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Russia’s FESCO Transportation Group has begun performing intermodal container shipments between Ankara and Novorossiysk via the port of Gebze as part of expanding its geographic presence in Turkiye, the company has said.
Cargo from Ankara is delivered as part of container trains that depart weekly on the route. The transit time for rail transport is one to two days. After arriving at the Turkish port of Gebze, the containers are placed on a vessel of the group, which operates on the regular FESCO Turkey Black Sea shipping line. The arrival time of the container ship at the port of Novorossiysk averages three days.
The first containers from Ankara, loaded with non-hazardous chemicals and consumer goods, have already been delivered to Novorossiysk. The first export batch will depart shortly.
Exports from Turkiye to Russia decreased by 21.5%—from US$8.6 billion in 2024 to US$6.7 billion in 2025—while exports from Russia to Turkiye showed a smaller decrease of 3.7%, reaching US$42.4 billion against US$44 billion a year earlier.
