MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Russia's Black Sea port of
Novorossiisk resumed oil loadings after storm on Feb. 28, but
will fail to fulfil the February loading plan in full amid
weather related delays in the course of the month, market and
shipping sources said on Tuesday.
Crude oil exports and transit from Russia's Black Sea port
of Novorossiisk were suspended since Feb. 24 due to a storm.
As of Feb. 28, the port has berthed for loading two crude
vessels of 140,000 and 80,000 tonnes, according to shipping
sources.
The port still has to load another three Suezmax vessels of
140,000 tonnes each and one Aframax of 80,000 tonnes from
loading plan for this month, but these volumes will be carried
forward to March, the sources added.
Another two Aframaxes planned for loading from Novorossiisk
late in February were excluded from the plan, as bad weather
hampers discharge of crude oil from vessels in Bulgaria, the
sources said.
(Reporting by Reuters.)
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