Loading of Sovcomflot’s tanker Petrozavodsk with first batch of oil delivered by the newly launched Grushovaya-Sheskharis technological tunnel started in Novorossiysk on August 20, 2015 (Sheskharis terminal of Chernomortransneft), Sovcomflot says.
When the tanker of Aframax class is be loaded with 80,000 t of crude oil she will leave for one of the Mediterranean ports.
Sovcomflot vessels export Russian oil via port Novorossiysk, the key port in Russia’s south. From the beginning of 2015, Sovcomflot tankers have exported over 5.4 t of crude and oil products from Novorossiysk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier took part in the ceremonial launch of the new tunnel following which he held a meeting on development of transportation infrastructure in Russia’s south.
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