Unscheduled downtime of the Rosbunker’s oil transshipment complex located at Kaliningrad port had cost the company several million USD of losses, Rosbunker press release said.
The amount of salaries paid for the terminal workers during the idle period had made up about 25 million rubles. In addition, the terminal must pay taxes and penalties for broken export contracts, idle railway trains, etc., the company statement said.
As PortNews has reported earlier, the Russian Government in its September 4, 2010 N1463-P decree had made some changes in the boundaries of water area of Kaliningrad port, including the 33rd Ship Repair Plant’s water area where the Rosbunker’s terminal was located, in the newly established boundaries of the sea port. According to the document the territory of the terminal was included in the port’s boundaries while the water area adjacent to the berths of the terminal was not. This ambiguity gave ground for a number of regional agencies to cease all handling operations at the Rosbunker’s terminal with exported oil cargo from November 2009, prohibiting approach of all tankers to the berths.
The amount of salaries paid for the terminal workers during the idle period had made up about 25 million rubles. In addition, the terminal must pay taxes and penalties for broken export contracts, idle railway trains, etc., the company statement said.
As PortNews has reported earlier, the Russian Government in its September 4, 2010 N1463-P decree had made some changes in the boundaries of water area of Kaliningrad port, including the 33rd Ship Repair Plant’s water area where the Rosbunker’s terminal was located, in the newly established boundaries of the sea port. According to the document the territory of the terminal was included in the port’s boundaries while the water area adjacent to the berths of the terminal was not. This ambiguity gave ground for a number of regional agencies to cease all handling operations at the Rosbunker’s terminal with exported oil cargo from November 2009, prohibiting approach of all tankers to the berths.
TOC Rosbunker CJSC has been operating in Baltiysk since 2000, handling petroleum products (fuel oil) at its marine terminal. Annual turnover of the Rosbunker’s transshipment complex is more than 350,000 tons of fuel oil. The terminal uses the 120-meter-long berth (N50) for mooring of vessels with a draft of up to 6 meters, with a capacity of 6,000 tons. There is a tank farm (6 tanks) for simultaneous storage of up 30,000 tons of petroleum products. Unloading racks are designed for simultaneous discharge of 24 tank rail cars. Access railways allow accommodation of up to 100 tank cars.