The Far Eastern Shipping Company is one of the most significant shipping companies in today's Russia. According to the management, the company seeks to become the leader in the transport industry in the territory of the Russian Federation.
Spread
Vessels of the Far Eastern Shipping Company operate worldwide.
The offices of representative offices and agents of the company are located both in Europe and throughout Asia. The official address of the Far Eastern Shipping Company is located in Moscow, where you can talk with senior management. And the main assets are located in Vladivostok.
Company formation
The Far Eastern Shipping Company has its history since 1880. Back in the days of the Russian Empire, a strategic decision was made to develop the country's east coast and shipping company on the basis of the port of Vladivostok. The Agency "Voluntary Fleet Agency" was created.
Well, today the carrier company received its name “Far Eastern Shipping Company” back in 1935.
The first ship to sail to a distant shore was a steamer called Moscow. It is with this voyage that the history of regular calls to Vladivostok port begins.
However, given the climatic conditions of this region, access for a long time by sea was interrupted for the entire winter period due to the fact that the water area was covered with ice.
And only in 1894 the Voluntary Fleet Agency acquired a full-time icebreaker. During the whole winter of 1894-1895, the strongman Steamboat managed to ensure the continuous operation of the port and prevent icing of the shipping channel.
During the Great Patriotic War
Vladivostok was the main Pacific outpost of the Soviet Union. The main danger then was the Japanese army.
By the beginning of 1941, the merchant fleet of the DMP consisted of 70 ships and 15 motor ships, among which there were also five tanker vessels.
In December 1941, the country of the rising sun declares its rights to the Far Eastern straits of Laperouse, Sangarsky and Korean, calling them "Japan's naval defense lines." Although legally the rules for their passage were regulated by the principle of freedom of the high seas, in practice, the enemy armed forces block the passage through the straits, including using weapons.
Cross-border clashes were committed earlier. After the official declaration of war, the city and port completely went into combat mode.
It so happened that during these years Vladivostok remained the last port of the USSR, located outside the combat zone. A large flow of cargo went through it for supply, defense and attacks.
During the war years, the Far Eastern Shipping Company lost 25 of its own ships. The last torpedo steamer was Transbalt, which put an end to these sad statistics.
In Russia
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, which became the legal successor to the previous government, establishes the Open Joint-Stock Company “Far Eastern Shipping Company”.
In a new country with an existing fleet, the shipping administration is directing great efforts to expand the geography of its work.
New shipping lines are opening between the ports of Australia and the United States.
Own agent companies begin their work in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada.
The development of a new package of services begins, including forwarding with the possibility of providing ex-work services (door to door).
In 2003, with the opening of the company FESCO Logistic, whose office is located in Moscow, the Far Eastern Shipping Company directs the service market to the European part of Russia. A significant role in this is played by the development of rail transportation.
Fleet today
In 2006, the fleet of the Far Eastern Shipping Company received six new container ships and one Ro-Ro type vessel.
Today, FESCO operates twenty vessels of various years of construction.
The oldest fleet ship is the Captain Krems container ship, built back in 1980. Its deadweight is only 5805 register tons. It is also one of the smallest ships in control.
The newest vessel and at the same time the largest in operating the shipping company is the container ship Fesco Diomid, built in 2009, with a deadweight of 41,850 tons.
The icebreaking vessel Vasily Golovnin, which was built in 1988, is also still operating.
"Captains"
“Captains” of the Far Eastern Shipping Company deserve special attention. To date, the fleet has only four such vessels:
"Captain Afanasyev";
"Captain Maslov";
"Captain Krems";
"Captain Sergievsky."
All of them are single-deck motor ships intended for the transportation of general container cargo.
“Captain Afanasyev” and “Captain Maslov” were built in 1998 at a Polish shipyard in Szczecin. Ships with a deadweight of more than 23 thousand registered tons sail under the flag of Cyprus.
"Captain Krems" and "Captain Sergievsky" are the oldest and most experienced vessels of the fleet. Their story begins back in 1980, at the Vyborg shipyard and continues to this day.
To summarize
Today, the Far Eastern Shipping Company is a very important company in modern Russia, which strives to become the leader of the entire transport industry. Her story is wide and long. But she survived and not only does not lose her position, but also develops every day and becomes more and more popular.