PRISCO Crewing Agency

About Us

The predecessor of future PRISCO, the Directorate of Oil Carriers, was established on October 1, 1969 in a young Nakhodka town by Decree of the USSR Ministry of Marine. As to the PRISCO, it started its independent voyage on December 20, 1971 when the Minister of the USSR Ministry of Marine issued the Decree, which said that the Directorate of Oil Carriers should be separated from the Far-Eastern Shipping Corporation and become a base for establishing Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO).

Ever since, the Company was delivering oil cargoes to the Far-Eastern ports over 30 years. In a time of the USSR, from 1977 onwards, it was PRISCO that almost exclusively provided eastern sector of the Arctic with the oil products. The Arctic expeditions have become the core component of PRISCO’s fleet activity. Seafarers gained necessary skills and experience in these expeditions, and new generations of young officers hardened their characters there.