New Vessels

New Russian crabber named after former company director

2026-01-23T10:03:00

Alexandr Sapozhnikov

Russian Crab has taken delivery of the latest addition to the company’s growing fleet, with the formal christening and handover of vivier crabber Alexandr Sapozhnikov, named after the director who steered the company through its formative stages of expansion

Alexandr Anatolyevich Sapozhnikov (1952–2024), headed the Russian Crab Group of Companies until 2024. He joined the company in September 2018 and took over as its CEO in 2020. Under his leadership, it became leading player in the expanding Far East crab sector, and its fleet grew from six to 37 vessels.

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