Russian ammonia and urea producer PJSC Togliattiazot’s long-standing plans to complete an ammonia and urea transshipment terminal in the Russian Black Sea/Azov Sea port of Taman have taken a further step forward, it reports.
The producer this week said the public hearings on the project have been completed, and the project documentation will be submitted for approval by the state environmental authorities.
Togliattiazot is now targeting completion by 2026 of the transshipment terminal, which is expected to handle 2 million mt/y of ammonia and 3 million mt/y of urea, according to the Russian company. Total Investment is expected to be about RUB40 billion (approximately $655 million at current exchange rates), and will be financed by Togliattiazot.
Product will be delivered to the terminal mainly by rail.
The new transshipment facility will be strategically located on the Russian side of the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black and Azov Seas, and according to the producer, will be unique, as Russia does not as yet have a single ammonia transshipment terminal.
The project’s construction first began in 2003, but was subsequently suspended due to reasons the company said were beyond its control. Togliattiazot resumed construction in 2015, and in 2018 had reported its plans for the transshipment terminal were back on track after it received the green light from Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport (FAMART) (GM Dec. 7, 2018). At that time, commissioning was planned for 2020.