In February 2009 - March 2010 Petersburg Oil Terminal (a stevedore operating at the Big Port of St. Petersburg) in difficult ice conditions of winter navigation handled two 100-dwt tankers, PortNews IAA reports citing the company’s authorities.
Minerva Roxanne and Minerva Ellie, 250m in length, 42m in width, were escorted, towed along the Sea Canal and docked at the POT’s berths by Port Fleet CJSC’s tugs and Ermak icebreaker.
As the harbormaster of the Big Port of St. Petersburg told PortNews IAA correspondent severe weather conditions had troubled the market of transshipment of cargo at the port of St. Petersburg. The route length for ice-breakers was 400-450 nautical miles this winter navigation (against the last year’s 180n.m.). In some cases, St. Petersburg’s ice-breakers had to begin their Baltic Sea services from the port of Riga (Latvia). As a result, the average speed of traffic in the direction of the Big Port of St. Petersburg fell three times. That had led to a decrease in freight traffic and ship calls as compared with the previous fairly mild winter.
In Q1, 2010 the number of ship calls at the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal dropped by 15% over the same period last year.
The volume of transshipment of oil products at Petersburg Oil Terminal OJSC for 2009 rose by 2.5% from the previous year’s numbers, to 12.1 million tons. Freight volume via the Big Port of St. Petersburg in 2009 was at 50.4 million tons, a year-over-year 16% cutback the Port Authority said.
Minerva Roxanne and Minerva Ellie, 250m in length, 42m in width, were escorted, towed along the Sea Canal and docked at the POT’s berths by Port Fleet CJSC’s tugs and Ermak icebreaker.
As the harbormaster of the Big Port of St. Petersburg told PortNews IAA correspondent severe weather conditions had troubled the market of transshipment of cargo at the port of St. Petersburg. The route length for ice-breakers was 400-450 nautical miles this winter navigation (against the last year’s 180n.m.). In some cases, St. Petersburg’s ice-breakers had to begin their Baltic Sea services from the port of Riga (Latvia). As a result, the average speed of traffic in the direction of the Big Port of St. Petersburg fell three times. That had led to a decrease in freight traffic and ship calls as compared with the previous fairly mild winter.
In Q1, 2010 the number of ship calls at the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal dropped by 15% over the same period last year.
The volume of transshipment of oil products at Petersburg Oil Terminal OJSC for 2009 rose by 2.5% from the previous year’s numbers, to 12.1 million tons. Freight volume via the Big Port of St. Petersburg in 2009 was at 50.4 million tons, a year-over-year 16% cutback the Port Authority said.