of harmful emissions into the environment.
This should help Aston achieve green company status with a good carbon footprint.
Also, the increase in the fleet should help to significantly increase the speed of delivery of goods.
“For three years, ASTON has been building ships together with the JiangSu DaJin plant. We are more than satisfied with the performance and quality of the vessels already commissioned.
Because we are constantly improving the design of bulk carriers under construction, the seventh and eighth vessels are practically works of art.
They can carry more cargo, develop good speed, and are also economical,” says Vadim Vikulov, President of Aston Group of Companies.
Aston increases its assets
GC «Aston» is one of the largest producers of food products in Russia: oils, starches, syrups.
It occupies an important place in the world market:
It is the first exporter of vegetable oils in Russia in terms of volume.
The third exporter of grain.
For example, following the results of the first half of the 2021/2022 season. the company exported grain in the amount of 2.298 million tons.
And the export of vegetable oil since 2016 has been increased by 23%. In 2017, Aston became the largest oil exporter in Russia.
2019 was the year of entering new markets, including India and China.
Aston currently has 3 700 employees. It includes many businesses.
Including — processing plants, elevators, port terminals. It has its own shipyard and 6 dry cargo ships: tankers and bulk carriers for transshipment.
In addition, Aston has several trading companies in a number of countries:
Russia.
Switzerland.
Turkey.
Singapore.
Dubai.
It is planned that the construction of new vessels will allow the company to further increase the scope of its capabilities in order to increase the volume of exports for many types of its products.
