In summer navigation DTC "LUKOIL-II" (Vysotsk) (LUKOIL sea terminal, Leningrad region) plans to accept 100 thou tons of heavy fuel oil per month, PortNews IAA learnt fromSergei Kiselev, the terminal’s production deputy Director General. Cargo is to be delivered by river tankers operated by Volga Fleet Tanker (Volga Shipping Company OJSC). According to Kiselev, maximal capacity of the terminal as regards oil products delivered by river tankers is 1.2 million tons throughout navigation period. River navigation at Volga-Baltic waterway usually starts from the end of April and lasts till the end of October.
In April, volume of heavy fuel oil coming to Vysotsk by railway may total 270 thou tons, from May to August it may reach 300 thou tons per month. In winter the volumes will decrease to 200 thou tons per month. Thus, total transshipment of heavy fuel oil may reach 3.2 million tons in 2007. As PortNews IAA informed earlier, the terminal started transshipment of heavy fuel oil in 2006. Its export in 2006 amounted to 1.3 million tons of dark oil products.