Throughput of port Primorsk down 15% to 11.182 mln t in Jan-Feb '13

In January-February, throughput of port Primorsk fell by 15%, year-on-year, to 11.182 mln t, Administration of Big Port St. Petersburg informs.

In the accounting period, oil transshipment fell by 19% to 9.698 mln t, transshipment of diesel fuel increased by 24% to 1.483 mln t.

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.