In 2016 the Far Eastern Shipping Company
delivered to Chukotka’s ports and to ports of the Northern Sea Route 78,000
tonnes of cargo.
VLADIVOSTOK,
June 26. /TASS/. The Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) began serving
transportation of cargo for winter to Russia’s Arctic; this year the company
uses three times more vessels, FESCO’s press service said on Monday.
During this
season, seven vessels will deliver cargos to Pevek and the Arctic ports, and
the Vasiliy Golovnin (general cargo ship) will be working along the Northern
Sea Route, the press service added.
"Seven own vessels of the ice class, including a wood, container and multipurpose cargo vessels, will deliver the goods to Chukotka’s Pevek and to the Arctic ports; the cargo will be unloaded and taken ashore by self-propelled barges and tractors; the diesel-electric Vasiliy Golovnin will be serving deliveries along the Northern Sea Route," the company said. "In the Arctic deliveries last year participated the Admiral Makarov icebreaker, cargo vessels FESCO Pevek and FESCO Primorye."
FESCO’s all
vessels, serving the summer navigation along the Northern Sea Route, take
special training programs, which cover all risks related to working in the
north. The transport group participates in the summer deliveries of cargo for
winter periods in the Arctic every year and delivers food, fuel, coal, non-food
products, construction materials, and equipment.
In 2016,
during the summer navigation in the Arctic’s eastern part, FESCO’s fleet
provided work of 31 vessels, which delivered to Chukotka’s ports and to ports
of the Northern Sea Route 78,000 tonnes of cargo and exported from their 67,000
tonnes.
Source: ITAR-TASS 26-06-2017
