
Craig Setzer, CCM
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Craig Setzer, CCM
@CraigSetzer
AMS Board Certified Consulting (Marine) Meteorologist —-Hurricane Preparedness Specialist —-Emmy winning former TV Meteorologist —-CCM #794


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oil, fuel >> Iciest Baltic in Years Threatens to Cut Russia Commodity Exports The most extensive sea ice in 15 years around Russia’s key Baltic Sea commodity ports could curb a chunk of the nation’s vast exports program because of a shortage of vessels that can cope with the conditions. From Monday, the key oil terminal of Primorsk, and the Vysotsk fuel port, stipulated non-ice-class ships had to have individual ice-breaker escorts, according to orders from the two facilities, published on the website for the administration of Russia’s Baltic ports. The Gulf of Finland, home to 40% of Russia’s seaborne oil exports, is now mostly covered with ice and the affected area continues to grow, according to Alexander Kolesov, chief weather forecaster of St. Petersburg. The icy conditions, combined with a shortage of vessels with strengthened hulls, are complicating exports of crude, fuels and other cargoes from the region, according to five people involved in the industry. (Bloomberg)














