August 3, 2021

FESCO has started seasonal cargo transportation from the ports of China and the USA to Chukotka as part of the FESCO “Arctic Line” (FAL) container liner service.

The first ship departed on August 1 on the route Taitsang (PRC) – Provideniya – Pevek – Provideniya – Yantai (PRC). It will transport over 14 thousand tons of cargo, reported the FESCO press service. The operation of the line will be provided by multipurpose ice-class vessels ‘FESCO Ulysses’ and ‘FESCO Paris’, which will make four voyages from July to October inclusively and will deliver about 45 thousand tons of cargo. In China, the ports of call of the line are Qingdao, Taitsang and Yantai, in the USA – Everett, and in the Far East of the Russian Federation – Provideniya, Pevek, Vladivostok, Vostochny.

More than 1 thousand TEUs, as well as about 10 thousand tons of flotation concentrate was transported in 2020 in the framework of FAL. It complements the existing service of the FESCO “Anadyr Direct Line” (FADL), connecting the port of Vladivostok with the ports of Chukotka – Anadyr and Egvekinot.

FESCO Transportation Group Is one of the largest private transport and logistics companies in Russia with assets in the port, railway and integrated logistics business. FESCO’s diversified portfolio of assets allows for door-to-door delivery of goods and controls all stages of the intermodal transport chain. The group owns the Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port, the “Transgarant” railway operator, and the “Russian Troika”, an operator of fitting platforms. FESCO operates dry terminal complexes in Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk and Tomsk. The Group manages about 50 thousand containers; the fleet of fitting platforms is more than 7 thousand units. The Group’s ship assets include 18 transport vessels, which mainly operate on its own sea lines.

Source: https://portnews.ru/news/316546/