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Vodohod

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Vodohod is a Russian cruise company and river cruise line operator, founded in 2004 by the Volga Shipping Company and named after Ivan Kulibin’s “water-going vessel” or “water-goer”. The company has its headquarters in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia. After merging with Volga Flot Tour company operates more than 50 passenger ships along rivers of Volga, Don, Kama, the Moscow and Volga-Don canals, the Volga–Baltic Waterway, Northern–Western rivers, lakes Ladoga and Onega.[http://www.bestrussiancruises.com/about/ Our Company]

The company is also planning the launch of two, twin Finnish-built expedition ships under the codename Project Vega {{Cite web|url=https://www.expeditioncruising.com/2020/02/the-russians-are-coming-vodohod-enters.html|title = The Russians are coming: Vodohod enters expedition cruise market with new vessels}} for delivery in 2021 and 2022.

The company is in the top three companies {{Cite journal|last=Ампилов|first=Ю.П.|date=2014-09-08|title=Современные тенденции на мировом нефтегазовом рынке и новые вызовы для России|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20142179|journal=Proceedings|series=Geomodel 2014|location=Netherlands|publisher=EAGE Publications BV|doi=10.3997/2214-4609.20142179|isbn=978-94-6282-032-6}} (along with Mosturflot and Infoflot) of the consolidated Russian river cruise market (the first five companies carry about 80% of the total passenger traffic {{Cite journal|last=Julia|first=Kurysheva|date=2018-09-01|title=The boundaries of the concepts of international journalism|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.33941/age-info.com24(5)2018005|journal=Век информации (сетевое издание)|volume=2|issue=4(5)|doi=10.33941/age-info.com24(5)2018005|s2cid=240252211|issn=2618-9291}}).

History

Since 1999, a subsidiary of the Volga Shipping Company, the river tourism company Volga-Flot-Tour,{{Cite journal|last=Шевченко|first=Р. П.|date=2019-11-03|title=СУБДЕПРЕССИВНОЕ СОСТОЯНИЕ У СТУДЕНТОВ ВЫСШИХ УЧЕБНЫХ ЗАВЕДЕНИЙ СПЕЦИАЛЬНОСТИ МОРСКОГО И РЕЧНОГО ТРАНСПОРТА|journal=Психологія: реальність і перспективи|issue=12|pages=228–233|doi=10.35619/prap_rv.vi12.79|s2cid=213998567|issn=2518-7503|doi-access=free}} has been established. This date is considered the year of foundation of the cruise company.{{Cite web|title=Судоходная компания ВодоходЪ – Речные круизы 2022 по России - Туроператор ВодоходЪ (Водоход)|url=https://vodohod.com/about/why-vodohod/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=vodohod.com}}

In 2011, there was a consolidation of companies into private limited company Vodohod,{{Cite web|title=Волжское пароходство в навигацию 2011 г. сократило перевозку пассажиров на 4%|url=https://www.rzd-partner.ru/other/news/370404/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.rzd-partner.ru|language=ru}} which were in the shipping passenger division of the international transport holding UCL Holdingrude — Volgo-Balt Transport Holding (VBTH):{{Cite web|title="ВодоходЪ" стал победителем ежегодной премии "Звезда Travel.ru"|url=https://portnews.ru/news/197069/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Портньюс|date=27 March 2015 |language=en}} "Volga-Flot-Tour", private limited company Vodohod-Moscow (a full-cycle shipping and travel company{{Cite book|last=Северо-запад|first=Редакция журнала Эксперт|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixzKCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|title=Эксперт Северо-Запад 36-2011|date=2021-07-07|publisher=Litres|isbn=978-5-457-82053-1|language=ru}}) and private limited company Vodohod-St. Petersburg (a cruise shipping company and travel agent for sea and river cruises{{CN|date=May 2023}}). In 2017, the company withdrew from the UCLH holding.{{Cite web|date=2017-02-13|title=Владимир Лисин избавился от пассажиров|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3217926|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.kommersant.ru|language=ru}}

"Vodohod-Saint-Petersburg" was established in 2004 on the basis of the St. Petersburg branch of Volga-Fleet-Tour PLC and operated in the North-West of Russia. In 2006, the company "Vodohod-Saint-Petersburg" transported about 400 thousand passengers by the high-speed fleet to the historical suburbs of St. Petersburg.{{CN|date=May 2023}}

Indicators

According to Kommersant, in 2016 (as part of VBTH) Vodohod transported 497,000 passengers. According to SPARK, the revenue of Vodohod in 2015 according to RAS is 2.6 billion rubles, net profit is 55 million rubles.

