Redirection of Belarus’ cargos from Baltic to Russian ports under further consideration – Golovchenko
<p> MINSK, Nov 3 - PrimePress. The redirection of Belarusian cargos from Baltic to Russian ports is still under consideration, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said on November 2, 2020 on Belarus-1 TV channel. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The commercial component is being looked at. The Russian ports are much farther than the Baltic ones, so we are to make a decision that would not hurt Belarusian enterprises. We hope that our Russian partners will offer favorable prices,” Golovchenko said. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, Russian Lukoil and Belarusian Belneftekhim have been in talks on the transshipment of Belarusian oil products in the Russian Vysotsk port terminal instead of the Baltic ports. </p> <p> </p> <p> The parties are considering the redirection of Belarusian oil products from the Baltic ports, specifically from Lithuania, to the northwestern ports of Russia, in particular Ust-Luga, Primorsk, Vysotsk and St. Petersburg. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in September that Russia had free capacities for handling 4-6 million tonnes of Belarusian oil products. End. </p>
2020-11-04
Primepress
Redirection of Belarus’ cargos from Baltic to Russian ports under further consideration – Golovchenko
MINSK, Nov 3 - PrimePress. The redirection of Belarusian cargos from Baltic to Russian ports is still under consideration, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said on November 2, 2020 on Belarus-1 TV channel.
“The commercial component is being looked at. The Russian ports are much farther than the Baltic ones, so we are to make a decision that would not hurt Belarusian enterprises. We hope that our Russian partners will offer favorable prices,” Golovchenko said.
As previously reported, Russian Lukoil and Belarusian Belneftekhim have been in talks on the transshipment of Belarusian oil products in the Russian Vysotsk port terminal instead of the Baltic ports.
The parties are considering the redirection of Belarusian oil products from the Baltic ports, specifically from Lithuania, to the northwestern ports of Russia, in particular Ust-Luga, Primorsk, Vysotsk and St. Petersburg. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in September that Russia had free capacities for handling 4-6 million tonnes of Belarusian oil products. End.