БІЛГОРОД-ДНІСТРОВСЬКИЙ МОРСЬКИЙ ТОРГОВЕЛЬНИЙ ПОРТ

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GENERAL OVERVIEW

The city of Belgorod-Dniestrovsky is located in the southwestern part of Odessa region, 20 km from the Black Sea on the right bank of the Dniester estuary, which is 42 km long and 4.5 to 12 km wide and is connected by a strait with the Black Sea. The distance to Odessa is 80 km. External communications of the city are carried out by road, rail, and water transport. The Odessa-Izmail, Odessa-Reni, and the Odessa-Izmail railway pass through Belgorod- Dniestrovsky.

The nearest ports and the distance to them specified in miles: Odessa – within 40, Illichivsk – 25, Izmail – 100, Ust-Dunaisk – 77. The approach of ships to the port is carried out both through the sea channel which length makes 2.22 km and by the Lyman channel with its length of 14.5 km. The depth of the approaching channel is 4.5 m.

The Belgorod-Dniester port is open for navigation all year round. In the cold season, northeastern and northerly winds predominate, and in the warm season, southeastern, southern, and northwestern winds come to the area. The number of days with strong winds up to 15 m / sec varies from 7 to 30 per year. Mean temperature varies within 8.8 to 11.5 ° C annually. Frosts are usually observed during the period from November to March. Fogs are observed on average 31 days basis a year. The largest number of days with fog are reported during the period from October to March.

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

The berth line of the seaport composed of 1.1 km (8 berths) with maximum depths of these up to 3.5 m. The port is adjacent to the railway and highway.

The port’s capacity is 1,710,000 tons of dry cargo. The seaport includes 24.29 thousand square meters of covered warehouses and 279.73 thousand square meters are occupied by open air warehouses.

The port provides services for processing, transportation and forwarding of transit, foreign trade and coastal shipping, as well as storage services. The port’s cargo turnover consists mainly of containerized cargo: cement in containers, forest cargo, chemical products and others.

SPECIFIC PORT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

In 2019, the company processed 117.26 thousand tons of cargo, including 27.74 thousand tons of forest cargo, 60.63 thousand tons of chemicals and 7.48 thousand tons of cement in containers, 2.89 thousand tons cement and 18.52 thousand tons of other cargo. In 2020, the company processed 75.35 thousand tons of cargo, including 21.64 thousand tons of cement in containers, 18.53 thousand tons of forest cargo and 17.04 thousand tons of chemicals and 18.14 thousand tons other cargoes.

OPERATING SUMMARY	2017	2018	2019	2020
The total volume of transshipped cargo, thousand tons	352,41	235,45	117,26	75,35
Volume of transshipped cargo for export, thousand tons	297,62	183,17	30,69	18,53
Volume of transshipped cargo for import, thousand tons	39,00	52,28	86,57	56,82
Volume of transshipped cargo for internal movement, thousand tons	15,79	–	–	–