Fesco to build a new terminal on Russia-China border
Russian logistics giant Fesco is planning to build a container terminal in Zabaykalsk, near the Russian borders with China and Mongolia. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev “instructed Russian Railways (RZD) to speed up the...Read more
China-Russia electric car transport volumes increasingly turn to rail
This year seems to be the year of rail for electric vehicle (EV) transport between China and Russia. The Russian Federal Customs Office revealed that Russian electric vehicle imports increased by 250 per cent in...Read more
Fesco to build container terminal on key INSTC node
terminal thursdayRussian transport giant Fesco will build a container terminal in the Ashtrakan region, an area of Russia that borders Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea. The location is relevant for the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC)...Read more
China-Russia e-commerce expected to grow by 30%, can rail share the cake?
The e-commerce trade volume between China and Russia is expected to increase by 25-35 per cent this year. As one of the highly time-sensitive goods, e-commerce cargo creates a higher demand for efficient logistic solutions....Read more
Express intermodal service can link Hong Kong and Moscow in 10 days
An express intermodal service aims to connect Hong Kong and Moscow via Shenzhen in 10 days. The service was launched on 8 June, and it follows the route via the Manzhouli border crossing to enter...Read more
RZD and Fesco bring China-Russia rail transit down to 5 days
FESCO and Russian Railways (RZD) have signed an agreement to accelerate the delivery of cars and postal goods between Russia and China. The service will connect Moscow and Manzhouli in both directions, with a maximum...Read more
Fesco’s chairman in China: these are the visit’s outcomes
Andrey Severilov, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FESCO, had a busy business agenda in China in April. Transiting between Beijing, Shandong and Shanghai, he discussed cooperation in the rail and intermodal industries...Read more
What could Fesco’s partnership with a Chinese chemical giant entail?
ANALYSISFesco signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement for cross-border intermodal transport with China National Chemical Engineering Company (CNCEC). The quadripartite agreement also includes Heilongjiang Transportation Investment Group and Xinjiang Energy Group. China National Chemical Engineering...Read more
Fesco bypasses Lithuania with St. Petersburg-Kaliningrad sea services
Russian intermodal company Fesco has recently launched new sea services between St.Petersburg and Kaliningrad that allows them to avoid crossing Lithuania by rail. LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, has in fact decided...Read more
FESCO brings first batch of Chinese new energy vehicles to Moscow
Russia has also entered the game of Chinese new energy vehicles, and FESCO guaranteed their first transport to Moscow. The logistics mega-player sent the first batch of 50 ‘made in China’ electric cars with two...Read moreFESCO enters 2023 with an appetite for records
In early January, FESCO’s rail operations reached a new record high. The company managed to dispatch 53 container trains in just a week from the Vladivostock region towards Central and Western Russia. The previous-now broken-...Read more
FESCO launches new sea-rail service from Japan to Uzbekistan
FESCO Transportation Group has launched a new intermodal service from Japan to Uzbekistan via China and Kazakhstan. It is called FESCO Trans China Railway, and links sea and rail to connect the countries.Read more
FESCO’s volumes grow thanks to eastbound trains
FESCO, the Russian intermodal transport operator, has moved record-setting volumes in the first half of 2022. Numbers have increased for both international and intermodal transport. The company has also registered a minor decrease in TEUs...Read more
FESCO’s success story in Vladivostok: ‘new Vietnam line is driving growth’
The port of Vladivostok has proven to be a driver for growth of FESCO’s multimodal transport, with a 19 per cent year-on-year increase this first half year. It was the transloading hub for cargo to...Read moreFESCO and Russian Railways develop Japan-Europe multimodal service
A new cold chain train service linking Japan with Europe is spotted along the Trans-Siberian route. It is the product of a joint effort between Russian Railways, FESCO and the Japanese Ministry of Transport to...Read more
How the Russian route to China becomes a million-TEU corridor
Rail freight volumes via the Trans-Siberian corridor could reach a million TEUs in 2023. That estimation is based on the current growth trends, which show that transit traffic through Russia is on the rise. In...Read more
FESCO enlarges reefer container fleet
Another batch of 300 reefer containers is added to FESCO’s fleet. The 40-foot refrigerated containers will be delivered to the Russian company in Q1 2022. They will accompany a previous addition of 300 more containers...Read moreVladivostok and Europe connect via Finland Bridge
A new intermodal rail connection links Asian-Pacific ports with Finland via Vladivostok, the Russian far-east port. The Finland Bridge, as the new service is called, will be a frequent train connection with three to four...Read more
FESCO and GEFCO partner up to bring more cargo from Asia to Europe
Two large players in Eurasian transport, FESCO and GEFCO, have partnered up. Their aim is to jointly develop more multimodal solutions between Europe, Russia and South-East Asia. The new agreement also mentions transportation options to...Read more