Russian transport and logistics group FESCO has completed its first container shipment to Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port, marking a new step in Moscow’s growing trade push into East Africa.
The company, which operates within the management structure of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said the shipment carried plastic products and industrial spare parts from the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk to Tanzania through India’s Nhava Sheva port.
FESCO said the route, operated under its FESCO Indian Line West service, has an average transit time of about 45 days.
The move comes as Russia seeks to deepen commercial ties across Africa following years of Western sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine.
Moscow has increasingly turned toward African, Asian and Middle Eastern markets for trade, logistics and political partnerships.
