OREANDA-NEWS. January 12, 2009. In 2008, Petersburg Oil Terminal handled 11.8 million tonnes of oil products (+2.6%, year-on-year), the company reports.

In the reported period, transshipment of light oil products totaled 3.4 million tonnes (similar torthe result of the previous year), while transshipment of dark oil products grew by 3.7%, year-on-year, to 8.4 million tonnes.

Petersburg Oil Terminal (POT) provides the services of transshipment and storage of oil products for export, as well as bunkering vessels. In addition, the company conducts quality analysis of oil products, and accepts and treats slops discharged from vessels calling at the Port of St. Petersburg.