A Russian court has ruled against a decision that temporarily halted operations at an oil berth in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, according to an industry source who spoke to Reuters.
The berth, known as mooring number 8, is operated by Transneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil pipeline company.
Last week, Transneft had announced that it had suspended operations at the berth for 90 days after a surprise inspection was carried out by a transport watchdog.
The port was fined 200,000 roubles (about $2,322) for certain violations, although the nature of these irregularities was not specified.
Transneft has not commented on the matter yet.
The Novorossiisk Commercial Sea Port, where the berth is located, is one of Russia’s biggest oil export ports.
Industry insiders believe that the closure of a single mooring is unlikely to cause any major disruption to the overall port operations.
According to the source, the berth is mainly used
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