Moscow-On Dec. 10, AS BCT launched its ammonia transshipment complex in the Estonian port of Sillamäe. The first vessel was serviced and loaded with 11,640 tons of ammonia. A company in the Acron Group, AS BCT is the second specialized ammonia storage and transshipment terminal on the Baltic Sea. The principal advantages of the terminal facility, according to the company, are its strategic proximity to Russian ammonia producers, advanced high-tech equipment, and year-round servicing of vessels with a capacity of up to 40,000 mt. The Acron Group began construction of AS BCT in 2006 as part of its logistics improvement plan. In addition to handling shipments of the group’s products, the facility will contract to transship ammonia and liquid fertilizers for CIS and EU producers. AS BCT, which is equipped with two 30,000 mt ammonia tanks and three 20,000 mt UAN tanks, obtained permits in September 2009 to operate an ammonia tank farm and ammonia transshipment complex with a design capacity of 1 million mt per year. The Acron Group opened a 1 million mt/year capacity UAN transshipment complex at Sillamäe in March 2008.
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