Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich: The Work of a Port Builder, Maritime Expert

Type	port builder, manager, business process manager
First name	Vitali; ВИТАЛИЙ; Виталий; Vitaly; Vitalii; Vitalij; Vitaliy; 維塔利; Віталій; Vitalik; Witalik; Vitalic; Vìtalìk; Vìtalìj
Last name	ЮЖИЛИН; YUZHILIN; Južilin; Yuzhylin; 玉芝林· Южилін; Juzhilin; Ioujylyn
Patronymic	АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ; Alexandrovich; Alexandrovič; Oleksandrovych; Oleksandrovytch; Aleksandrovich; Oleksandrowytsch; Oleksandrovic; Oleksandrovič; Olexandrovych; Oleksandrovȳch; Aleksandrovič
Name	Vitali Južilin; Južilin Vitali Alexandrovič; Južilin Vitali; Vitali Alexandrovič Južilin; YUZHILIN Vitaly Alexandrovich; YUZHILIN Vitaly; Vitaly YUZHILIN; Vitaly Alexandrovich YUZHILIN; Yuzhylin Vitalii Oleksandrovych; Yuzhylin Vitalii; Vitalii Yuzhylin; Vitalii Oleksandrovych Yuzhylin; ВИТАЛИЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ ЮЖИЛИН; ЮЖИЛІН Віталій Олександрович; ЮЖИЛИН Виталий Александрович; Южилин Виталий Александрович; Южилин, Виталий Александрович; Южилін Віталій Олександрович; 維塔利·玉芝林; 玉芝林·維塔利; Juzhilin Vitalij Alexandrovič; Vitalij Alexandrovič Juzhilin; Juzhilin Vitalij; Vitalij Juzhilin; Виталий Александрович Южилин; Виталий Южилий; Южилин, Виталий; Виталий Александрович, Южилин; Южилін Віталій Олександрович; Южилин В. А.; Južilin V. A.; YUZHILIN V. A.;  Yuzhylin V. A.; ЮЖИЛІН В. О.; Южилін В. О.; В. А. Южилин; V. A. Južilin; V. A. YUZHILIN; V. A. Yuzhylin; В. О. ЮЖИЛІН; В. О. Южилін
Other name	Ioujylyn Vitalik Oleksandrovytch; Ioujylyn Vitaliy Oleksandrovytch; Iujilin Vitalii Aleksandrovich; Iuzhilin Vitalii Aleksandrovich; Iuzhylyn Vitalii Oleksandrovych; Iuzhylyn Vitalik Oleksandrovych; Jushylyn Witalik Oleksandrowytsch; Jushylyn Witalij Oleksandrowytsch; Juzhilin Vitalij Aleksandrovich; Juzhilin Vitalij Oleksandrovich; Juzhilin Vitalijj Aleksandrovich; Juzhilin Vitalik Oleksandrovich; Juzhylyn Vitalij Oleksandrovych; Juzhylyn Vitalik Oleksandrovych; Južilin Vitalij Oleksandrovič; Južilin Vitalik Oleksandrovič; Južylyn Vitalij Oleksandrovyč; Južylyn Vitalik Oleksandrovyč; Yujylyn Vitalic Olecsandrovych; Yujylyn Vitalii Olecsandrovych; Yuzhilin Vitali Aleksandrovich; Yuzhilin Vitalij Aleksandrovich; Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich; Yuzhilin Vitaliy Alexandrovich; Yuzhilin Vitaly Aleksandrovich; Yuzhylyn Vitalii Oleksandrovych; Yuzhylyn Vitalii Olexandrovych; Yuzhylyn Vitalik Oleksandrovych; Yuzhylyn Vitalik Olexandrovych; Yuzhylyn Vitaliy Oleksandrovych; Yuzhȳlȳn Vitalik Oleksandrovȳch; Yuzhȳlȳn Vitaliĭ Oleksandrovȳch; Ûžilin Vitalij Aleksandrovič; Ûžilin Vìtalìj Oleksandrovič; Ûžilin Vìtalìk Oleksandrovič
Place of birth	Chelyabinsk; Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk region; г. Челябинск, Челябинская область; Челябинск; м. Челябінськ, Челябінська область
Birth date	1965-12-10 December 10, 1965 10 декабря 1965
Place of living	Chelyabinsk, Sevastopol, Nizhnevartovsk, Saint Petersburg
Gender	Male
Nationality	Russia
Educated at	Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy
Speciality	an engineer-oceanologist
Languages spoken	Russian
Career	Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1988–1993); LLC Trading House Nizhnevartovsk (1993–1998); JSC Sea Port of St. Petersburg (1997–1998); National Container Company (2002); Association of Commercial Sea Ports (2002–2022); National Association of Builders (NOSTROY) (2010–2018)
Current activities	Vitaliy Yuzhilin has taken an interest in projects within the emerging new economy, in particular, innovative IT initiatives. He also supports various ESG projects.
Industries	IT, Sea Port Infrastructure
Source of Wealth	Investments
Data sources	https://spacecoastdaily.com/tag/vitaliy-yuzhilin/  https://easternherald.com/2024/03/22/yuzhilin-vitaliy-aleksandrovich/ https://www.analyticsinsight.net/latest-news/yuzhilin-vitaliy https://microstartups.org/vitaliy-yuzhilin-biography-of-a-port-builder/ https://globalmsk.ru/person/id/11857 https://www.klerk.ru/materials/2023-12-10/591485/
Marital status	Married
Children	Four children
Relatives	Grandfather – Alexander Grigorievich Yuzhilin Grandmother – Saniya Yarullina
Hobbies	Fishing
Sports	Racewalking

