FESCO News
FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”, the “Group”) intends to increase the total area of container warehouse in Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV, a FESCO company) by 20% by 2025. The first stage of warehouse expansion was the launch of a new production site “Warehouse 81” of 13.5 thousand m2 and an operational capacity of 1,113 TEU within the territory of the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV). FESCO to increase total area of container warehouse at CPV...
As part of expansion of its own network of routes FESCO Transportation Group (‘FESCO’, the ‘Group’) organized a new intermodal service from China, the Republic of Korea and Japan to Moscow via port Nakhodka. The service includes delivery of cargo by regular sea lines of the Group to Nakhodka Sea Fishing Port from Korean ports Busan and Incheon as well as from Chinese ports Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao and Xingang with transshipment in Busan. End-to-end service Within the...
FESCO Transportation Group expands the range of services in the structure of the FESCO Supply Chain by adding a new service FESCO Flexi for the transportation of bulk liquids in containers using sealed flexitank liners. Within the framework of FESCO Flexi goods can be dispatched via rail, sea, and intermodal services of the Group both in domestic and international directions, including to countries of East and Southeast Asia, Turkey, Egypt, Africa, and South America. Providing necessary equipm...
FESCO Transportation Group (‘FESCO’ or the ‘Group’) is expanding the geography of its container services between Russia and China – in addition to routes via ports of the Far East and railway border crossings the Group has launched a sea line along the Deep Sea through the Suez Canal and the Black Sea. FESCO Black Sea Service (FBSS) FESCO Black Sea Service (FBSS) operates on the route - Novorossiysk – Istanbul – Shekou – Ningbo – Shanghai &...
For the first nine months of 2022, container terminal of FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”, the “Group”) in Novosibirsk increased processing of containerised cargo by more than 13%, compared to the same period last year, to 86,000 TEU. Growth in comparison with the first nine months of 2020 is 27%. The main drivers of such increase in transshipment volumes were re-orientation of export flows from the North-West of Russia to the Far East and development of domestic cont...
FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) has launched a regular container service FESCO Kuban shuttle on route Vladivostok – Timashevsk (Krasnodar Territory) as part of the expansion of domestic transportation. Trains will depart once every two weeks from the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV, a FESCO company) and will arrive at station Timashevskaya of North Caucasus Railway. In future, it is planned to increase the frequency of dispatches to once a week. Time en route is 12-13 days. The bas...
FESCO Transportation Group has increased the capacity of sea line FESCO Turkey Black Sea Service (FTBS) between Russia and Turkey via a container ship capable of transporting up to 712 TEU. Moreover, FESCO has expanded the geography of the service by adding a new port of call – Gebze. The FTBS line operates on the route Novorossiysk – Istanbul – Gebze – Novorossiysk. Frequency of shipments once a week. Transit time from Novorossiysk to Istanbul is 1-2 days, and to Ge...
As part of the development of the regular sea service, FESCO VIETNAM DIRECT LINE (FVDL) connecting ports of Vietnam with the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV, a FESCO Group company) FESCO Transportation Group has put a second vessel to operate on the line. Ship operation and route Thus, the container service will be served by two container ships – A HOUOU with a capacity of 850 TEU and BAL BOAN with a capacity of 750 TEU. The line operates on route Vladivostok – Hai...
FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”, the “Group”) has launched a new intermodal container service FESCO Trans China Railway from Japan to Uzbekistan via China and Kazakhstan in order to expand its own route network. The service The service includes marine delivery from port Yokohama (Japan) to port Lianyungang (China, Jiangsu Province). Then containers proceed by the Trans China Railway route, which connects China with Kazakhstan. At the border crossing Khorgos –...
On September 16, 2022, in Moscow, Russia, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FESCO Transportation Group - Andrey Severilov held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic - Eduardo Antonio Zuain. The event was also attended by the Head of the Trade and Economic Section of the Argentine Embassy, Franco Ruggiero. Intermodal cargo transportation At the meeting, the parties discussed practical steps to develop cooperation in the field of...
