BF Tanker has opened the 2015 Russian river navigation season with the transportation oil products to the port of Vysotsk, the company’s press release says. BF Tanker flagship “Balt Flot 1” has loaded its first cargo of Fuel Oil at LUKOIL’s river terminal in Kstovo.
The company is looking to use Balt Flot 1 sister ships Balt Flot 2 and 3 as from middle of May this year and charter in a further 20 tankers. “BF Tanker” Ltd will continue to transport oil products for LUKOIL under a long term contract and service other companies in the oil sector requiring a professional logistics service. The company has ambitions to become the largest such operator on the Russian river system with emphasis on the North Western region of the Baltic Sea.