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2022 November 2   13:08

FESCO launches Deep Sea line between Russia and China via Suez Canal and Black Sea

Transit time between China and Novorossiysk is 40-45 days

FESCO Transportation Group has launched a Deep Sea line via the Suez Canal and the Black Sea. The company has thus expanded the geography of its container services between Russia and China having added a service to the routes via the Far East ports and railway border crossings.

FESCO Black Sea Service (FBSS) operates on the Novorossiysk – Istanbul – Shekou – Ningbo – Shanghai – Qingdao route and back. Transit time between the ports of China and  Istanbul where cargo is transshipped from one ship to another 30-35 days, to Novorossiysk – 40-45 days. Frequency of shipments – once on two weeks. Consumer goods make the bulk of cargo transported by the service.

FBSS is Russia’s first regular Deep Sea service between China and Russia to involve a container hub in Istanbul.

FESCO Transportation Group is one of the leading public transportation and logistics companies in Russia with operations in ports, rail, integrated logistics and shipping business. Diversified but integrated asset portfolio enables FESCO to provide door-to-door logistics solutions and control almost all steps of the intermodal transportation value chain. FESCO controls the Commercial Port of Vladivostok, rail operators Transgarant and Dalreftrans, operator of container platforms Russkaya Troyka, dry terminal facilities in Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk and Tomsk. FESCO operates over 100,000 containers and about 10,000 container platforms. FESCO’s fleet numbers 22 vessels deployed primarily on its own sea service lines.