Oil Port Kozmino resumes ESPO oil exports suspended because of storm

With the end of a storm which lasted for two days, Specialized Oil Loading Sea Port Kozmino has resumed exports of ESPO oil, the company announced.

Tanker Hydro will moor today at berth No 1. Upon completion of the loading the vessel will leave for China. 

Oil exports in November are expected to hit 1.8 mln t, in December – 1.9 mln t. 

Specialized Oil Loading Sea Port Kozmino is the terminus of the ESPO Oil Pipeline (Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean) in Nakhodka, Primorsk territory. It is intended for transshipment of oil delivered by trunk pipeline ESPO-II and by Far East railway to sea-going tankers. The capacity of the terminal’s first stage was 15 million tonnes of crude oil (ESPO brand) a year. With the launch of the second stage (December 25, 2012) the capacity was expanded to 30 mln t. In February 2013, port Kozmino shipped the 50 millionth tonne of oil (from the moment it was commissioned in late 2009). In 2012, oil export via Kozmino terminal reached 16.23 mln t (+7.2%, year-on-year).