The history of Ametist begins in May 2022:
- May 2022 - launch of the first sea container line and the first export voyage to Turkey which was on the Novorossiysk - Gebze route
- August 2022 - opening of the office in Novorossiysk
- Since that Ametist has two Russian offices - in St. Petersburg and Novorossiysk
- February 2023 - two vessels in operation
- In ths period Ametist had Astrol and Meta One in operation.
- April 2023 - participation in the TransRussia2023
- Although the company was less than a year at that time, we decided to take part in the largest logistics exhibition in Russia.
- Q2 2023 - intermodal product Turkey - Novorossiysk - Moscow
- We announced the Novorossiysk - Moscow railway service and presented our intermodal product to be more accessible to you inside Russia
- Q2 2023 - empty container pick-up in Russian cities of Moscow, Ekaterinburg, St. Petersburg.
- September 2023 - 2,892 TEUs under control
- Ametist constantly develops its container park, and in autumn 2023 it has 2,892 TEUs under control.
- January 2024 - office in Turkey was opened
- 2024 began with the opening of our own office in Turkey, which made Ametist an international company.
- March 2024 - participation in TransRussia2024 exhibition
- In 2024 we again took part in the TransRussia with our Turkish agent.
- April 2024 - 46 people staff
- Ametist is always happy to welcome talented professionals. In April 2024 there will be 46 people in the team.
- June 2024 - arrival of a larger vessel.
- As more and more clients place their trust in us, Ametist now has a larger capacity Colombo trader vessel in operation.
- June 2024 - first call at NUTEP
- July 2024 - service to Egypt
- Ametist launched its own direct service to Alexandria
- August 2024 - replenishment of container fleet with ref.equipment
- For the ref season in 2024 Ametist replenished its own fleet of equipment with ref containers.
- September 2024 - new website
- We have developed a new user-friendly website which is constantly being improved, so that information about us and our services will always be close at hand.
- September 2024 - 4323 TEUs under control
- Ametist is regularly developng its container fleet and in September 2024 it totalled 4323 TEUs
- December 2024 - moving to a new office in Novorossiysk
- Now Ametist provides its services from two comfortable modern offices in Russia - in St. Petersburg and Novorossiysk.
- December 2024 - Israel service launch
- We listen to all requests of our clients, therefore it was decided to launch a service to Israel with ship calls to Haifa and Ashdod.
- December 2024 - three vessels under management
- Due to geographical increase we have a new vessel in operation - RMS MEL. Besides, we also operate Colombo Trader and Yasar.
- February 2025 - 54 people staff
- Our team is constantly expanding and in February 2025 the number of Ametist employees reached 54 people!