Ust-Dunaisk Merchant Sea port

Director General Pavel Kozinets.

Address
Ust-Dunaisk merchant sea port.
2 Pridunaiskaya Str., Vilkovo, Odessa Province, 68355, Ukraine.
Phones: + 380 (4843) 31135, 31873.
Telex: 732141 VPORT UX
E-mail: vilport@odtel.net

Ust-Dunaisk merchant sea port is situated in the southern part of Zhebriyansky Bay of the Black Sea, adjacent to the Ochakov mouth of the Danube River.

The port was founded in the late 70’s, primarily to serve the lighter carrier system. It provided reception and safe harbourage for the handling of lighters, and to accumulate them for further use in river- and sea-going cargo transportation. However this lighter carrier system had virtually stopped. Nowadays, the port specializes in transshipment of cargoes from sea-going to river-going vessels in view of transportation via the Danube, and vice-versa.

The port also comprises Port Point Kiliya, situated at the town of Kiliya, and a berth in Vilkovo where the port’s administration is located; both of them are designed exclusively for handling river-going vessels.

The main flow of cargo is to and from Danube and Mediterranean countries.

The port provides handling, transport and forwarding services for transit, foreign trade and coastal shipping cargo, and storage facilities. It provides reception, safe harbourage and handling of lighters, and their accumulation for further transportation usage.

The port’s cargo turnover consists primarily (over 2/3) of bulk cargoes: ore, ore concentrates, grain. Besides this, it handles metals, equipment, textile raw materials, paper and pulp. Cargoes are transported into port by ships, nonself- propelled barges and lighters. It can handle up to 4 million tons of cargo per year.

Port of Ust-Dunaisk comprises two cargo areas: one for sea-going and one for river-going traffic. There are no quays as hydrotechnical constructions. To moor vessels to be handled, there are three barrel stops ie: two for lighters of Julius Fuchik type; and one for Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya type vessels.

The barrel stops for mooring lighters consist of 4 barrels with holding capacities of 45 t each.

The barrel stop for mooring Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya type vessels consists of 3 barrels with holding capacities of 45 t each.