30 Nov 2012 16:29

Agency looking at 35 potential strategic investors for Novorossiysk port stake

MOSCOW. Nov 30 (Interfax) - The Russian Federal Property Agency (Rosimuschestvo) is looking at 35 potential strategic investors for the privatization of a 20% stake in OJSC Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) , Olga Dergunova, the agency's chief, told a briefing.

"We see 35 potential strategic investors interested in buying NCSP," Dergunova said.

She said methods for privatizing the asset were being discussed. "Both public markets and deals with strategic investors are being considered," she said.

Rosimuschestvo's task is to consider as wide a range of participants in this process as possible, irrespective of the method, she said.