Export oil transfer of the Belokamenka Terminal to make 4 million tons in 2006
Transfer of export oil via the Belokamenka Terminal (off-harbor transshipment in Kolsky Bay) amounted through 9 months of 2006 to 2.8 million tons (almost equal to year-on-year results), the terminal’s authorities told PortNews IAA. Cargo turnover of the Belokamenka Terminal to make about million tons in 2006 (similar to 2005 results).
The Belokamenka Terminal is a storage tanker chartered by Rosneft from Norwegian BERGESEN D.Y.SHIPPING for 20 with a title for purchase at the end of the period. The tanker is 340 meters long and 65 meters wide, its capacity is 360 thou tons. It is placed at anchorage in Kolsky Bay. The Belokamenka is the hub of a technological arrangement devised by Rosneft for the export of hydrocarbon material from Arkhangelsk. Low-capacity shuttle tankers deliver oil from shallow port of Arkhangelsk to accumulate large volumes of oil, which is then to be discharged into large-capacity tankers operating at export lines. Potential capacity of the terminal is up to 20 million tons of oil per year.
