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Publish date: September 9, 2005
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According to projects plans the terminal will be completed by 2008 and have a capacity of 10-12 million tons per year, later to be increased to an annual 30 million ton. The terminal project is part of a modernization programme for the whole port facility complex of Murmansk.
The press office of Arktikshelfneftegaz reports that Russian Minister of Transport, Igor Levitin, this September will approve the programme, which includes $2,5 billion of investments over the next 10 years. The programme will help increase the capacity of the Murmansk ports to a total of 78 million tons per year, of which 38 million tons will be dry goods and 40 million tons will be petroleum, RusEnergy reports.
Arktikshelfneftegaz will run the project in partnership with the two companies Kuzbassrazrezugol and Korporatsia Sintez.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.