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Delo Group of Companies is transportlogistic a holding that manages marine 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.

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The Group's stevedoring business includes DeloPorts Holding and container terminal operator Global Ports. The transport and logistics direction is made up of the multimodal transport operator Ruskon and TransContainer, an intermodal container operator with the largest fleet of containers and fitting platforms throughout the 1520 railway network (data for November 2021).

Performance indicators

2024: Revenue cut 8% to $3.1 billion

In November 2025, the Delo group of companies, the leading transport and logistics holding in Russia, announced the key financial indicators for 2022-2024. The company's revenue decreased by 8%, amounting to $3.1 billion against $3.4 billion in 2023, and EBITDA increased to $1 billion, exceeding the results of 2023 ($998 million) and 2022 ($992 million).

These data were published on the company's website and presented by the founder of Delo Group of Companies, Chairman of the Board of Directors Sergei Shishkarev during Russian-Indian consultations in New Delhi and in his Telegram channel.

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In addition to financial results, Delo pays great attention to the implementation of the ESG agenda aimed at the sustainable development of environmental, social and corporate governance.

According to the report, in 2024 more than 2 billion rubles were allocated for projects in the field of sustainable development, including social guarantees of employees (over 1 billion rubles), labor protection (749 million rubles) and environmental initiatives (162 million rubles).

The launch of an online carbon footprint calculator and the introduction of energy-saving technologies at terminals became part of the green logistics strategy developed for the period from 2024 to 2035.

The holding's social initiatives, such as the program to increase the birth rate, support motherhood and childhood, presented by Sergei Shishkarev to Russian President Vladimir Putin, were highly appreciated at the state and industry levels.

Shishkarev joined the Presidential Council for Demographic and Family Policy, and the company received the ESG Excellence Award, Leaders of Corporate Charity and the ESG rating award For Contribution to Achieving National Goals.

With the release of the third report on the sustainable development of Delo Group of Companies, we are not just summing up the results of 2024 - we are creating a standard for responsible business in Russia, - said Vera Smirnova, director of ESG rating and sustainable development of Delo Group of Companies.[1][2]

2023: Revenue growth by 6 times to 41.4 billion rubles

LLC Delo Management Company (the parent company of Delo Group of Companies) in 2023 earned 41.4 billion rubles in revenue, which is more than 6 times higher than a year ago. Net profit increased even more - 22 times, to 37.6 billion rubles. Such data on RAS were released in April 2024.

As Interfax writes with reference to the materials of the Delo Management Company, the company completed 2023 with long-term obligations in the amount of 36.9 billion rubles against 30.75 billion rubles a year earlier. The volume of borrowed funds amounted to 36.7 billion rubles (by the end of 2022 - 30.66 billion rubles). Short-term liabilities as of December 31, 2023 were measured at 10.8 billion rubles against 13.05 billion rubles a year earlier. In 2023, Delo Management Company allocated 36 billion rubles to pay dividends.

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According to the results of 2023, TransContainer, a member of Delo Group, had a revenue transportation volume of 2.18 million DFE (a conventional unit of measurement of the capacity of freight vehicles), which is 2.6% more than a year earlier. The main drivers were transportation in the import and domestic Russian directions. Their volumes increased by 10.1% (to 606 thousand DFE) and by 5.9% (up to 716 thousand DFE), respectively.

At the end of 2023, the NUTEP container terminal and the KSK grain terminal (both part of the Delo Group of Companies) set new records for transshipment volumes. NUTEP processed 602.5 thousand. DFE, which is 3.4% more than a year earlier, and KSK exported 8.2 million tons of grain (+ 37% compared to 2022).

As of the end of 2023, Delo Group of Companies operates marine 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.^[3]

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History

2025: Founder Sergey Shishkarev became the owner of a controlling 51% stake in the group

The founder of the Delo Group of Companies, Sergei Shishkarev, filed a petition with the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to acquire 1% of Delo Management Company. As a result of the transaction, Shishkarev's share in the company will increase to 51%. This was announced in November 2025 by a source familiar with the document. 1% of Delo Group of Companies belongs to Transmashholding (TMH), which acquired it at the end of 2024, having received the right to appoint the general director of the management company, which Alexey Lebedev soon became . The continuation of the transaction was implied.^[4]

2024

Appointment as CEO of Alexei Lebedev

At the end of December 2024, the largest transport and logistics holding in Russia, Delo, changed its general director - Alexey Lebedev took it instead of Ekaterina Lyakhova. Read more here

Increase in share in Global Ports to 91.26%

Delo Group of Companies increased its share in the largest container terminal operator in the Russian Federation Global Ports by almost 50% - 91.26%. Sergei Shishkarev, the main owner of the Delo HZ, spoke about this in mid-April 2024. Read more here.

2023

Appointment of Ekaterina Lyakhova as General Director

In November 2023, Ekaterina Lyakhova headed Delo, Russia's largest transport and logistics holding. She will also retain the position of Director of Business Development at Rosatom. Read more here.

Delo Group and the Chinese Port Group created a joint venture to develop IT solutions in logistics

Delo Group and Shandong Port Group (SPG) have agreed to create a joint venture (JV) that will implement transport and logistics projects in Russia and China. The agreements were reached following negotiations between the chairman of the board of directors of the group Sergey Shishkarev and the chairman of SPG Huo Gaoyuan. This agreement was announced at the end of March 2023. Read more here.

2022

Maersk sells 30.75% in Global Ports to Sergey Shishkarev's Delo group

In August 2022, the Danish Maersk agreed to sell its last and largest asset in Russia - a 30.75% stake in Global Ports - to Sergei Shishkarev's Delo group.

Purchase of Sakhalin Shipping Company

Delo Group of Companies bought the Sakhalin Shipping Company (SASCO), the largest cargo carrier in the Far East. The fact that this deal was closed was announced on August 16, 2022. Go in detail

2021: Creation of the insurance company "Ruskon Insurance"

In January 2021, it became known about the creation of an insurance company by the largest transport and logistics holding in Russia "Delo" (founder and general director - businessman Sergei Shishkarev). Read more here.