Primorsk Terminal
Our Hovo Trans B.VPrimorsk port is the second largest Russian port on the Baltic located 2.5 n.m. south of the town of Primorsk, in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland. It is one of Russia’s main oil export ports and is linked to the port of Vysotsk by a pipeline.
General Description
| UN/LOCODE: | RUPRI |
| Port Coordinates: | 60° 20′ 5″ N, 28° 43′ 0″ E |
| B. A. Nautical Chart No: | 2393 – Primorsk Oil Terminal and Approaches 2264 – Gulf of Finland – Eastern Part Publication 2817 – Baltic Sea – Northern Sheet and Gulf of Finland |
| Admiralty Sailing Directions: | NP 20 |
| Time zone: | UTC +3 hrs |
| Port Security Level: | 1 |
Primorsk Port is located in the strait of Björkösund, about 120 km to the North-East of St. Petersburg. The port came into operation on 28 December 2001. There are six operational berths – berths # 1 & 2 are for loading Crude Oil and berths # 8 & 9 are for loading Oil Products, while berths # 3 & 4 are for loading both Crude Oil and Oil Products. Shore tanks with a total volume of 500.000 tons for crude oil and 240.000 tons for diesel oil are available. The maximum designated capacity of the crude oil terminal is 75 million tons per year and for diesel oil terminal the figure is 20 million tons per year. Maximum loading rate of the crude oil terminal is 10.000 cbm per hour. Maximum loading rate of the Oil Products (Diesel Oil) is 2.800-3.300 cbm per hour depending on the tanker tonnage and number of loading arms connected.