Throughput of port Primorsk down 13% to 6,116,800 tons in Jan’13

In January 2013, throughput of port Primorsk fell by 13%, year-on-year, to 6,116,800 tons, Administration of Big Port St. Petersburg reports.

Oil transshipment fell by 16% to 5,397,100 tons. Transshipment of diesel fuel gained 23% to 719,700 tons.

Commercial seaport Primorsk is the largest port of the North West region of Russia in terms of oil and oil product export. It is the final stage of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS) and main product pipelines Kstovo-Yaroslavl-Kirishi-Primorsk (Sever project) of AK Transnefteproduct OJSC. In 2012, the port’s throughput slightly declined to 74,768,700 tons against 75,124,900 tons in 2011.