29 April 2010

KTTP reviewed the bunker market in the waters of the Big Port of St. Petersburg and on inland waterways within the boundaries of St. Petersburg in 2009 - I quarter of 2010

In the Russian bunker market in 2009, considerably strengthened their influence bunkering subsidiary structures of large oil companies Lukoil and Gazprom Neft. This trend is characteristic of the Big Port of St. Petersburg.

Fall turnover Sea Port of St. Petersburg in 2009 to 16% by 2008 resulted in a decrease in calls. If in 2008 the port was visited by 14,800 ships, the vessel calls in 2009 totaled 10,800. This resulted in a decline in the bunker market by 19% compared to 2008 - up to 1 million 650 thousand tons, of which the share of fuel have dark 1,5 million tons.

However, the St. Petersburg market of marine bunkering remained the largest market of bunkering vessels in Russian ports.

The volume of the St. Petersburg market in 2009 in monetary terms can be estimated at about $ 500 million bunker market of Saint Petersburg has traditionally characterized by the presence in it of a large number of participants. Marine fuels in the port during the year sold 27 companies. However, 90% of sales are in the top ten players. The largest volume of marine fuel sold in 2009, LUKOIL-hopper "- 368 thousand tons. This is followed by OOO Gazpromneft Marine Bunker. Then, in the five largest bunkering companies in the region include LLC "Baltic Oil Company, LLC" Nevsky oil "and OOO" Baltic Bunker Company ". In addition to them a leader in the market came Ltd. Comtrade Ltd., "NT Bunkering Ltd.," Neftekhim LLC, Penn Energy Resources "and" Grosse SZTK.

For handling petroleum products in 2009, and in I quarter of 2010 were discovered more than 15 berths of the Big Port of St. Petersburg.

In 2009, the seaport of St. Petersburg the average price of a dark bunker fuel (IFO-180 marks) with high sulfur content amounted to 12,900 rubles per ton (including VAT). The average cost of the same dark fuel with low sulfur content (up to 1,5% mass fraction) for the reporting period amounted to 13,500 rubles per ton (including VAT). The cost of diesel fuel on the bunker market of St. Petersburg was varied around the level of 17.5 thousand rubles. ton. In the first quarter of 2010 average value nizkosernisogo bunker fuel (IFO-180 marks) - 12 600 rubles per ton (including VAT), Sour - 12 200 rubles per ton (including VAT), diesel fuel - 16,800 rubles per ton (including VAT).

Job enterprises of inland waterway transport is seasonal and limited time frame for opening and closing of navigation.

In the Volga-Baltic Waterway (Volga-Baltic Canal) in this frame is made 2750 flights passenger ships and served 440 thousand tourists. Cargo turnover at the Volga-Baltic Canal to navigation in 2009 amounted to 16,7 million tons, 8% less than in 2008. In 2009, the Volga-Baltic Canal performed 19,000 flights of ships in both directions, including under the bridges of St. Petersburg was made 5,306 postings courts. The bulk of the traffic belongs to the companies "Volga Shipping" - 15%, "Bashvolgotanker" - 12% and Cherepovets port "- 8%. Just past the navigation on the Volga-Balt employed 156 shipping companies.

Court, following the Volga-Baltic Canal, in the period from April to November consume a large amount of light fuel. The share of bunkering dark beers account for 10-15% of the total fuel consumption of river fleet.

As a result of the modernization of a few years ago, some river vessels have received a new fuel system that allows fill the fuel tanks cheaper heavy oil. On a dark oil in particular, moved ships such as "Sormovsky", "Volga", "Baltic" (project 16290), Valdai and Rusich. Most of the river dry cargo final route of the road are the seaports of Europe, to which they are traveling on the Baltic Sea, having on board dedvetny (Georgia, has great weight with a relatively small amount). Therefore, the shipowner is usually more profitable to carry the maximum number of export goods than to produce bunkering in Russian ports, where the cost of marine fuel is lower (the difference in cost per ton of fuel on some days may reach $ 100).

In the past river navigation in the St. Petersburg bunker on the Neva river fleet to perform the following bunkering company: LLC "Skanship Neva, LLC E-Class", "LUKOIL-hopper, LLC Gazpromneft Shipping, LLC Transles. Scanty Navy was able to get fuel at a gas complex in the Central Yacht Club (LLC ShipOyl "), the Yacht Club" Tirioki "and at a gas station mixed type (located on the banks of the Little Neva with access to water), OAO Lukoil.

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