Port details / Port
of Odessa
The port is equipped with modern facilities and cargo transfer machinery
to enable the transfer of import cargoes: raw sugar in bulk; citrus
fruits, bananas and other cargoes packed in bags, boxes, packages,
big bags, barrels, or containers; export cargoes: ferrous and non-ferrous
metals; cargoes in containers; chemical fertilizers in bulk and packed;
paper, grain in bulk and packed. It can take large passenger cruise
liners, and has the most modern passenger terminal in the Black Sea,
which handles up to 4 million passengers a year.
Vessels not exceeding draft 12 m, length 240 m, and breadth 40 m are allowed into the port’s inner waters.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Tug assistance is compulsory for vessels more than 100 m long.
There are 38 berths with depths ranging from 8 to 13 m. The berth line totals over 8000 m. The port has 8 terminals for handling dry cargoes as well as passenger, oil and container terminals.
Open storage area totals 215 400 sq. m. Sheltered warehouse area totals 78 800 sq. m. The grain elevator’s capacity is 60 000 tons of grain. The perishable goods warehouse capacity is 13 500 tons, with storage temperatures ranging from +8°C to – 30°C.
Potable water can be supplied both from the shore and by barge. Minimum quantity when supplied by barge is 15 t.
Collection and discharge of oil-polluted and sewage waters from all vessels can be performed by port services upon Shipmaster’s order, and in accordance with standard tariffs. Clean and isolated ballast shall be discharged only via ship pipelines and pumps specially designed for that purpose. The ballast waters purification plant can handle up to 42,000 cu.m of ballast waters.
All kind of desk and engine repairwork are available.
Equipment for cleaning holds is available.
Cargo handling rate
| CARGO |
TYPE OF OPERATION |
RATE, TNS/PCS/DAY |
NOTE |
| REFRIGERATED CARGOES (ON PALLETS) |
UNLOADING (U) |
600 |
DIRECT HANDLING |
| SUN FLOWER SEEDS AND OTHER LIGHT CARGOES |
LOADING (L) |
750/1000 |
DIRECT HANDLING,ELEVATOR |
| BARLEY, WHEAT |
L |
1000/1500 |
DIRECT HANDLING,ELEVATOR |
| CEREALS IN BULK |
U |
2000 |
DIRECT HANDLING |
| RAW SUGAR |
U |
1000 |
DIRECT HANDLING |
| SOYA OIL CAKE, IN BULK |
U |
1500 |
DIRECT HANDLING |
| CHEMICAL CARGOES IN BULK |
U |
2000 |
|
| EQUIPMENT |
L/U |
400 |
|
| EQUIPMENT AND HEAVY-WEIGTS (BY FLOAT CRANE) |
L/U |
170 |
|
| CHEMICALS, FERTILIZERSIN BIG BAGS AND ON PALLETS |
L |
800 |
|
| CARGOES IN PACKS AND BOXES |
L/U |
450 |
|
| ISO CONTAINERS (ON SPECIALISED SHIPS) |
L/U |
200 |
|
| ISO CONTAINERS (ON UNIVERSAL SHIPS) |
L/U |
100 |
|
| SHEET STEEL |
L |
1000 |
|
| WIRE ROD IN COILS |
L |
800 |
|
| SCRAP METAL IN BUNDLES (REINFORCEMENT, STEEL PIGS, SECTIONS) |
L |
1400 |
|
| SLABS |
L |
2000 |
|
| SMALL DIAMETER PIPESIN BUNDLES |
L/U |
800 |
|
| SMALL DIAMETER PIPESPER PIECE |
L/U |
600 |
|
| STEEL IN ROLLS UP TO 9 T |
L |
1500 |
|
| STEEL IN ROLLS ABOVE 9 T |
L |
2000 |
|
| PIG IRON IN BULK |
L |
1500 |
|
|
