Instead of “Pivdennyi”: the russian federation is building a marine terminal for transshipment of ammonia
3.03.2023 - 15:20
Russian federation is building its first ammonia transshipment terminal on the Black Sea, which was previously carried out through the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi.
The Government of russian federation has approved the “roadmap” for the construction of the first terminal in russia for transshipment of ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers in the port of Taman. The complex is planned to be launched at the end of 2023, writes TsTS with reference to rosZMI.
The terminal should replace the aggressor country’s export route through the Southern port, which has been stopped since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine.
In the course of this year, the local authorities and russian Railways (RZD) should resolve issues regarding land plots and infrastructure expansion with Tolyattiazot.
It is expected that “Togliattiazot”, which is part of the “Uralchem” group, will launch the first phase of the terminal with a capacity of 2 million tons/year at the end of this year.
The second stage envisages an increase in the capacity of the complex to 3.5 million tons of ammonia and 1.5 million tons of urea per year by December 2025.
At the same time, russian experts fear that the deadlines for launching the first phase of the terminal may not be met. The possibility of launching the terminal in the second quarter of 2024 is considered more realistic.
It will be recalled that before the start of the full-scale invasion, russian ammonia transited through the territory of Ukraine through the Tolyatti-Odesa pipeline. After February 24, the export of ammonia from the russian Federation stopped. In particular, due to the danger of russian missiles hitting ammonia enterprises and the Odesa port plant.
As previously reported by USM, in November 2023, the russians hoped that their participation in the Black Sea initiative would allow ammonia to be transported thhrough Odesa. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that ammonia will be accepted at the Odesa port plant if russia conducts an exchange of captives “all for all”. But the Kremlin refused, noting that “people and ammonia are not the same thing.”
