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Russia’s FESCO transport group has launched a container transport service between Russia and the port of Durban in South Africa, according to German Maslov, vice president of FESCO’s line and logistics division.
For exports to South Africa, FESCO organizes shipments from Novorossiysk and St. Petersburg via its own ships to India’s Nhava Sheva port (Mumbai), where containers are transshipped to feeder vessels bound for Durban.
For import shipments from South Africa to Novorossiysk, FESCO routes containers via transshipment at the Nhava Sheva or Jebel Ali (UAE) ports, while shipments to St. Petersburg are routed through India’s Mundra port.
Russia’s trade with South Africa has been somewhat erratic, with direct shipping routes being re-established for the first time in thirty years in 2024. However, the South African economy has been under pressure, with an additional threat of sanctions from the United States. Both Russian President Putin and South Africa’s President Ramaphosa have directed officials to increase bilateral trade—South Africa is a founding member of BRICS. The two countries foreign ministers met last week with pledges to double existing bilateral trade to US$3 billion by 2030.
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