OREANDA-NEWS. Deal on the placement of the FESCO Transportation Group Eurobonds recognized as the logistics finance deal of the year according to the Global Transport Finance (GTF) magazine.

FESCO has become the first Russian company to win the GTF award. The financing was provided by Goldman Sachs International, ING and Raiffeisen Bank International.

The GTF Annual Awards, which took place on November 25, 2013 in London, were attended by companies from 20 countries. More than 30 companies from various sectors of the transport industry were among the winners: aviation, shipping and rail, and logistics.

FESCO Transportation Group, one of the leading transportation and logistics companies in Russia combining assets in the field of port, logistics, rail business and sea transportations, placed Eurobonds worth 800 million USD in April 2013. In May 2013, additional Eurobonds worth 75 million USD were successfully placed.