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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 124 vessels with an estimated 450 thousand TEU total capacity is manned and serviced by about 10,000 personnel statinoed 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 of seven freighters leased from Sante Reze.
The first notable deployment of the fleet happened during Elatian Great Freeze, where all eleven ships at its disposal were tasked to deliver food 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 <<SR Ita-Cousin>> they carried machinery and technical documentation from several Elatian design bureaus and plants. In 1990s, as Velikoslavia entered the process of disarmament, the IMSC fleet was used to transport military materiel purchased there. These politically-driven actions are judged 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 1988 the first locally-developed container ship, <<Container Boat 1>>, was commissioned, able to carry 2400 TEU; it was followed by two more ships. 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. The following year the ships previously in the lease were returned and 15 newer vessels were purchased to become IMSC property. Documents related to the purchase show it was unprofitable for IMSC and it is assumed that the purchase was conducted in the interest of one of the SR crivikeze.
Starting in 1990s, IMSC has been involved in transporting raw mineral ore from several countries to the newly-commissioned <<refinery complex>>, primarily 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.105 was placed under the management of the IMSC, allowing it to further expand the merchant fleet.