During the navigation period of 2014, four storage tankers of Rosneft operated at port Kavkaz. As IAA PortNews was informed by a source in the port, those tankers are: 162,000 DWT Vladimir Tikhonov, 160,000 DWT Cap Diamant, 118,000 DWT Anatoly Kolodkin and 158,000 DWT SCF Samotlor. The vessels are chartered by Rosnefteflot CJSC (joint venture of Rosneft and Sovcomflot).
The vessels are located at the off-harbour district Tamansky.
The Vladimir Tikhonov and the SCF Samotlor are being used for heavy fuel oil, Cap Diamant – for vacuum gasoil, Anatoly Kolodkin – for diesel fuel.
Oil products are delivered from Saratov refinery and Samara group of refineries (heavy fuel oil, diesel fuel and vacuum gasoil) as well as from the Novokuibyshevsk and Achinsk refineries (vacuum gasoil).