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Maersk to build its first cold store in St. Petersburg, Russia

Maersk launches the construction of its new cold store facility in St. Petersburg to address the needs of a high-demand Russian market. The 3-chamber warehouse will offer specialised solutions extending the life cycle of perishable goods.On June 5th, …
Jun 5, 2019 / Vessels

CMA CGM to update its Russian Far East / China offer by upgrading its RUFEX service

CMA CGM updates its Russian Far East/China offer by upgrading its RUFEX service, connecting worldwide origins/destinations with inland points in Russia via Vostochny and Vladivostok.Caption: Containership CMA CGM Neva - Image courtesy …
May 3, 2019 / Curious

FESCO changes the rotation and the names of container lines from China and the Republic of Korea to Far Eastern ports

As part of the development of FESCO Fast Forward services, FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) is optimizing the rotation and changing the names of regular shipping lines from China and the Republic of Korea to Russia. Transportation services between …
Apr 24, 2019 / Curious

Hyundai Merchant Marine to expand cooperation with FESCO

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) (CEO Jae-hoon Bae) announced that it will expand cooperation with FESCO.Caption: Container ship Hyundai Brave - Image courtesy of Abaco20 (For illustrative purposes only)HMM has been jointly operating a …
Apr 24, 2019 / Vessels

Shipping Services Expand Between UK, Europe and Russia

New COSCO feeder service from St Petersburg, Russia will begin calling at DP World SouthamptonCOSCO is to introduce a new weekly call at DP World Southampton, as part of a rotation including St Petersburg, Russia; Kotka, Finland; Southampton, UK; and …
Mar 26, 2019 / Vessels

FESCO new vessel starts working on a regular service among the ports of China and Far East of Russia

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) sets up a new vessel to operate on a regular service FESCO China Direct Line (FCDL), connecting the ports of China and Russian Far East. On February 14, 2019 the container ship FESCO Dalnegorsk moved to operations …
Feb 20, 2019 / Vessels

Milaha launches new Black Sea Express service as the first service in Europe

Milaha has announced the launch of its new Black Sea Express Service (BSX), a direct container feeder route linking Greece, Turkey, Georgia and Russia.The new feeder service marks Milaha’s first European service linking the Mediterranean and Black …
Feb 4, 2019 / Curious

Russia's first floating storage and regasification unit at the Kaliningrad province starts up

Vladimir Putin visited the Kaliningrad underground gas storage facility and took part in the launch of a gas-receiving terminal and a floating storage regasification platform via videoconference.Caption: Launch of a gas-receiving terminal …
Jan 9, 2019 / Vessels

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed a law on ROSATOM’s powers in Northern Sea Route development

President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a law defining powers of ROSATOM in development and functioning of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and adjacent territories. The document is published on the official website of legal information.The document …
Jan 4, 2019 / Vessels