Gazpromneft Marine Bunker, operator of the Gazprom Neft bunkering business, has completed its first quayside deliveries of marine fuels following the commencement of operations at the new St Petersburg port of Bronka: bunkering operations around the port of Bronka having, hitherto, been fulfilled only at anchor.
The first vessel to be refuelled at the quay was the 9,653-deadweight Finnstar passenger ferry, operated by Finnlines Plc and running between the German port of Travemunde and the Finnish capital, Helsinki. The total volume of fuel supplied was 750 tonnes of mazut (heavy oil) and 80 tonnes of diesel fuel.
Andrey Vasilyev, CEO, Gazpromneft Marine Bunker, commented: “The first quayside bunkering at the port’s intermodal complex is a major event in the development of St Petersburg’s maritime transport infrastructure and I am delighted that this honour has been awarded to our company. The rapid growth of the new Bronka port will increase demand for bunkering services in and around its facilities. Our company delivers a high level of service, and high-quality dark, light and ultra-low-sulphur bunkering fuels; we see business operations in the new Bronka complex as one of the most promising areas of work in the Russian North West.”
Multipurpose Sea Cargo Complex "Bronka" (MSCC Bronka) is being built on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, where the Dam and the Ring Road border the territory of Lomonosov. The Bronka Complex will comprise three specialized facilities: a container terminal encompassing 107 hectares, the Ro-Ro terminal of 57 ha and a logistics center of 42 ha. Container terminal will have a 1,220 m-long quay wall (including 5 berths). The length of Ro-Ro terminal's dock line will be 710 meters (3 berths). After completion of Bronka Phase 1 its capacity will reach 1.45 million TEUs and 260,000 units of Ro-Ro cargoes. In future the MSCC Bronka expansion will help increase the facility's container throughput to 1.9 million TEUs. Upon completion of the port's construction and dredging to the design mark of 14.4 meters in 2015 MSCC Bronka will be able to accommodate Post-Panamax containerships and the ferries of Finnstar class.
Implementation of the Bronka project is expected to generate 2,300 jobs at its marine terminals alone.
The first liner vessel called to Bronka on the 8th of September 2015.
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).
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