FESCO opens new regular container service from N. America to Novorossiysk and Sochi

FESCO Transportation Group has commenced shipment of containers from the eastern coast of the USA to Novorossiysk and Sochi, the Group’s press center says.

The shipments are arranged every 9 days from the ports of New-York, Norfolk and Savanna with transshipment in the Turkish port of Istanbul (Ambarli, Kumport).

Transit time:

	Novorossiysk	Sochi
New-York	29 days	30 days
Norfolk	27 days	28 days
Savanna	25 days	26 days

Transportation from the Turkish ports to Novorossiysk and Sochi is arranged within the framework of the Group’s own service - FESCO Black Sea Shuttle.

FESCO Group owns Commercial Port of Vladivostok OJSC with annual throughput capacity of 3.9 mln t of general cargo and oil products, 150,000 automobiles and vehicles, over 600,000 TEUs of containerized cargo. FESCO is one of Russia’s 10 largest private railway operators. It is known under the brands of Transgarant (100% subsidiary of FESCO) and Russkaya Troyka (50% joint venture with Russian Railways OJSC). The Group owns the fleet of different vessels deployed primarily by FESCO’s logistics division. In 2012, the Group’s consolidated revenue hit $1.197 bln.