FESCO orders box ship quartet

Vladivostok-based Far-Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) has signed contracts with Chinese shipbuilder Jinling Shipyard to construct four 1,080TEU containerships. Deliveries are scheduled for March, September, November and December 2006.

These newbuildings will be the fastest in the Russian company?s fleet with a service speed of 19.6 knots and will serve their international routes.