Owners

Co-owners of the company are Riskhat Bahautdinov and Vladimir Kasanenko (100% of shares). The general director of the company is Rishate Bagautdin.{{Cite web|title=Реквизиты – Речные круизы 2022 по России - Туроператор ВодоходЪ (Водоход)|url=https://vodohod.com/about/requisites-and-documents/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=vodohod.com}}

Vodohod cruise ships

File:Rus on Khimky Reservoir 29-jul-2012 11.jpg

The fleet of the company "Vodohod" has:

  • 27 cruise fleet units (25 cruise ships in operation);{{Cite web |url=https://cruiseinform.ru/company/rechnye-operatory-rossii/vodokhod/ |title=Круизная компания «Водоходь» | Cruiseinform.ru |access-date=2023-04-04 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053843/https://cruiseinform.ru/company/rechnye-operatory-rossii/vodokhod/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}
  • 9 units of the passenger high-speed fleet of the "Meteor" type;
  • 9 units of the pleasant fleet of the types "Moscow", "Neva" and "Otdikh".{{Cite web|title=ВодоходЪ|url=https://www.atorus.ru/companies/company/16.html|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.atorus.ru|language=ru}}

From 2017, commissioned by the company at the "Krasnaya Sormovo" steam-ship of mixed swimming has laid on the rivers and seas "Prince Vladimir" — the second vessel of the PV300 project, developed by the company "Marine Engineering Bureau—CPb".{{Cite web|title=Круизное пассажирское судно "Князь Владимир"|url=http://cruiseinform.ru/cruisepedia/fleet/knyaz-vladimir/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=cruiseinform.ru|archive-date=2018-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919211438/http://cruiseinform.ru/cruisepedia/fleet/knyaz-vladimir/|url-status=dead}} This is the first passenger ship built on the Russian shipyard over the past 60 years. The operation of the four-panel liner began, but he received another name, "Karim Mustay".{{Cite web|last=Комаров|first=Кирилл|date=2020-09-20|title=На утюг похожий: как устроен новейший российский теплоход|url=https://iz.ru/1059919/kirill-komarov/na-utiug-pokhozhii-kak-ustroen-noveishii-rossiiskii-teplokhod|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Известия|language=ru}}{{Cite web|date=2020-08-03|title="Мустай Карим" отправился на север|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4442039|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.kommersant.ru|language=ru}} The vessel is calculated on 342 passengers.{{Cite web|date=2017-03-16|title="Водоходъ" пошел на второй круиз|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3242678|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.kommersant.ru|language=ru}}

Courts go under the Russian flag, are owned by the company. The home ports of the ships sailing under the Russian flag are Nizhny Novgorod and Saint Petersburg.{{Cite web|title=Vodokhod LLC as owner — List of Vessels|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/list.php?eid_own=2046|access-date=2022-01-24|website=fleetphoto.ru|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Vodokhod LLC as manager — List of Vessels|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/list.php?eid_mgr=2046|access-date=2022-01-24|website=fleetphoto.ru|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Корабел Ру - Судостроение Судоходство Судоремонт Оборудование|url=https://www.korabel.ru/fleet/index2/1/1.html?q=&state=0&cid=0&build_country=0&build_plant=0&build_designer=0&year_left=0&year_right=0&flag=0&port=0&owner=3471&type=0&sort=0&view_mode=0|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.korabel.ru|language=ru}}

=''Valerian Kuybyshev'' class=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="8" style="text-align:center" | Valerian Kuybyshev-class motorships (Project 92-016)

Month and year of buildHull No[https://web.archive.org/web/20070228165006/http://www.riverships.ru/russian/lists/?grp=92_016 WEB-архив, Список судов проекта 92-016] {{in lang|ru}}ImageNameCaptainCrewOwned by Vodohod sinceStatus
December 1975200180pxValerian KuybyshevAleksandr GribovFebruary 2012 {{MMSI|273365010}}
1977200280pxFyodor ShalyapinAleksandr GromovMarch 2012 originally, the Kliment Voroshilov
1978200380pxFeliks DzerzhinskiyMikhail KucherovFebruary 2012
1979200480pxSergey KuchkinMarch 2012 originally, the Georgiy Dimitrov {{MMSI|273364090}}
April 1980200580pxMikhail FrunzeAleksandr SainovFebruary 2012
1981200680pxMstislav RostropovichMarch 2012 originally, the Mikhail Kalinin
1981200780pxAleksandr SuvorovIgor BurenkowFebruary 2012 {{MMSI|273361090}}
1981200880pxSemyon BudyonnyyVitaly KistenMarch 2012
April 1983200980pxGeorgiy ZhukovViktor ProgorshnevFebruary 2012

