Traffic building

摘要

Freight turnover on the NSR has been on the rise for the past two years, rising by 94,000t to 1.36mn t in 2013. But the volume of hydrocarbons shipped fell by 153,000t to 740,900t, reflecting lower transit and exports by Novatek, one of the route’s key condensate cargo shippers. Market participants say this is because Novatek stopped exporting from the port of Vitino in Murmansk region in August, diverting condensate cargoes to its new terminal at the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga