Throughput of port Primorsk down 16% to 42,589,400 tonnes in Jan-Aug’13

In January-August, 2013, port Primorsk handled 42,589,400 tonnes of cargo (-16%, year-on-year), says the Administration of Big Port St. Petersburg.

Oil transshipment fell by 22% to 36,395,700 tonnes. Transshipment of diesel fuel surged by 51% to 6,193,600 tonnes.

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.