History of Russian Volga tanker fleet

        October 4, 2012 VF Tanker | Russia | fossil fuels: transport

Oil transport from Baku in the Caspian Sea to Astrakhan at the mouth of the Volga River began in the 1870s with wooden barrels and sailing schooners, but many ships were lost from cargo damage and instability. Bulk cargo holds soon cut costs 3x. Oil and kerosene transport in Nobel Brothers tankers on the Volga sped delivery as did their Baku–Batumi pipeline.