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After a tanker sinks, Russia's Ust-Luga Port continues to export fuel

According to industry sources, and LSEG ship-tracking information, Russia's Baltic Sea Port of Ust-Luga resumed fuel exports Tuesday following a tanker that ran aground after a weekend explosion in its engine-room.

After the explosion, a Suezmax tanker named Koala that was carrying 130,000 metric tonnes of fuel oil ran into trouble near a berth in the Ust-Luga terminal.

According to the Russian Ministry of Transport, no one from the crew was injured.

On Tuesday, the ministry said that divers were inspecting the vessel and had not detected any fuel leaks. It added that the incident had been investigated.

According to LSEG, the tanker flies the Antigua and Barbuda flag. Dahlia International Co. from Liberia is its registered owner.

The terminal called Ust-Luga Oil has three berths to load fuel oil, vacuum gasoline and naphtha.

Sources in the industry estimate that fuel exports will increase by 2.6%, to reach 23.77 millions tons, by 2024. In January, the terminal handled 2.1 millions tons of oil products including 1.7million tons of vacuum gasoil and fuel oil. Reporting by

(source: Reuters)