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9 Mar 2021

Belarus starts delivering oil products to Russian seaports

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MINSK, 9 March (BelTA) – Belarus has started delivering its oil products to Russian seaports, BelTA learned from the website of the Russian Ministry of Transport.

“On 5 March, more than 5,000 tonnes of Belarusian gasoline were shipped in several trains for transshipment at the terminal of Portenergo, the seaport of Ust-Luga. The first of these trains arrived in the Russian Federation at 9am on 6 March. It is expected to arrive at the Portenergo terminal on 9 March. Mozyr Refinery was the shipper,” the statement reads.

The Russian Ministry of Transport also said that on 6 March a batch of fuel oil of the total volume of 3,600 tonnes was shipped from the Mozyr oil refinery to Petersburg Oil Terminal, the sea port of St. Petersburg.

The shipment took place in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement signed on 19 February to handle Belarusian oil products through Russian seaports. The document was signed by Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Avramenko and Russian Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev. The agreement provides for the transshipment of over 9.8 million tonnes of cargo in 2021-2023. This includes fuel oil, gasoline, gasoil and oil. The document provides for the conclusion of contracts on a take-or-pay basis.