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FESCO

FESCO is a leading transportation and logistics company in Russia operating a variety of assets including ports, terminals, vessel fleet and rolling stock. The company provides door-to-door services and controls all steps of the intermodal transportation chain. FESCO actively works in the Russian Far East and contributing to the growing trade between Russia and Asian countries.
Update: In November 2023, FESCO became part of state-owned Rosatom.

Russia’s FESCO imports more cars from China

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, FESCO transported over 22,000 TEUs from China to Russia. The cargo included more...

Russia’s Sviyazhsk Logistics Center still a distant dream

Sviyazhsk, Russia (Ports Europe) June 29, 2024 – After numerous grand announcements about related projects and huge delays, Russia’s Tatarstan region...

Russia’s container market in Jan-Apr’24 was 2.2 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew by +11.4% in the January-April 2024 period compared to the first four months of...

Update: Moscow to finance private firms to buy ports in Africa

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 29, 2024 – Russia is to buy ports in Africa to avoid sanctions restrictions for Russian exports, Roman Chekushov,...

FESCO Transport Group publishes financial results for 2023.

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 26, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has published its operating and financial results for 2023. FESCO is one of the...

Russia’s container market in Q1’24 was 1.6 million TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew by 13% in the January-March period compared to Q1’2023 to 1.608 million...

FESCO expands its Indian shipping line

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) March 22, 2024 – Russia’s state-owned FESCO transport group has added new feeder ports – Kolkata, Tuticorin,...

Container train St. Petersburg-Novorossiysk by FESCO

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – FESCO transport group launched a regular twice monthly railway container service FESCO Baltic...

Russia dreams of global “sovereign logistics”

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 16, 2024 – Russia, heavily restricted in the use of European and American ports and logistics services due to Western...

Russia’s total container market in January, in 2022 and 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 25, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew by 13.3% in January compared to the same month in 2023 to 518,000 TEUs,...

New FESCO container terminal on Volga River

Sviyazhsk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – FESCO, one of the largest transport and logistics companies in Russia, the Ministry of Transport of...

FESCO adds ship to Indian service

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – FESCO will add a second ship, FESCO Olga, to the FESCO Indian Line West (FIL-W), which operates...

Russia wants logistics centers and marine terminals abroad

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 23, 2024 – Hard pressed by Western sanctions and exclusion from the global logistics chain, Russia started talking...

Cranes from China for Vladivostok port

Vladivostok, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2024 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning...

FESCO grows fast aided by sanctions

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 30, 2023 – The export of vegetable oils and grain by FESCO Agro service in 2023 increased more than eight times...

FESCO sends ship to Antarctica

Cape Town, South Africa (Ports Europe) December 29, 2023 – On 22 December the ship left the port of Cape Town (South Africa) with cargo for Indian...

FESCO launched its line El Dekheila-Novorossiysk

Alexandria, Egypt (Ports Europe) December 27, 2023 – Deprived of opportunities to operate in Europe due to Western sanctions, FESCO, one of the largest...

FESCO plans container feeder line in Africa

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Deprived of opportunities to operate in Europe due to Western sanctions, FESCO, one of the largest...

Rosatom takes over FESCO to create a shipping corridor along Northern Sea Route

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – Desperate times for Russia lead to desperate measures. Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russian...

Russia: FESCO reports increased container traffic in first half of 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2023 – FESCO Transportation Group has published operating and financial results for the six months ended 30 June...

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