The first tanker with Venezuelan oil for Belarus calls at Klaipeda Port

News was prepared under the information support of Online Daily Newspaper on Hellenic and international Shipping "Hellenic Shipping News".

31 Aug 2010

Port of Klaipeda has handled the Minerva Helen from Venezuela laden with 80,000 tons of crude oil for Belarus, the Port Authority said. As of now, the cargo has been delivered in tank wagons to Novopolotsk (Belarus). State-run Port of Klaipeda, the northernmost ice-free port on the East coast of the Baltic Sea, is the largest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea and inland traffic lanes. Currently, there are 17 stevedores, shipyards, other companies operating at the port and providing ranged forwarding and logistics services. Trade flows via Klaipeda port in 2009 fell by 6.3%, to 27,866 million tons.

Source: Portnews