A terminal to handle liquefied petroleum gas is being built in the Russian Far East. The facility is located in Egge Bay in the Strait of Tartary in the Sea of Japan.
According to the RF Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, the project is worth 21.3 bn rubles ($299 mn), the investor has already spent 6.8 bn rubles ($95.5 mn).
The terminal is designed to accept liquefied petroleum gases like propane and butane delivered by rail, store them and load on board ice-strengthened LPG tankers for delivery to APR countries.
According to the investor, it will be the first facility of its kind in the Russian Far East. The terminal is scheduled to be put into operation in H1 2023 and will operate 24 hours a day year-round. The annual capacity will make 1 mn tons.
The investor intends to spend 4.2 bn rubles ($59 mn) into the modernization of the rail station Sovetskaya Gavan – Gorod rail station that will serve the terminal to expand its capacity up to 10 mn tons from the current 456 thousand tons.