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| Governorate conglomerate | |
| Industry | Freight transport |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder | Solar Temple of Yanbango |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products |
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| Revenue |  $2.43 billion (estimate) (2020) |
| $0.8 billion (estimate) (2020) | |
| Total assets | $5.22 billion (estimate) (2020) |
| Owner | Solar Temple of Yanbango |
Number of employees | 9,389 (2020) |
| Website | ikdt.itn |
The Joint Maritime and Shipment Company (IMSC, Kaayana: XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX / IKDT) is a governorate conglomerate specializing in maritime logistics, based in the Solar Autocracy and owned by the Solar Temple of Yanbango. The company was founded in 1978 but its first operations are dated 1983. Its fleet of 91 vessels with an estimated 800 thousand TEU total capacity is manned and serviced by about 10,000 personnel stationed in several countries around the world.
History
Much of the early history of IMSC has been reconstructed from declassified documents from the Solar Temple.
As early as 1962 Yanbango Conclave, the Temple recognized the need for maritime shipping as a potential source of revenues to use in industrialization efforts in Lower Karana Basin. The lack of the starting capital and port infrastructure prevented the initial plan to be implemented, but its traces have since been recognized in development plans of 1965, 1968, 1971 and 1974 Conclaves. The 1977 Conclave granted the blessing to establish a maritime shipping company to the governor of 18th Governorate, <<Mr. Yan>>. The company itself was established in <<SR Ita-Cousin>> some time in 1978, with an initial fleet consisting of older freighters leased from Sante Reze.
The first notable action of the IMSC happened during the Elatian Great Freeze, where seventeen ships were tasked to deliver food from the surplus to Elatia as its own supply chains collapsed. Though no information could be deduced from the published documents, it has been assumed that on the way back to their home port they carried machinery, industrial equipment and technical documentation from several Elatian plants and design bureaus with consent of the latter's government. In 1990s, as Velikoslavia started its disarmament, ships of its fleet were employed to transport military materiel purchased there. Those politically-driven actions are judged to be one of the reasons the company failed to generate any revenue until 1994, contrary to 1962 estimates. Nevertheless, the 1989 Conclave judged the company successful and granted the blessing to expand the fleet.
In 1996, as major companies in the Lower Karana Basin were reorganized into governorate conglomerates, IMSC followed the suit. Its headquarters were relocated in the port <<BBB>>, 16th Governorate. In 1998 the first locally-developed container ship, <<Container Boat 1>>, was commissioned, able to carry 6,840 TEU; it was followed by two more ships. The following year the ships previously in the lease were returned and several newer vessels were purchased to become IMSC property. Documents related to the purchase show that IMSC was at a significant financial loss in the aftermath, and it is assumed that the purchase was conducted in the interest of the SR crivikeze.
Starting in 1990s, IMSC has been involved in transporting rare earth metal ore from several countries to the newly-commissioned <<refinery complexes>>, primarily the coltan. Profits from the ore were one of the factors ensuring economic growth of the Autocracy compared to the upper Karana Basin. In 2001 the Shipbuilding Plant No.141 was placed under the management of the IMSC, allowing it to continuously expand its fleet relatively independently of the Temple's directives and orders.
Assets
As of 2020, IMSC operates 91 vessel, totaling at over 800 thousand TEU capacity. Much of its fleet is composed of newer ships, built after the company was transformed to the governorate conglomerate in 1996.
38 out of 91 ships have been constructed on the Shipbuilding Plant No.141, also operated by the company. The plant employs 7,700 personnel; however, those are usually not accounted in the IMSC personnel roster. Customary to industrial facilities of the Autocracy, the plant has several schools, technical colleges, and a local engineering institute to train and maintain its workforce. Apart from that, the IMSC operates the only merchant marine academy in Itayana, located in the same city. Through controlling the plant and attached educational centers, IMSC effectively economically controls half of its home port.