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FESCO’s diesel-electric ship Vasiliy Golovnin completed its expedition to Antarctica

FESCO Transportation Group has announced that the diesel-electric vessel Vasiliy Golovnin has successfully completed its expedition to Antarctica, having delivered essential cargo to two Indian and one Belgian research stations.  This marks the …
Apr 7, 2023 / Vessels

FESCO vessel set sails to Antarctica to supply Indian scientific stations

Vasiliy Golovnin, diesel electric ship of FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”), has left port Cape Town (Republic of South Africa) on January 5, 2022 and embarked on a new expedition to Antarctica carrying cargo for Indian research stations.This is …
Jan 17, 2022 / Vessels

FESCO to supply Indian stations in Antarctica for another 5 years

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) and the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of India have signed a contract on supply of Indian Antarctic research stations for five years.According to terms of the …
Oct 27, 2021 / Curious

FESCO’s vessel departed to Antarctica to supply India's research stations

26 January 2021 the icebreaker of FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) “Vasiliy Golovnin” departed from the port of Cape Town (South Africa) to Antarctica carrying supplies for the Indian research stations. The expedition will be completed at the …
Jan 29, 2021 / Vessels

FESCO to supply India's research stations in Antarctica for the third year in a row

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) and India’s National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research have renewed the contract for the supply and delivery to the Indian Antarctic research stations in 2020-2021. This will be the third expedition under the …
Oct 20, 2020 / Vessels

FESCO vessel finished the Antarctic expedition 2020 delivering cargo to research stations

FESCO Transportation Group’s (FESCO) diesel motor vessel Vasiliy Golovnin successfully finished the Antarctic expedition of 2020. The vessel delivered cargoes for two Indian and one Belgian research stations. The expedition lasted for three and a …
Apr 21, 2020 / Vessels

FESCO vessel completed loading in Cape Town and went to Antarctica

On January 26, 2019 FESCO diesel-electric ship “Vasiliy Golovnin” left the port of Cape Town (Republic of South Africa) and started the project of supplying the Indian research stations in Antarctica till April 2019.From 13 till 25 January, 2019 the …
Jan 29, 2019 / Vessels