Gazpromneft Marine Bunker, the operator of Gazprom Neft bunker business has completed the expansion of fuel storage/transshipment terminal on the territory of the Kirov Plant in St. Petersburg. The company said it extended the lease agreement on the operation of the terminal complex until 2022.
The company installed a 4,000cbm FSU increasing total reservoir capacity of the terminal complex by 30% to 16,100 m3.
The loading of bunker fuel to ships will now be performed from two berths that can accommodate vessels with draft of 6.2 m and length of 130 m. The terminal expansion project was implemented in conjunction with the Kirov Plant. The project included dredging at the second berth, its reconstruction, laying pipeline and bunkering system for loading oil products from the floating storage vessel to tankers.
"The development of our terminal assets is one of the priorities reflected in our company's development strategy,” comments General Director of Gazpromneft Marine Bunker Andrei Vasilyev. “Modernization and expansion of the terminal in St. Petersburg increased capabilities of our company for handling fuels in the strategically important Russia's North-West region and enabled us to boost the quality and efficiency of services provided to our consumers."
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).