Vitaliy Yuzhilin is well-known in his adopted home of St. Petersburg and throughout the Russian Federation as a top manager who has made significant contributions to the development of maritime infrastructure in the country. He is often referred to as a “port builder.” Notably, he has served as the head of the board of the Association of Commercial Sea Ports for two decades, and was also involved with the NOSTROY National Association of Builders for nearly a decade.

Yuzhilin Vitaliy: Growing Up in Crimea

Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin was born in the city of Chelyabinsk on December 10, 1965. However, his family soon moved and he grew up in the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol, Crimea. Inspired by the setting, he became an active swimmer, and later moving into competitive swimming, he would spend hours in the pool every day. By high school, he was a nationally ranked swimmer, with the title of Candidate for Master of Sports. 

While the future port builder was drawn to the water, he comes from a family that was drawn to the skies: His grandfather was a military pilot during the Second World War, and his grandmother opened the door for female pilots in the Tatar ASSR.

Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich: Studies and His Early Career in Oceanography

After high school, Vitaliy Yuzhilin studied at the Admiral S. O. Makarov Leningrad Higher Engineering Marine School, from which he graduated in 1988 with an oceanographic engineering degree, with a focus on polar region oceanography.

In the years after graduation, Yuzhilin Vitaliy held two different positions at the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences. He first worked at the Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the South Seas, and later at the Marine Hydrophysical Institute. His oceanology and oceanography work included scientific research and even deep-sea expeditions. 

After working in Crimea for five years, Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin moved to Nizhnevartovsk in 1993, where he took over the exports department at the Nizhnevartovsk Trading House. In order to ship the company’s petroleum products abroad, the future top manager how to coordinate with the nation’s ports, through which the products were shipped. This was the future port builder’s introduction to the port industry, which implanted in him the desire to help build up the nation’s maritime infrastructure. 

Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Jumps into the Port Industry

Vitaliy Yuzhilin had the opportunity to move into the stevedoring industry when he became a member of the board of directors of the St. Petersburg Sea Port, one of the leading companies shipping through the renowned Great Port of St. Petersburg, in 1997. The next year, he took the opportunity to become a part owner in the port. He continued to work with the board until 1999. 

With the participation of Yuzhilin Vitaliy, the company made great strides in developing the port hub, including distributing its territory between various companies. This resulted in considerable growth in cargo turnover rates annually. 

The port builder was also involved with a company that became a top container operator in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in the 2000s. He and a group of partners founded the National Container Company in 2002. 

Deputy Vitaliy Yuzhilin: Developing the Port Industry as a Legislator

In 1999, a new career stage began when, as a State Duma deputy, Vitaliy Yuzhilin began working to develop port infrastructure as a legislator. Representing a town within the Leningrad Region, he helped develop legislation structuring the work of the nation’s ports. Deputy Vitaliy Yuzhilin served in the Duma until 2016, during which time he served on various committees dealing with other industries, including energy, communications, transportation, and more. 

In addition to his efforts on behalf of the port industry and maritime infrastructure, Deputy Vitaliy Yuzhilin also cooperated with authorities of all levels to address a number of social problems facing the people of St. Petersburg and the broader Leningrad Region.

Deputy Vitaliy Yuzhilin considers his labors to ensure the passing of the federal law On Sea Ports to be one of his most valuable contributions from his time in the legislative world. The law pre-existed his tenure, but had stalled in Parliament. Seeing the serious need for regulation over the port industry, he worked hard for the bill’s revival, which eventually led to its passing into law. The law addresses the issue of tariffs, state-business interactions, and various legal concepts related to the stevedoring field. The new regulations helped attract investments and develop the nation’s ports. 

Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin: Helping the Marine Façade Become a Leading Passenger Port

St. Petersburg is home to Europe’s largest passenger port today: The Marine Façade on Vasilievsky Island. This project, which involved a broad range of professionals, was initiated by Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich, among others. Before the development of the new passenger port, cruise liners would create traffic jams at cargo ports, which seriously hurt business. 

