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Sunday, 26 August 2012

First Russian tanker at Rotterdam,Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 13 September 1927

An item reported that arrival at Rotterdam of the Russian tanker Grozneft loaded with 5,000 ton gas oil coming from Batoem [Georgia]. It was the first cargo of Russian oil ever arrived at Rotterdam transported with a Russian tanker. The oil was stored in the tanks of a firm which lent tank capacity to other firms.