Mariupol Commercial Sea Port

On June 9, 1808, Russian Emperor Alexander I signed a decree on the establishment of a port authority and a quarantine outpost in Mariupol.

The birth of the Mariupol port was a logical continuation of the rapid development of industry in the south of Russia in the second half of the 19th century. In 1886, five kilometers from the city near the Zintseva beam, the construction of a new Mariupol seaport began.

In three years, three breakwaters and two breakwaters were built (total length more than 3 km), the embankment (850 m), the harbor was deepened to 14 feet (4.26 m), a cobbled highway was laid from the city to the port, the railway from Mariupol station was extended to the port (3.35 versts) and on the territory of the port (3.46 versts), various port facilities were built, loading and unloading equipment was installed.

The solemn opening of the Mariupol port took place on September 2, 1889 - 18 wagons loaded with coal were delivered to the port embankment. This date is considered the start of operation of the port, which was of great importance for the country. In terms of appropriations during the period 1867-1904 The Mariupol port, which did not have a military purpose, ranked third in Russia.

On June 13, 1907, workers at the Mariupol port began a strike. The strike was crushed by troops.

On June 13, 1920, a seamen club opened in the port.

Mariupol port is the largest and most equipped port of the Sea of ​​Azov. The share of the Mariupol port in the cargo turnover of Ukrainian seaports as of 2017 amounted to 4.9%. ^[3]

The water area of ​​the port includes internal and external roads, as well as access channels of the Coal Harbor and the port of Azovstal. The internal raid consists of an outport, Coal, Bread and Western harbors. The raid is protected from unrest by the North, South, East and West breakwaters and the Barrage dam. On the outer roadstead there are three anchorage areas for ships.

The width of the coastal shallows in the port area reaches 4.3 miles. You can enter the port only through canals, the main of which is the Coal Harbor approach channel, leading through the coastal bank to the southern part of West Harbor. The channel is 9.4 miles long and 100 meters wide. ^[four]

The port is capable of receiving vessels up to 240 m in length. The passport depth of the port water area and the approach channel of the Coal Harbor is 9.75 m and 9.15 m, respectively. ^[5] However, due to constant siltation, the real depth is less. As of October 2017, the passage draft of vessels was 7.5 meters, as of May 2018 - 7.7 meters ^[3]

Through the Volga-Don Canal , the Mariinsky System and the White Sea-Baltic Canal, the port is connected with all regions of Russia gravitating to the Volga and has access to the Caspian, Baltic and White Seas, and through the Kerch-Yenikalsky Canal - with the Black Sea.

The territory of the port is 67.6 hectares. The length of the mooring line is 3.2 km. The port provides processing of bulk, bulk, general, heavy, oversized, bulk cargoes, containers, and other cargoes.

Heavy, oversized loads are reloaded using floating cranes with loading capacity of 100, 150 tons.

The port has a special training ground for receiving lighter cargo ships , which allows them to be loaded and unloaded in the closed water area of ​​the port. The port handles fuel oil according to the “side-by-side” option, ensuring the environmental safety of these operations.

Unloading and loading of refrigerated goods, dangerous goods of the corresponding classes, fertilizers in bulk is carried out according to the direct option.

A specialized coal loading complex allows processing up to 5 million tons of coal per year. It is equipped with car dumper, conveyor lines, unloading and loading machines, car defrosters.

A high-performance container terminal provides speedy handling of container ships and the delivery of 20- and 40-foot containers according to the door-to-door option. The terminal capacity is up to 50 thousand TEU per year.

A complex of international sea passenger-and-freight communications with an area of ​​2.1 hectares and a carrying capacity of 130 people per flight was put into operation.

The port has a motor depot that allows for long-distance and foreign transportation.

Scheduled cargo and passenger transportation to Turkey, Greece, Israel.

According to the agreement signed by the administrations of Mariupol and the Greek city of Kavala , it is planned to organize regular cargo and passenger transportation and subsequently open a ferry between Mariupol and Kavala . Both cities are part of the Black Sea Club of coastal cities, whose goal is mutual support in the name of sustainable development.

Director of the Mariupol Commercial Sea Port State Enterprise - Alexander Oleinik ^[6] . The head of the Mariupol branch of the Administration of the seaports of Ukraine is Alexinsky Rosinsky ^[7] .

Cargo turnover

Mariupol port can handle over 17 million tons of cargo per year. The maximum cargo turnover was achieved in 2013 - about 15 million tons.

Cargo turnover in recent years: ^[3]

• 2012 - 14.909 million tons,
• 2013 - 15,499 million tons,
• 2014 - 13.003 million tons,
• 2015 - 8.984 million tons,
• 2016 - 7.604 million tons,
• 2017 - 6.514 million tons.

The cargo turnover structure is mainly raw: in 2017, 4,291.4 thousand tons of metal products, 843.3 thousand tons of coal, 19.3 thousand tons of ore, 412.2 thousand tons of grain and 73.6 thousand tons of sunflower were handled oils. ^[eight]

• Mariupol State Commercial Sea Port .