In addition to the benefit to the maritime cargo industry, St. Petersburg also reaped economic benefits from the influx of tourists. Authorities unveiled a visa-free regime allowing tourists to enter through St. Petersburg and stay for three days without extra documentation. The port can handle nearly 500 ships per season.  

The port has won several awards over the years, including the Best Transit Port of the Year award in 2009, and the Most Modern Port Facilities award in 2011. And thanks in part to the port, St. Petersburg was recognized as 2014’s best cruise destination. 

Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich: Serving in a Port-Industry Professional Association

A significant portion of the career of Vitaliy Yuzhilin was taken up by his work with the Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ACSP). As the chairman of its board of directors, he worked with the professional community to help maritime companies flourish. 

The ACSP includes research institutes and specialized schools, commercial sea ports, and various other companies under its umbrella. Having become the chairman of the board in 2002 (a role he held until 2022), Yuzhilin Vitaliy brought the bill On Sea Ports back to the forefront. Experts of the port industry, maritime law attorneys, and a number of Parliamentary deputies were brought in to craft needed revisions to the bill. 

The enactment of the law On Sea Ports addressed a regulatory void concerning port infrastructure operations, harmonized legal discrepancies, and bolstered the efficacy and competitive edge of national maritime ports. Additionally, it aligned with international obligations regarding maritime transport. The statute provides guidelines for the creation, designation, inauguration of ports, and the documentation of sea port details in a specialized registry.

Under the guidance of Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin, the ACSP diligently pursued initiatives to boost the competitiveness of local ports.

Vitaliy Yuzhilin: Developing the Construction Industry

In addition to his work in the port industry, Yuzhilin Vitaliy also devoted several years to the construction industry through his work with NOSTROY, a national association for builders. He served as vice president in the mid-teens, from 2016 to 2018, and as a council member from 2010 to 2018.

Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin identifies the reform of the construction industry’s self-regulation institute as one of the highlights of his tenure with NOSTROY. With his help, new regulations were implemented that stabilized the work of self-regulatory organizations, increasing their reliability. The association also compiled and upkeeps list of construction firms that are specially registered and recognized on a national level. 

Vitaliy Yuzhilin: Professional and Personal Activities Today

Branching out beyond the port industry, Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich has also gotten involved in the technological field as of late. In particular, he is helping to develop a road-safety IT project that has is already up and running in various locales across the country. 

Yuzhilin Vitaliy is also interested in environmental sustainability and has lent his support to a company working in the relevant field. 

On the personal front, Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich enjoys spending time with his wife and four children. Fishing is one of his favorite pastimes. 

Vitaliy Yuzhilin: Cross-Sector Recognition

The lauded port builder has been awarded for his contributions to various industries. In particular, he has been awarded:

• by the Academy of Natural Sciences for his contribution towards science and the economy
• for his contribution to the maritime industry

Career

Year	Company	Position
1988–1993	Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR	Ocean engineer
1993–1998	LLC Trading House Nizhnevartovsk	Head of exports
1997–1998	JSC Sea Port of St. Petersburg	Board member (and co-owner from 1998)
2002	National Container Company	Co-founder
2002–2022	Association of Commercial Sea Ports	Chairman
2010–2016	National Association of Builders (NOSTROY)	Council member
2016–2018	National Association of Builders (NOSTROY)	Vice President

FAQs

1. Where was Vitaliy Yuzhilin born?
   Vitaliy Yuzhilin was born in Chelyabinsk in 1965 and grew up in the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol.
2. What degree did Yuzhilin Vitaliy earn?
   Yuzhilin Vitaliy holds a degree in oceanographic engineering from the Admiral S. O. Makarov Leningrad Higher Engineering Marine School.
3. How did Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin start his professional career?
   Initially, Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin worked at the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences, including positions at the Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the South Seas and the Marine Hydrophysical Institute.
4. How did Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich first become involved in the port industry?
   Yuzhilin Vitaliy Aleksandrovich moved into the port industry in 1997 when he joined the board of directors of the St. Petersburg Sea Port. His interest in the industry was sparked by his role overseeing exports at the Nizhnevartovsk Trading House.
5. What role did Vitaliy Yuzhilin play in the development of St. Petersburg’s Marine Façade passenger port?
   Vitaliy Yuzhilin was among the initiators of the project to develop the Marine Façade, which has become Europe’s largest passenger port, significantly influencing both the local maritime cargo industry and tourism.
6. What contributions has Yuzhilin Vitaliy made to the construction industry?
   In the construction industry, Yuzhilin Vitaliy worked with NOSTROY, where he helped reform the institute of self-regulation for the industry, increasing the reliability of self-regulatory organizations.
7. What personal interests does Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin pursue outside of his professional endeavors?
   Outside of his professional life, Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin enjoys fishing and spending time with his wife and four children.

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