Throughput of port Primorsk down 15% to 16.76 mln t in QI'13

In January-March, 2013, the port of Primorsk handled 16.76 mln t of cargo (-15%, year-on-year), the Administration of Big Port St. Petersburg reports.

Oil transshipment fell by 19%, year-on-year, to 14.48 mln t while transshipment of light oil products surged by 30% to 2.282 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 tonnes against 75,124,900 tonnes in 2011.