July 3, 2015 general agent of the largest ocean carrier of goods in refrigerated containers Maersk Line A/S (Denmark), LLC «Maersk», and JSC «Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port» signed a memorandum, which confirms the mutual interest of the parties in organizing the delivery of fish and fish products from the Far East to the central regions of the country, informs «Pacific Russia».

Under the terms of the signed document, both sides are interested in organizing a stable and uninterrupted supply of fish and fish products and to jointly carry out the provision of services for modern service said. In this regard, JSC «VSFP» intends to develop and improve the existing technology in the port handling frozen fish. LLC «Maersk», in turn, expands the presence of its own fleet of refrigerated containers at terminals Vladmorrybport for further loading of containers of frozen fish products and send it to the western regions of Russia.

- LLC «Maersk» for us — it is the single most strategic partners. They have the largest fleet of refrigerated containers. By signing this memorandum, we have increased their capacity to export fish products, which is passed through the fishing port in the western regions of Russia», — said a member of the Board of Directors of JSC VSFP Dmytro Doroshenko.

As stressed by Dmytro Doroshenko, thanks to the agreement of «VSFP» Using containers of «Maersk» will greatly expand its capabilities on the Transport of fish throughout the country. «With the equipment and lines» Maersk «, we can transport the fish at the request of the client as the sea route to the port of St. Petersburg, and by rail, as we have in the fishing port, in addition to the marine terminal, there is also the terminal for dry station coal. Thus, we further tied the Far East and western regions — Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg».

Before such a possibility was not dockers. Fish and fish products mainly transported refrigerated trains. And since the Russian container fleet owners are not big enough, during a mass fishing season there is an urgent shortage of funds the transportation of fish products from Vladivostok to the west of the country.

According to the company «Maersk» Vladivostok Eugene Okanevicha, this agreement has not been signed by B, if the company is not counting on further cooperation with JSC «VSFP».

- According to statistics, every year in Russia are written off hundreds of refrigerated rail sections. At this rate, in 3-5 years we risk to remain entirely without refrigeration compositions. Undoubtedly, the future of the containers, — the president of Association of Primorye Fish Industry Companies Georgy Martynov stressed that the renewal of the containers — just the tip of the iceberg, and you need to think about improving the entire technology transport fish from the sea to the consumer.

OJSC «Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port» — stevedore company with operations in the port of Vladivostok. For six months in 2015 VSFP handled over 120 thousand. Tonnes of fish, which made the company a leader among Far Eastern stevedoring companies that specialize in handling cargo of fish. Overall production capacity VSFP allow the company to operate in a universal format, processing up to five million tons of cargo per year, including more than 200 thousand containers. TEU.