Russia’s Main Black Sea Port Resumes Loading Crude at Key Berth

The Sheskharis facility in the port of Novorossiysk, Russia.

Photographer: Vitaly Timkiv/AP Photo

Russia’s largest Black Sea port of Novorossiysk resumed loading crude from a key berth, according to people familiar with the information.

The Samos crude tanker moored at berth 1 of the Sheskharis oil terminal at Novorossiysk on Thursday afternoon, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing information that isn’t public. Loading at the berth, which is designed to handle Suezmax tankers, started later that day, one of the people added.