Three more ships from Russia arrive in Portugal this week
of the escalation in Ukraine and despite the agreement with Russia and the movement of cargo from the Russian market in the ports of the ongoing war, with the data of the ongoing war Express no websites from the various national ports, there are at least three ships from Russia scheduled to arrive in Portugal in the coming days.
The first two unload in Sines Russian refinery diesel (VGO), a by-product of the oil industry that Gal Energia has imported from Russia to use in its refinery.
This Tuesday, March 8, the Chemtrans Mars ship, which flies the Liberian flag, will unload VGO in Sines. The voyage departed the port of Ust Luga, Russia, on February 27, three days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
And for Thursday, March 10, an expected arrival to Sines of the Alentejo ship is scheduled, with the arrival of a boarding flag in the Alentejo port, which the Krimbar flag will also arrive in the Alentejo port. It came from the Russian port of Kavkaz on the Black Sea.
O Express asked Galp this Monday about these two VGO loads are its own, but it was not possible to obtain an immediate response from the Portuguese oil company. What is certain is that in its statement of March 2, in which it also announced the purchase of oil products of Russian origin, Galp admits that it is importing VGO, indicating that “cargoes of oil products originating in Russia have already been acquired and are currently in transit delivered and unloaded”.
These two ships arrive at Sines Sabe after the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais received an LNG vessel from the port of Detta, in northern Russia, with cargo imported by the company last week. Spanish Naturgy commercialization of natural gas mainly for business customers in Portugal.
Among the main gas importers to Portugal, Galp, EDP and Endesa do not import this product from Russia, sourcing from other origins, such as Nigeria, Algeria and the United States, among other markets. Naturgy, which did not respond to a question by Express Last week, regarding the LNG download in Sines, it has a long-term contract since 2018 (valid until 2038) to supply gas at the Russian port of Sabetta.
Container ship in Leixões on Sunday
In addition to Jair de, boarding diesel for the Chemtrans Mars do Kri, the Portuguese companies did not arrive at the end of the week with another ship from Russia. This is BBC Lima, a container ship that left Saint Petersburg on March 3 and should arrive at the port of Leixões on March 13, Sunday.
The data on the pages of ship arrivals from national ports still account for the presence in Portuguese waters of two Russian flags. The Topaz Don, which in recent days has been in Viana do Castelo, should this Tuesday dock in Leixões. And the Topaz Moskva, another general cargo ship, also flying the Russian flag, should sail from Aveiro to reach Viana do Castelo on March 14.
The Topaz Don was the ship that came to Portugal to load components for wind towers we manufacture at the unit that Enercon has in Viana do Castelo. , the German company instructed its Portuguese auxiliary ship to load the Russian vessel with shovels and destination the sea following the instructions B sent to Portuguese Russia.