Oil terminal in Ust-Luga and Kozmino port are to be opened by year-end – Igor Levitin

Oil terminal in Ust-Luga port (Leningrad region) and the port in Kozmino (Primorski Territory) are to be opened by the end of 2009, RF Transport Minister Igor Levitin said at the opening ceremony of 10th International exhibition and conference for shipping, shipbuilding, ports and offshore energy exploration NEVA-2009 held in St. Petersburg.

As PortNews IAA correspondent informs, the Minister also said 85 vessels with total value of RUR 40 bln will be ordered in 2010 - 2015. In particular, Igor Levitin reminded that a ceremony to lay the keel of a multifunctional emergency rescue vessel for  the State Sea Rescue Service of Russia has been held today at Nevsky Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yard. 

The vessel will be built in implementation of the Sea Transport subprogramme of the Federal purpose-oriented programme for the development of the transport system of Russia (2010-2015). The delivery is scheduled for November 2010.

The project on construction of oil terminal in Ust-Luga is being implemented by Transneft which also completes construction of a specialized oil terminal Kozmino. The first phase will be completed in December 2009. It will be marked with the first shipment of oil.