Riga eyes Russian transit cargo

Acron group, one of Russia’s leading vertically integrated mineral fertiliser producers, has contracted the European Sulphur Terminal (EST) at the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga to handle its exports.

Acron group, one of Russia’s leading vertically integrated mineral fertiliser producers, has contracted the European Sulphur Terminal (EST) at the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga to handle its exports.

As Russia tightens its control of export flows out of the Baltic, there are questions over what the future holds for bulk terminals in its former Soviet-controlled neighbours.

In July 2016, JSC Rosterminalugol, the operator of the coal terminal in the Russian port of Ust-Luga, handled 1.7 Mt of coal, a 6% increase, year-on-year.

Russia’s ICT Group has signed a contract with Company Ust-Luga, the developer of the new Russian Baltic port, to build a 4 Mtpa terminal for handling fertilisers and general cargoes at the port.

Demand for fertiliser is steadily increasing in response to a positive agricultural market, says the International Fertiliser Industry Association (IFA) in its new report Medium-Term Fertiliser Outlook 2012-2016.