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Illichevsk Merchant Sea port
Address Illichevsk merchant sea port, one of the largest in Ukraine, is situated on the coast of Sukhoy Liman (estuary), 12 miles southwest of Odessa. It was founded in 1958 as a branch, cargo handling area for the Port of Odessa. |
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The port can admit vessels of up to 13 m draft and lifting capacity more than 100,000 t. Port Illichevsk is a component of the European Community’s 9th International Transport Corridor, and also a component of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea Corridor. Railway ferry crossings connect the port with Bulgaria and Georgia. Port Illichevsk is a modern and highly mechanized, international seaport on the Black Sea coast. The port’s throughput capacity is 24 million tons a year. The port features specialized cargo facilities: railway ferry terminal; liquid cargoes terminal for handling liquid fertilizers, liquid caustic soda and vegetable oils; sheltered terminal for storage and transfer of bulk mineral fertilizers; container terminal; grain cargoes transfer terminal. Port offers specialized facilities for handling heavy lifts (max. 300 t). |
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The port has 28 berths, and the berthing line runs a total of 5.5 km. Its berthing depths range from 9.6 to 13 m. The characteristic feature of the port is that its facilities are located on different levels of its seacoast territory. This territory consists of several sites separated by embankments or unused areas. On the upper level, there is a railwagon depot, container repair workshop, empty containers depot, and warehouses used mainly for liquid cargo, etc. All port berths are equipped with railway access lines, up to 10 rail sidings deep away from the waterfront, that have enabled the port to reach a turnover capacity of up to 700 wagons a day. The port is divided into three cargo terminal complexes all of which have various transfer and storage facilities. |
