LONDON/MOSCOW, Feb 21 (Reuters)– Shipments of oil items from a Russian Black Sea port, struck by a supervisory problem, have “collapsed”, Russian oil pipe syndicate Transneft claimed onWednesday

A Transneft representative claimed as numerous as 6 vessels have actually been stood up at the port of Novorossiisk and also 2,400 railcars have actually been waiting on refilling.

Four market resources informed Reuters previously that deliveries from the IPP terminal at Novorossiisk have actually been interfered with given that very early February as a result of a row over control of the port.

Transneft condemns the port’s captain for “unlawful” disturbance in its industrial procedures.

It included that it was experiencing a lack of railcars for loadings at Tikhoretsk, a train joint and also pipe center in the area, and also had actually asked Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov to step in.

Three resources claimed oil item deliveries from the IPP terminal at the port of Novorossiisk have actually been postponed over a supervisory problem.

The port did not respond to a created ask for remark.

Trading resources claimed that packing procedures of 2 vessels– Andromeda, hired by Litasco, and also Trafigura’s Atlantas II– had actually been terminated.

“Ships have been waiting in the harbour of Novorossiisk,” an investor claimed.

It is unclear when the port will certainly go back to typical procedures. Each month it manages around 300,000 to 350,000 tonnes of oil items, generally naphtha and also diesel. (Reporting by Gleb Gorodyankin in London and also Natalia Chumakova and also Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow; editing and enhancing by Jason Neely and also Adrian Croft)

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