=''Vladimir Ilyich'' class =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="9" style="text-align:center" | Vladimir Ilyich-class motorships (Project 301)

Month and year of buildHull No[https://web.archive.org/web/20070227144710/http://www.riverships.ru/russian/lists/?grp=301_302 WEB-архив, проектов 301 и 302] {{in lang|ru}}ImageNameCaptainCrewOwned by Vodohod sinceIMOStatus
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| July 1976

align="Center" |329align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Konstantin Korotkovalign="Center" | Aleksandr Vladimirovich Silantyevalign="Center" |February 2012align="Center" | 7515432align="Center" | originally, the Sovetskaya Ukraina, {{MMSI
7515432}}
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| September 1977

align="Center" |332align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Nizhniy Novgorodalign="Center" |Vladimir Vassilyevich Chervyakovalign="Center" |February 2012align="Center" | 7617785align="Center" | originally, the Sovetskaya Rossiya, {{MMSI
7617785}}
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| April 1980

align="Center" | 339align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Konstantin Fedinalign="Center" | Mikhail Stepanovalign="Center" |February 2012align="Center" | 8031354align="Center" | {{MMSI|999999952}}
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| November 1980

align="Center" | 371align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Vissarion Belinskiyalign="Center" |Aleksandr Nikolaevich Protasyevalign="Center" |March 2012align="Center" | 8031378align="Center" |
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| August 1981

align="Center" | 373align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Nikolay Chernyshevskiyalign="Center" |February 2012align="Center" |8131520align="Center" |
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| May 1982

align="Center" | 375align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Aleksandr Radishchevalign="Center" | Vassily Nikolaevich MeshkovFebruary 2012align="Center" |8225682align="Center" |
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=''Dmitriy Furmanov'' class=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="9" style="text-align:center" | Dmitriy Furmanov-class motorships (Project 302)

Month and year of buildHull NoImageNameCaptainCrewOwned by Vodohod sinceIMOStatus
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| September 1984

align="Center" |382align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Konstantin Simonovalign="Center" |align="Center" |February 2012align="Center" | 8422618align="Center" | {{MMSI
8422618}}
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| April 1985

align="Center" |383align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Leonid Sobolevalign="Center" |align="Center" |February 2012align="Center" | 8501000align="Center" | {{MMSI
8501000}}
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| July 1986

align="Center" |387align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Zosima Shashkovalign="Center" | Vladimir Vitalyevich Mironovalign="Center" | 98February 2012align="Center" | 8620090align="Center" | {{MMSI|273368010}}
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| May 1987

align="Center" |389align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Rusalign="Center" |align="Center" |February 2012align="Center" | 8707666align="Center" |
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| June 1987

align="Center" |390align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Leninalign="Center" |align="Center" |February 2012align="Center" | 8707678align="Center" | {{MMSI
8707678}}
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| September 1988

align="Center" |394align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Georgiy Chicherinalign="Center" |Alexei Yuryevich Tsaryovalign="Center" |102–110February 2012align="Center" | 8822507align="Center" |
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=''Anton Chekhov'' class=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="9" style="text-align:center" | Anton Chekhov-class motorships (Project Q-056)

Month and year of buildHull NoImageNameCaptainCrewOwned by Vodohod sinceIMOStatus
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| May 1979

align="Center" | K714align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Lev Tolstoyalign="Center" | Vladimir Belodvortsev[http://www.vodohod.spb.ru/tolstoi.html Капитан теплохода Лев Толстой] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109152731/http://www.vodohod.spb.ru/tolstoi.html |date=2014-11-09 }} {{in lang|ru}}align="Center" |February 2012align="Center" |align="Center" | {{MMSI|273350150}}
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=''Maksim Gorkiy'' class=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="9" style="text-align:center" | Maksim Gorkiy-class motorships (Project Q-040)

Month and year of buildHull NoImageNameCaptainCrewOwned by Vodohod sinceIMOStatus
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| April 1974

align="Center" | K704align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Maksim Gorkiyalign="Center" | Sergey Batyalov[http://www.vodohod.spb.ru/gorkii.html Капитан теплохода Максим Горький] {{in lang|ru}}align="Center" |66February 2012align="Center" |align="Center" | {{MMSI|997799990}}
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| October 1974

align="Center" | K705align="Center" | 80pxalign="Center" | Aleksandr Pushkinalign="Center" | Aleksandr Sorochkin[http://www.vodohod.spb.ru/pushkin.html Капитан теплохода Александр Пушкин] {{in lang|ru}}align="Center" |66February 2012align="Center" |align="Center" |
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See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.vodohod-cruises.com/ Vodohod]

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