In 1861, on the Lena River has its first steamship “St. Tikhon Zadonskii”, built in 1858.
In 1878, the North of Sweden by sea, with the expedition A.Nordenshelda came ship “Lena”, begun shipping in the lower reaches of the Lena River. He was already the fifth boat to Lena.
December 23, 1888 N.E.Glotov the Nizhneudinsk merchant, turned to public institutions, to support the idea of an urgent mail and passenger shipping company on the Lena. 14 (27) February 1894 on the establishment of Lena for immediate shipping company line Ust-Kut – Yakutsk was approved by the Emperor Alexander III “confirm deign and ordered him to fulfill.”
In navigation of 1894, the beginning of the opening of an urgent shipping company, the Lena and Vitim worked 15 steamers, “messenger”, “St. Innocent,” “Tikhon Zadonskii”, “General Sinel’nikov” Lena-Vitimsky Shipping Sibiryakova and Bazanova, “Yakut” “Permjak”, “Vitim”, “experience” – the private shipping company, NE Glotovo, “Fast”, “Fighter”, “Michael” – the private shipping company II Mineeva, “Constantine” Teterin and Kuznetsova, “Nicholas” Dmitriev and “Lena” with “thunderous” Company A. Gromovoy.
May 19, 1909 there was one urgent postal and passenger shipping company – signed a contract with AI Thunder on flights ships to the mouth of the Lena River from Yakutsk to Bulun.
In 1909, Lena was formed and soon became the most powerful shipping company “Lena Gold partnership.” Abroad ordered large, powerful steamers, “Baron Horace Ginzburg,” “Carl Winberg”, “Alfred”, heavy-duty metal barges for work on Vitim.
By the time the revolutionary events on the river. Lena worked 40 vessels, the largest company Glotovo on the river. Lena had 11 ships. Schedule provides for two flights a week from Ust-Kut to Yakutsk, 17 tariff items, and duration of voyages downstream from Ust-Kut to Yakutsk was equal to 11 days, in the opposite direction -16 days.
In 1920 (January – March) on the river. Lena nationalized fleet. Total Basin was nationalized 25 ships operating capacity of 5000 hp and 123 barges carrying capacity of 24557 tons of gold mining fleet owned and navigation in 1920 by Lena was transported 20.8 million tons of cargo, accounting for 30% of shipments in 1917.
In 1923 was organized by the “Yakutian Company” (“YakPar”), which until 1929 operates services to benefit the country. Forces “YakPara” were utilized in the shipping on the upper river. Aldan and provided with transportation to the lower river. Lena. The Navy leased from the “Lenzoloto”.
In 1928, motor-sailing schooner “Polar Star” made its first flight from the mouth of the Kolyma River to Yakutsk. In 1931, with the formation of the trust “Dalstroy”, was sent to Kolyma tug “Lenin”. In 1932, towed by the ship “Siberians” there is gone, “Yakut” and “Partizan”. In 1933 he was sent to Kolyma Lena-Kolyma expedition, consisting of tugs “Dalstroy-1”, “Dalstroy-2” and passenger steamers “Leonhard” and “revolutionary.” August 20, 1933 in a violent storm “Revolutionary” sank. In subsequent years, Stretches on Jan, Indigirka, Kolyma, Anabar held almost every year and almost always successful.
In 1932 a national unity Shipping “Lengospar” disconnected to the departmental – “Lenzolotoflot” (Ministry of Nonferrous Metallurgy) LURP (Narkomvoda) SYARP (North Yakutian Shipping Company General Administration of the Northern Sea Route). In Kolyma was organized by the District Water Transport “Dalstroi.”
Actively going replenish the fleet, a large impetus to the development of navigation, especially in the lower reaches of the Lena, gave cargo lend-lease during the war. Procurement of the Republic in the years passed through the Northern Sea Route, in addition, the river fleet delivered in Yakutsk large number of aviation fuel for ferrying planes for air bridge “Alaska-front.”
Since 1953, start the reorganization, both in the country and in the system of water transport. Combined sea and river fleet in a single federal Ministry of Maritime and River Transport. The new Ministry of General Administration has entered the Northern Sea Route (GUSMP), North Yakutian Shipping Company became part of the Lena river navigation. 30 May 1956 by the Council of Ministers of the USSR abolished MYFF, and on June 6 of that year, was organized by the MYFF RSFSR.
In 1957 there was a “merger” Lena river navigation and “Lenzolotoflota.” During this period, “LZF” worked for 10 rivers extending up to 7115 km, the turnover of the shipping company was 200 thousand tons. They served trusts “Lenzoloto”, “Dzhugdzhurzoloto”, “Mamslyuda”, “Aldanslyuda” GRE, 16 marinas. With the construction of the railway station Lena in 1952 almost completely lost its former importance Irkutsk, Angara-Lena and Tyret-Zhigalovsk directions, respectively, and stopped on receipt of goods and Kachug Zhigalovsk pier.
Since 1958, construction began on the river port Osetrovo where trans-shipment to the railway on the riverboats equipment, building materials and manufactured goods. For many decades Osetrovskaya direction of delivery of goods to the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has become a major river transport. At the same time from the port of Tiksi walked up the river freight coming through the Northeast Passage.
With the development of Osetrovskaya ports on waterways Lena basin are widely used cargo ships carrying capacity from 600 to 2000 tons river fleet was supplemented by the courts of the local construction capacity of up to 1,500 tons (which could work in lake conditions of class “O” on the Rules Register). These boats (Project P-25, P-25B and 1754B) worked all the way from the port of sturgeon to river mouths Anabar and Kolyma, with access to Tiksi.
Lena, who was the main transmission route of the North-East of Russia, provided the delivery of goods from the central part of the country – up to 80% of the total turnover in the region. In various years, depending on the economic conditions of the country, the amount of traffic has changed greatly.
Prior to the restructuring in the Lena United River Shipping Company, there were 1,105 units of the transport fleet (with a total capacity of 610.9 thousand hp and a total capacity of 1,282.6 thousand tons). Cargo ships operated projects 292, 0225, 1743, 21-88 (“river-sea”), P-25, SC-2000, the tanker projects 621, P-77, 1754B, barges projects P-56, 16,800, 942, each r / p 1000 m or more. As part of the fleet was dominated by ships towing capacity of 2,000, 800, 600 hp, 428 projects, R-ZZLT, 4-800, 1741 and 10 shallow draft tugs wheeled project 1721L.
June 23, 1994 – registered shareholder shipping company “Lena United River Shipping Company.”June 20, 1998 – Joint Stock Shipping Company (ASC “LORP”), renamed the Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC “LORP”).
June 20, 1998 – Joint Stock Shipping Company (ASC “LORP”), renamed the Open Joint Stock Company (OJSC “LORP”).
Source: OJSC “LORP”
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