MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/. Transneft plans to transfer 46 mln tons of oil through the port of Kozmino next year, Chief Executive Officer Nikolay Tokarev said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel, adding that this volume has already exceeded 42.6 mln tons this year.

"Next year <…> 46 [mln tons of oil will be supplied] to Kozmino," he said. "A total of 42.6 mln tons has already been transferred to Kozmino this year," Tokarev said, adding that there is "the possibility to increase [transfer volumes], with the port’s potential in place."

Transfer via the port may even rise above 50 mln tons, Transneft CEO noted.