Transit navigation at Svir river opened by Baltic Fuel Company
The vessels of Baltic Fuel Company have opened today the transit navigation of 2014 at river Svir (Leningrad region, Volga-Baltic Waterway). As IAA PortNews was informed by Vladimir Nikolayev, head of Volgo-Balt Administration, the first transit vessel to pass the locks was Volgoneft-41, followed by tug and tow trains with the non-self-propelled vessels EuroStar 1 – Taisia and EuroStar 4 – Maria.
According to Baltic Fuel Company, all the three vessels are on their voyage to Samara where they will be loaded under the contract with Rosneft. In navigation 2014, the company plans to carry at least 500,000 t of oil products along the inland water ways of Russia.
Baltic Fuel Company LLC headquartered in St. Petersburg was established in 2008 for managing of the Holding’s bunkering assets effectively. For more than 10 years the Group’s companies export oil product, provide bunkering and ecological services etc. The Company’s fleet comprises 30 vessels. It is the largest bunkering fleet in Russia’s North West region. The Company is one of the three leading bunker suppliers in the port of St. Petersburg and in the Leningrad region. Besides, it is one of the three leaders in the North-West market of oil product motor transportation.
