Russia’s Transport Ministry expects 55.5% increase in transshipment of Belarusian oil products through Russian ports in April to 280,000 tonnes
<p> MINSK, Apr 5 - PrimePress. Russia’s Transport Ministry expects the volume of Belarusian oil products transshipped through Russian ports in April 2021 to grow by 55.5% over the previously agreed indicative volume to 280,000 tonnes. Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev made a statement to this effect at the operational meeting of the Russian government on April 5. </p> <p> </p> <p> “There is a positive forecast for the current month. April’s shipment schedule for refineries provides for shipment of about 280,000 tonnes of oil products, including 106,000 tonnes of gas oil, 92,500 tonnes of fuel oil and 71,000 tonnes of gasoline, Prime news agency quoted Savelyev as saying. </p> <p> </p> <p> Savelyev said that in May-June 2021 about 360,000 tonnes of products were planned to be shipped, including 281,000 tonnes of gas oil and 79,000 tonnes of fuel oil. </p> <p> </p> <p> Russia and Belarus on 19 February 2021 signed an intergovernmental agreement on transshipping Belarusian oil products export through Russian seaports. Under the agreement, contracts under the take-or-pay condition, where a sea terminal will get the entire contracted payment even if cargo sender does not transship the contracted cargo in full will be signed. </p> <p> </p> <p> The document provides for transshipment of over 9.8 million tons of cargoes by Belarusian companies via Russian seaports in 2021-2023. The indicative transshipment volumes under the agreement are 3.5 million tonnes in 2021, 3.2 million tonnes in 2022 and 3.1 million tonnes in 2023. </p> <p> </p> <p> These are cargoes such as fuel oil, petrol and engine oil. Over the three years 2.9 million tonnes of fuel oil from the Mozyr refinery and 0.96 million tonnes of petroleum products oil from Naftan are expected to be delivered through the port of St Petersburg. Ust-Luga is to handle 4.3 million tonnes of gasoline and 0.4 million tonnes of gasoil from the Mozyr refinery and 1.3 million tonnes from Naftan. End </p>
2021-04-06
Primepress
Russia’s Transport Ministry expects 55.5% increase in transshipment of Belarusian oil products through Russian ports in April to 280,000 tonnes
MINSK, Apr 5 - PrimePress. Russia’s Transport Ministry expects the volume of Belarusian oil products transshipped through Russian ports in April 2021 to grow by 55.5% over the previously agreed indicative volume to 280,000 tonnes. Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev made a statement to this effect at the operational meeting of the Russian government on April 5.
“There is a positive forecast for the current month. April’s shipment schedule for refineries provides for shipment of about 280,000 tonnes of oil products, including 106,000 tonnes of gas oil, 92,500 tonnes of fuel oil and 71,000 tonnes of gasoline, Prime news agency quoted Savelyev as saying.
Savelyev said that in May-June 2021 about 360,000 tonnes of products were planned to be shipped, including 281,000 tonnes of gas oil and 79,000 tonnes of fuel oil.
Russia and Belarus on 19 February 2021 signed an intergovernmental agreement on transshipping Belarusian oil products export through Russian seaports. Under the agreement, contracts under the take-or-pay condition, where a sea terminal will get the entire contracted payment even if cargo sender does not transship the contracted cargo in full will be signed.
The document provides for transshipment of over 9.8 million tons of cargoes by Belarusian companies via Russian seaports in 2021-2023. The indicative transshipment volumes under the agreement are 3.5 million tonnes in 2021, 3.2 million tonnes in 2022 and 3.1 million tonnes in 2023.
These are cargoes such as fuel oil, petrol and engine oil. Over the three years 2.9 million tonnes of fuel oil from the Mozyr refinery and 0.96 million tonnes of petroleum products oil from Naftan are expected to be delivered through the port of St Petersburg. Ust-Luga is to handle 4.3 million tonnes of gasoline and 0.4 million tonnes of gasoil from the Mozyr refinery and 1.3 million tonnes from Naftan. End