FESCO Transportation Group together with Rusfond Charity Fund is extending the program of assistance to critically ill children of Primorye for the year 2022. For these purposes, the Group will allocate 5 million rubles. The joint program was launched in January 2020 and operates in accordance with the principle of co-financing. FESCO and Rusfond together cover the costs of treating critically ill children living in the Primorsky Territory: the Group undertakes to collect 50% of the r...
FESCO Transportation Group and the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE) have agreed to cooperate in the field of education to train modern personnel in the field of logistics and supply chain management. The corresponding cooperation agreement was signed by Andrey Severilov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FESCO, and Nikita Anisimov, Rector of the Higher School of Economics. Logistics solutions The parties also agreed to develop joint resea...
Motor ships of FESCO Transportation Group, FESCO Magadan, and FESCO Moneron continue their operation within the framework of marine coastal service FESCO Magadan Line connecting Vladivostok and port Vostochny with Magadan. FESCO Magadan loaded with containers and general cargo is currently en route to port Magadan. The estimated date of arrival is February 28. In its turn, FESCO Moneron is moving in the opposite direction, heading from Magadan to port Vostochny. The estimated date of arrival is...
FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”, the “Group”) informs that vessels - FESCO Magadan and FESCO Moneron were on the sanctions list of Treasury Department of the US solely, due to the specifics of financing and the status of lessor: both vessels are on the balance sheet of PSB Leasing LLC that was initially under US sanctions. Thus, sanctions of Treasury Department of the US do not apply to any FESCO company and inclusion in the sanctions list of two vessels leased from...
Motor ships of FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”, the “Group”) - FESCO Magadan and FESCO Moneron continue their operation within the framework of marine coastal service FESCO Magadan Line connecting Vladivostok and port Vostochny with Magadan. FESCO Magadan loaded with containers and general cargo is currently en route to port Magadan. Estimated date of arrival is February 28. In its turn, FESCO Moneron is moving in the opposite direction, heading from Magadan to port...
FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) is expanding the geography of its domestic routes and is launching a regular rail service from St. Petersburg to Chita and Blagoveshchensk via Moscow. Now FESCO customers can deliver goods to the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Amur Region via the capital of Russia within the frames of a single logistics service. Access to regular shipments Container trains will depart once a week from one of the marine terminals of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region and...
Vasiliy Golovnin, a diesel-electric ship of FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”) delivered cargo for the Indian research station Bharati located on shore of the Prydz Bay in Antarctica. The vessel brought a new shift of polar explorers to the station as well as fuel, food products and various equipment. Cargo delivery to the shore was carried out both from Vasiliy Golovnin directly and with the help of two helicopters.The diesel-electric ship will also ensure removal of accumu...
FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) has launched a new regular marine container service Japan Trans-Siberian Line 2 (JTSL 2) that will connect Commercial Port Vladivostok (CPV, a FESCO company) with ports of Japan – Toyama, Hakata, Kobe, Yokohama. In the near future, regular ship calls to port Niigata are considered as well. Operation of the line is provided by container vessel FESCO Yanina with a capacity of 962 TEU. Voyage turnover is 14 days. FESCO intermodal chain Appearance of the n...
FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”) has launched a new regular marine container service Japan Trans-Siberian Line 2 (JTSL 2) that will connect Commercial Port Vladivostok (CPV, a FESCO company) with ports of Japan – Toyama, Hakata, Kobe, Yokohama. In the near future, regular ship calls to port Niigata are considered as well. Operation of the line is provided by container vessel FESCO Yanina with a capacity of 962 TEU. Voyage turnover is 14 days. Appearance of the new service...
Andrey Severilov, the Chairman of the Board of Directors at FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) participated in the panel discussion on possibilities of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), which took place within the framework of the Rosatom week at Expo 2020 Dubai, taking place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Panel discussion on the Northern Sea Route In his speech, Andrey Severilov noted the prospects of the Northern Sea Route In his speech, Andrey Severilov n...
FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) has organised the delivery of heavy equipment for construction of NPP Akkuyu, in the Republic of Turkey. Cargo vessel, Viking with eight sets of accumulators of the system for passive inundation of the core, which are one of the most important elements of the NPP safety system, weighing 83 tonnes each and an upper unit with a reactor vessel lid weighing 104 tonnes has arrived from the port of Rostov-on-Don to cargo terminal, Vostochny, in Russia, in...
Vasiliy Golovnin, diesel electric ship of FESCO Transportation Group (‘FESCO’), has left port Cape Town, in the Republic of South Africa, on January 5, 2022 and embarked on a new expedition to Antarctica, carrying cargo for Indian research stations. This is the first voyage within the framework of a new five-year contract concluded between FESCO and the National Center for Polar and Oceanic Research of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of India (NCPOR). Prior to this, FESCO had been su...
The fleet of containers of FESCO Transportation Group ('FESCO', the 'Group') for the first time exceeds 100 thousand TEU. As of December 21, 2021, there are 109 thousand TEU managed by FESCO. In total in 2021 the Group acquired 11 thousand containers or 21 thousand TEU, most of them were sent for loading to ports of China for their further shipment on FESCO foreign trade lines. The remaining containers continue to arrive from the factory located in the Chinese city of Dalian. In 2022 within...
Arkady Korostelev, the President of FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO/the Group) took part in a meeting on implementation of coastal transportations in 2022, in the Far Eastern Federal District, presided by Alexander Poshivay, the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation (Russia). Coastal transportations in 2022 The President of FESCO, Arkady Korostelev, at the meeting, voiced the need for administrations of the Magadan Region, the Kamchatka Territory, the Chukotka Autonomous Okr...
FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) has welcomed another container ship, FS Ipanema to its fleet, as part of its fleet renewal programme. The vessel will continue to operate on the line between the ports of the United States of America (USA) and Venezuela, under the current contract. FS Ipanema container ship The length of the container ship is 179.7 metres, the width is 27.6 metres, the deadweight is 25,902 tonnes and with the capacity of 1794 TEU. The container ship’s crew consi...
FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) is expanding the geography of transit routes and is launching a regular intermodal container service, FESCO West Gate Bridge, from countries of the Asia-Pacific region to ports of Europe, via Vladivostok and Kaliningrad in Russia. FESCO West Gate Bridge service The new service, FESCO West Gate Bridge, includes marine shipment by regular FESCO lines, from the Asia-Pacific region to the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (CPV, part of the FESCO Group), then by a re...
As part of the development of the terminal network FESCO Transportation Group ('FESCO') has closed the deal on the purchase of JSC Port Gaydamak located in Vladivostok. After its modernisation in 2024 capacities for grain transhipment using elevators in the amount of more than 400 thousand tons per year will be created. At the same time, the port will continue processing general cargo in import, export and coastal directions. Specialised port infrastructure Expansion of terminal network...
FESCO Transportation Group and NFC Logistics Joint-Stock Company (organisation of Rosatom State Corporation) have made a cooperation agreement for developing intermodal transportation to the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region. The companies will cooperate in transportation of various cargoes from Russia to the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region using FESCO’s extensive network of sea and rail services, modernised fleet as well as port and terminal infrastructure. Providing flexible co...
General cargo ship “FESCO Pioner” set sail on 13 June 2021. FESCO vessel will deliver to Anadyr and Egvekonot about 287 TEU of containerised cargo and 103 tonnes of general cargo. The approximate date of arrival of the vessel to Anadyr is 22 June 2021. Delivery of the goods on linear service "FESCO Anadyr Direct Line" (FADL) is to last until the end of October. FESCO vessels will have 5 voyages to deliver about 1500 containers and 1000 tonnes of general cargo to the ports of Anadyr...
FESCO Transportation Group has provided relocation of four Kalmar’s straddle carriers CSC340 from JSC First Container Terminal in St. Petersburg to LLC Vostochnaya Stevedornaya Company in the Primorye Territory. Both the terminals are part of the Global Ports group. Multi-purpose dry cargo vessel FESCO used its multi-purpose dry cargo vessel equipped with cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 120 tonnes To transfer the carriers, FESCO used its multi-purpose dry cargo vessel FESCO Par...