OREANDA-NEWS.  November 09, 2012. The Arbitration Court of the Far East Federal District confirmed legitimacy and reasonableness of the decision and determination issued by the Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service in the Magadan Region (Magadan OFAS Russia) on 15th November 2011. Thus, the Court drew a line under the dispute between the antimonopoly bodies and marine carriers (“FESKO Lines Vladivostok” Ltd. and “Sakhalin Ocean Company” OJSC), reported the press-centre of FAS Russia. 

Earlier such judicial acts were passed by Magadan Regional Arbitration Court and the 6th Arbitration Appeal Court. Therefore, the Courts of both instances pronounced legitimacy and reasonableness of the conclusions made by the antimonopoly body that “FESKO Lines Vladivostok” Ltd. and “Sakhalin Ocean Company” OJSC had exercised concerted actions for fixing and maintaining the same rates for sea shipping container of loaded container in 2010 on Vladivostok – Magadan – Vladivostok route in breach of Part 1 Article 11 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”.

“One can hardly overestimate the importance of the judicial acts aimed at developing price competition between the main carriers of loaded containers to Magadan seaport since the major part of public commercial cargo, including food products, is delivered to the Magadan region by sea. We do not have railway transportation or a well-developed network of highways connections the region with the central part of Russia and other regions of the Far East”, stated Deputy Head of Magadan OFAS Russia, Lyudmila Otmennaya.