OREANDA-NEWS. September 03, 2010. The volume of exported Russian crude oil via special oil port Kozmino (Primorsky Territory) has reached 10 million tons, the Port Authority press release said.
 
Every month, since early 2010 the port has handled from 9 to 13 tankers, increasing the volume of oil shipment.

Recently Kozmino has handled the 100th tanker, the volume of crude oil exported through the East Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline has reached 10 million tons, carried to the oil port by 2,325 trains, in over 165,000 tank cars.

These eight months show that Kozmino port is working well according to schedule. The projected volumes of crude oil are exported monthly to the Asia-Pacific region. The port plans to handle 14 tankers a month in September and October, to ensure accomplishment of this year’s plan of 15 million tons of crude through the ESPO.
 
Special oil seaport Kozmino was built at the end point of the ESPO oil pipeline (Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean) in Primorsky Territory. While the ESPO project is under construction the crude oil is being delivered to the terminal by the railroad. Spetsmornefteport Kozmino’s capacity is 15 million tons of oil a year, expandable to 30m t/y. The first crude shipment was exported from the terminal on Dec. 28, 2009.