Gazpromneft Marine Bunker, operator of Gazprom Neft’s bunkering business built up bunker sales at the Black Sea ports of Russia (Novorossiysk, Sochi, Tuapse, Taman, Kavkaz and Temryuk) by 22% to 795,000 t in 2015, Gazprom Neft says. Direct sales of bunker to ships in the Black Sea region of Russia also increased by 22% to 682,000 t.
In 2015 Gazpromneft Marine Bunker took the leading position among bunker suppliers in the Black Sea region of Russia with its market share of 20.3%.
Last year the Company acquired bunkering tanker Gazpromneft Omsk for operation in Novorossiysk The 5,372 DWT ship is the third vessel in the Black Sea fleet of Gazpromneft Marine Bunker. The Company also started modernization of its terminal facilities to expand the loading/unloading zone, to double the tank farm capacity, to enhance power capacity and to improve environment and industry safety.
“Shipping is growing rapidly in the Black Sea region today which facilitates the demand for bunkering services, — says Andrei Vasiljev, Director General of Gazpromneft Marine Bunker. — Further development of our Black Sea assets will let us unlock the market potential and strengthen the position of our Company.”
Gazpromneft Marine Bunker, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, was established in 2007 to provide year-round supplies of marine fuel and oils for sea and river vessels.
Gazpromneft Marine Bunker currently has eight regional offices and six subsidiary companies. Gazpromneft Marine Bunker operates in main sea ports of Russia (Nakhodka, Vladivostok, Vostochny, Posyet, Zarubino, Kozmino, Sakhalin, Novorossiysk, Tuapse, Kavkaz port, Taman, Sochi, St Petersburg, Ust-Luga, Primorsk, Kaliningrad, Baltiysk, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk) as well as river ports (St Petersburg, Azov, Yaroslavl, Sheksna, Nizhny Novgorod, Cherepovets, Kazan, Samara, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Olya port, Rostov-on-Don, Ust-Kut, Nizhnekamsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk) and international ports including Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia), and Constanta (Romania).