Talk:Far East Shipping Company

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In the article, the list of nations served by the Far East Shipping Company includes "US Homeland". The US is not my homeland. It might be more appropriate to replace with this like "USA" or similar. 80.5.29.67 (talk) 21:47, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

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Japanese-Russian Shipping Relations:

On June 3, 1958, the Japanese and Soviet shipping organizations reached an agreement on fair shipping between their respective countries. It was made possible by the Japan-Nakhodka Line (J.N.L.) and the Far East Shipping Company (FESCO). The agreement made sure that both sides participated equally, making sure that two ships were assigned to each of the countries each month. Also, if the cargos of the ships were too large, on the Japanese side, then the Russians could add more ships to their fleet on the water. This was only doable if the Japanese ships were to only enter the port of Nakhodka, which was a very small port that was not big enough for many ships at the same time. The ships that ran every month usually carried normal goods such as chemicals, machinery and other such things. If the cargo was to be passengers, then the Russian ships would carry them on the basis that passengers were not commercial cargo, but the “most-favored nation” rule was recognized in favorable ports in each respective country.

FESCO Growth in Recent Years: In 2011, the Far East Shipping Company/Group (FESCO) reported that they had achieved a major growth in the main spheres of activity in which they operate. FESCO also reported that the spheres in which they saw the biggest growth include: Intermodal container and Rail container transportation, forwarding and Transshipment of containers. FESCO reported that, in comparison to 2010, they have achieved an increase of 15 percent by exceeding their previous sea shipping units by 430 thousand units. They also reported that, in the sphere of railway container transportation, they experienced an increase of 30 percent and the total amount of containers that passed through the ports of Vladivostok and the Vostochny Port increased by 27 percent. FESCO is pleased with these outcomes as it means that their business strategies are working, as they should.

Types of Vessels and Depots:

The FESCO Group has many business assets that has helped it climb to the standard at which whey are at today. They own 50 vessels with different types of safety and state of art, modern accommodations. These include: mail line vessels, Freight liners, container transportation vessels, diesel and Locomotive shunters, and icebreakers, such as the Kapitan Khlebnikov, and Container equipment. Their depots include water supply depots and on-land terminal complexes. FESCO also owns 19 thousand rail cars. All of this allows them to provide their many customers with speedy and trustworthy transportation of goods.

Change in Fuel Emissions: Many of the largest Shipping companies are agreeing to cut the amount of emissions at the Kwai Chung port. They will do this by using less sulphur rich fuel. 13 shipping companies have already agreed to the new proposal, all of which are a part of the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association. FESCO, COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company), Hanjin Shipping and other companies have agreed to start looking into converting to the different fuel. The cost of changing fuel could cost the companies upwards of 500 thousand dollars.

Ice Breaking and Antarctic Missions:

FESCO is involved in many operations including breaking ice paths for other shipping companies or research vessels passing through the North or South poles. On December 29, 2005, a Russian icebreaker finished clearing a 70-mile channel to the American scientific polar station at McMurdo Sound through the ice off the Antarctic coast.

History of the Far East Shipping Company:

In 1880, the SS Moskwa departed from Odessa and arrived in the port of Vladivostok. This event sparked the beginning of the regular passenger and cargo voyages from European countries to the “Far East”. Also in 1880, the Volunteer Fleet Agency (Dobroflot) was created and stationed in Vladivostok. In 1909 The Volunteer Fleet Agency was governed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and new regulations made the Agency change the scope of its engagement on foreign trade. They would now mainly focus on trade that was in favor of Russian industries and commerce. A few years later in 1911, the SS Kolyma made a voyage from Vladivostok to the Kolyma estuary delivering 400 tons of government cargo. This voyage created the sea route to the Eastern Arctic In 1923, the Volunteer Fleet Agency had acquired 12 ships including two of which are a kind of Auxiliary ship. They restored trade between Vladivostok and Soviet ports in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. By 1935, Dobroflot acquired many more vessels and become FESSCO (Far East State Shipping Company) after the government had adopted the Charter of State of Shipping Companies. FESSCO was later shortened to FESCO.

FESCO Shipping Accidents:

On January 21, 2010, the Russian vessel Ivan Makarin experienced severe vibrations throughout the ship. When the crew was able to investigate, they noticed that one of the propeller blades was missing from a four blade propeller. The Vessel drifted 150 miles before FESCO redirected an icebreaker to go tow in the Ivan Makarin. In November 1995, a FESCO owned freighter, Kapitan Byankin was suspected of having crushed a small leisure Yacht, off the coast of Australia, killing three members of a family of four. The only survivor was the mother who was found on the North East coast of Australia. The ship is suspected of the accident because of its planned position around the time of the accident. Also when the ship came back to port, the bow had white streaks smeared on it.

Refrences:

Vladivostok. (2012). FESCO group achieves significant growth in 2011. Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?

Kitagawa, T. (1972). Legal aspects of Soviet-Japanese trade. NC, Duke University School of Law.

Wallis, K. (2010). Container lines agree to cut ship emissions. South China Morning Post.

BBC. (2005). Russian icebreaker clears path to US Antarctic base. BBC monitoring former soviet union.

FESCO. (2006-2012). 1880-1934. First steps. Far Eastern Shipping Company.

Los Angeles Times. (1995). Freighter Did Not Cause Yacht Accident, Agents Say. Featured Articles From The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 23, 2012, from http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-30/local/me-8740_1_yacht-accident.

Lucasrutherford (talk) 13:49, 23 April 2012 (UTC)