FESCO adds port Izmir to its Black Sea Shuttle service
FESCO Transportation Group commences transportation of perishable cargo in refrigerated containers having added the port of Izmir (Turkey) to its Black Sea Shuttle service (FBSS), FESCO press center says.
The expansion of FBSS (earlier linking Russian ports of Sochi and Novorossiysk with Istanbul alone) will now allow FESCO increase both export and import transportation of containers and to start transportation of refrigerated containers from Turkey to Russia.
Total volume of cargo exported from and imported to Russia from Turkey via Izmir in 2012 amounted to 2,686 and 9,057 TEUs respectively .
In early 2014, FESCO Group plans to further expand FBSS service with adding the third Turkish port of call - Mersin. The second container carrier will be deployed to support weekly service of the line.
FESCO is one of the largest Russian port owners and operators with integrated rail and logistics businesses and primarily focused on intermodal deliveries of containerized cargo. The Group owns port, rail and shipping assets, which allow it to provide door-to-door logistics solutions and control almost all steps of the intermodal transportation value chain.
The majority of FESCO’s operations are located in the Russian Far East and the Group benefits from growing trade volumes between Russia and Asian countries.
FESCO controls the Commercial Port of Vladivostok, which has throughput capacity of 3.9 million tons for general cargo and oil products, 150,000 vehicles and over 600,000 TEUs in containers. FESCO is one of Russia’s top 10 private railcar operators providing services under the Transgarant (100%) and Russkaya Troika (50% JV with Russian Railways) brands. The Group owns a fleet of vessels mostly deployed through own line and logistics operations. In 2012, consolidated revenue of FESCO Group reached USD 1,197 million.
