FESCO partners with Barkon Ship Agencies to expand FSDL service
FESCO Transport Group, in partnership with Turkey-based Barkon Ship Agencies AS, will launch new container service between Istanbul (Ambarli Terminal) and Novorossiysk, with direct calls at Sochi port, the Russian transportation group said.
The new service is an expansion of already existing container service FSDL (FESCO Sochi Direct Line). The FSDL line is serviced by FESCO’s 270teu container ship Abakan transporting 20’ and 40 'dry and reefer containers.
The service rotation: Novorossiysk - Sochi - Istanbul (Ambarli) – Novorossiysk with the first sailing scheduled for October 19, 2012.
Transport Group FESCO, created on the basis of the Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO), a leading Russian integrated transport and logistics company providing a broad range of services for door-to-door cargo delivery using its own transport facilities to ensure guaranteed quality and reliability of services. The Group owns a fleet of more than 900,000 DWT and operates a diversified fleet of over 19,000 units of rolling stock. FESCO’s own container fleet is about 50,000 TEUs. The Group’s total cargo throughput at the port and rail facilities reaches 450,000 TEUs, 5 million tons of bulk cargo and 100,000 units of vehicles a year. FESCO offers services to Russian and international customers through its own sales network in Russia and 15 countries worldwide. FESCO’s H1 2012 consolidated revenue was $ 583 million.