Tanker operator Minerva Marine to stop calling at port Ust-Luga as CEC bans bunkering

Minerva Marine, operator of tanker fleet is going to stop calling at the port of Ust-Luga (Leningrad region) if Central Energy Customs continues creating obstacles for bunkering in the port, says the message addressed to one of Russian bunker suppliers. According to the operator, one of the main factors attracting tanker fleet operators to the port of Ust-Luga is low bunker prices amid extremely low freight rates in the tanker market. Bunkering in neighboring Blatic ports costs too much, therefore the fleet can shift to the USA market.

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