Sakhalin Shipping Company (SASCO) (russian: Сахалинское морское пароходство) is a Russian shipping company. Headquartered in

Kholmsk Kholmsk (russian: Холмск), known until 1946 as Maoka ( ja, 真岡), is a port town and the administrative center of Kholmsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, on coast of the g ...

, on

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh ...

Island's west coast, the company was created in 1945, and privatized in 1992.

History

On 16 October 2014, the SASCO-owned MV ''Simushir'' lost power off Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, along British Columbia's coast as it made its way from Everett, Washington, US, to Russia. The Canadian Forces' Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre said the large oceangoing tugboat ''Barbara Foss'' arrived on 18 October to the tow of the ''Simushir''. The Canadian Coast Guard Cutter ''Gordon Reid'' was assisting, and the US Coast Guard kept a rescue helicopter on stand-by if the crew needed to be evacuated. There were 10 crew members aboard the ''Simushir''. The USCG had already evacuated the ship's captain because of an injury he suffered.

Services

As of the fall of 2009, the company operates regular cargo boat service on the following lines: *

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- Korsakov *

- Magadan *

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* Vanino - Kholmsk * Vanino - Magadan * Vanino -

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* Korsakov -

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It also allows customers to charter vessels for

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, mainly between the ports of the northwestern Pacific. On the Vanino -

line, the company operates four combined

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and vehicular ferries; a sailing takes no more than 18 hrs. The boats also take passengers, carrying about 60,000 a year between Sakhalin and the mainland.Ferry fleet
/ref> This service has operated since 1973. On other lines, regular container cargo boats are mostly used.

References

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External links

Official site
Companies based in Sakhalin Oblast Shipping companies of Russia Shipping companies of the Soviet Union Transport in the Russian Far East Russian brands