In January-June, the port of Primorsk handled 29.837,800 tonnes of cargo, up 11%, year-on-year. According to the port authority, crude oil transshipment increased by 18%, year-on-year, to 22,511,700 tonnes.
In the reporting period, transshipment of oil products fell by 5% to 7,326,100 tonnes.
In 2018, the port handled 53.48 million tonnes, down 7% Y-o-Y.
Port Primorsk is Russia’s largest oil port in the Baltic Sea. It is the final stage of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS). The port is located in the Leningrad Region, on the eastern coast of the Bjyerkezund Strait (Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea).