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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.

Two new reefer container lines Egypt-Russia

El Dekheila, Egypt (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – Two new sea container lines will start operations between Egypt and Russia with vessels designed to...

57 times more containers between India’s Mundra, Nava Sheva ports and Russia’s Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 2, 2024 – FESCO, one of the largest transport and logistics companies in Russia with assets in the port, rail...

FESCO retains Akkuyu NPP terminal contract

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 11, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has retained its contract as the sole logistics operator at the Eastern Cargo...

FESCO expands agro services to China

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has completed the first delivery of sunflower meal to China using a bulk...

FESCO forced to work with China’s Tank Container Alliance

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – FESCO, the largest transport group in Russia, owned by the Kremlin-controlled giant RosAtom...

Russia’s total containers’ market in Jan-Aug’24 was 4.39 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 8.1% in January-August 2024, compared to the first eight months of 2023...

Russia’s container market in Jan-Jul’24 was 3.85 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 9.3% in January-July 2024, compared to the first seven months of 2023 to...

FESCO Novorossiysk Shuttle doubles capacity

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has doubled the frequency of regular FESCO Novorossiysk Shuttle (FNS)...

FESCO starts LCL container service, Shanghai & St.Petersburg

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2024 – The FESCO transport group has launched a regular service for sending LCL containers (Less than Container...

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...

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