Throughput of port Primorsk down 16% to 48 mln t Jan-Sep’13

In January-September 2013, port Primorsk handled 48,055,600 tonnes of cargo (-16%, year-on-year), says Administration of Big Port St. Petersburg.

In the accounting period, transshipment of oil fell by 22% to 41,090,400 t, while transshipment of oil products increased by 48% to 6,965,100 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.