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 more
FESCO 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 moreFish products through Russia faster than via Suez route
FESCO Transportation Group completed its first intermodal transportation of containerised fish products through the Trans-Siberian route. Its intermodal train departed from Vladivostok in Russia and took thirty-three days to reach its final destination in Germany...Read more
Japanese cargo on the way to Europe via Trans-Siberian railways
Backed by Russian subsidies, a new container train carrying Japanese cargo departed for Europe on 18 November, using the Trans-Siberian railways. The train, which left from the Russian port of Vladivostok, is now headed for ...Read more
Seafood from Russia’s Far East makes it to China in refridgerated containers
FESCO Transportation Group has launched a regular intermodal container service for seafood delivery from the Russian Far East to Jilin province in China. The seafood is refrigerated in containers and bundled in Vladivostok, where it...Read moreNew train via eastern-most border crossing Russia-China
This week the first container train from Liaoning province (China) arrives in the brand new terminal and logistics center ‘Beliy Rast’ in Moscow Region. The train used the border-crossing point Suifenhe/Grodekovo, which is on the...Read moreNew on rail: rapeseed in flexi-tanks from Siberia to China
Rail Cargo Group and FESCO Transport Group have jointly organised the first multimodal transport of rapeseed oil from Krasnoyarsk, the third largest city in Siberia, to the Chinese port of Nantong. The product was transported...Read more
New branch of Japan/South Korea – Europe multimodal route
Russian companies FESCO Group and RZD Logistics have added a new branch to the Japan/South Korea – Europe multimodal route. The Chinese seaport of Qingdao has been linked to Vladivostok with the help of FESCO’s...Read more
FESCO extends intermodal footprint with purchase Russian Troika
FESCO Group has purchased a stake of 25 per cent plus one share in the intermodal operator Russian Troika. The deal valued at around 9 million euros was concluded with Russian Railways (RZD). As a...Read more