Port Vitino (Archangelsk region) exports 409,400 tonnes of oil products in August 08
In August 2008, port Vitino (Archangelsk region) exported 409,400 tonnes of oil products, PortNews IAA learnt from Administration of Archangelsk Seaport.
The seaport Vitino is a private port located in the Archangelsk region It was created as a result of a project on construction of a new port terminal complex to provide services for large-capacity tankers while employing the capacities of the White Sea Oil Centre (Belomorskaja Neftebaza), located on the southwest coast of the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea. The project was financed from non-budgetary sources.
The port specializes in storage and transshipment of such petroleum as black oil (May - October) and gas condensate (stabilized). Vitino has links with the central part of Russia as well as with the Black, Caspian, Azov and Baltic Seas by both external and internal waterways. Within the water area of the seaport Vitino there are four berths, one of which is deep-water and designed for reception of sea tankers, and three berths are for reception of such vessels as ore-oil carriers. One of the berths is used for the Port fleet. The harbor approach is provided with the navigable channel 18 miles long with depths not less than 12.5 meters from LAT (Lowest Astronomical Tide).
The port specializes in storage and transshipment of such petroleum as black oil (May - October) and gas condensate (stabilized). Vitino has links with the central part of Russia as well as with the Black, Caspian, Azov and Baltic Seas by both external and internal waterways. Within the water area of the seaport Vitino there are four berths, one of which is deep-water and designed for reception of sea tankers, and three berths are for reception of such vessels as ore-oil carriers. One of the berths is used for the Port fleet. The harbor approach is provided with the navigable channel 18 miles long with depths not less than 12.5 meters from LAT (Lowest Astronomical Tide).