Export shipments of bitumen by rail from Russian refineries increased to 75,070t in August from 48,380t in July, according to rail forwarders, with active demand for late-summer road work in export markets.
Bitumen shipments from Russian ports also resumed right at the end of the month, when a 4,000t cargo left for west Africa, after none in July. The cargo left St Petersburg and will arrive in Nigeria in mid-September. The charterer was trading company Amur, although this could not be con-firmed.
