FESCO starts Korea/Sakhalin Island shuttle
Vladivostok-based Far Eastern Shipping Co. has launched a 12-day service between Busan and Sakhalin Island.
The “FESCO Korea Sakhalin Line” service has a port rotation of Busan, Korsakov, Kholmsk and back to Busan. The ports of Ulsan and Masan are called on inducement.
The “FKSL” deploys one multipurpose vessel, the 558-TEU “Pioneer,” capable of handling heavy lift, breakbulk, roll-on/roll-off and containerloads for bilateral and transshipment cargo from North America, Europe and Asia.
FESCO said depending on demand a second vessel will be deployed to provide a fixed-day, weekly service.