Far East Shipping Company

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The Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) is a Russian company, founded in the 19th Century, that operates a fleet of sea vessels, trucks, and railroad vehicles, and associated intermodal ports.^[1]

Contents 1 Containerised Service 2 Sea vessels 2.1 Icebreakers 3 Gallery 4 References

[edit] Containerised Service

FESCO has quite a number of international services in the Pacific Ocean, including services to and from People's Republic of China, Republic of China, HKSAR, Korean Republic, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India as well as Canada and the U.S. homeland.

FESCO Transport Group has also services within the C.I.S. and the Eastern Europe by rail service.

[edit] Sea vessels

FESCO's fleet of sea vessels includes five large icebreakers, three ro-ro vessels, twenty-seven container vessels, six ice-breaking cargo vessels, twelve bulk-carriers, eleven timber-ships, and four supplier vessels.^[1]

[edit] Icebreakers

• Admiral Makarov
• Kapitan Khlebnikov
• Krasin
• Magadan
• Sakhalin

[edit] Gallery

Fesco container ship in Port Vostochniy, the port at the Eastern end of the Trans-Siberian railway.

Icebreaker Krasin on its way to McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov

[edit] References