Former FESCO head Yevgeny Ambrosov leaves the Group – Media
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Director General of OJSC Far Eastern Shipping Company Yevgeny Ambrosov has left FESCO Transport Group created on the basis of Far Eastern Shipping Company thus rejecting the position of FESCO owners, zrpress.ru reports.
In February 2009, major shareholder of Industrial Investors Group Sergei Generalov headed FESCO and proposed Yevgeny Ambrosov, his predecessor at the position of the Group’s managing company President, to chair FESCO board of directors. Then Ambrosov had a number of other proposals.
According to certain sources, Yevgeny Ambrosov had a proposal from Sergei Frank, Director General of Sovcomflot OJSC and former head of FESCO. There also was aproposal from Sovfracht. However, Ambrosov, who had been working for FESCO from 1979 and grew from the mate to the head preferred to take a break.
FESCO press center does not comment media information yet.
FESCO Transport Group created on the basis of Far Eastern Shipping Company is one of the leading container operators in Russia. The deadweight of the Group’s fleet exceeds 1 million tonnes. Total capacity of FESCO container fleet is 32,000 TEU. The Group’s rolling stock numbers over 17,000 units. The Group’s port transshipment facilities have the capacity exceeding 1.6 million TEU. The Group’s headquarter is inMoscow.