KYIV. Jan 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Odesa maritime merchandise port plans to realize some investment projects in 2016, the press service of the Sea Port Authority has reported, referring to head of the port’s administration Mykhailo Sokolov.
He said that reconstruction of berth 7 with construction of a handling terminal is underway, construction of a grain handling terminal on the basis of berth 35 (1-z) continues and construction of a container terminal is going on at the Quarantine Mole.
This year the port plans to start reconstructing an overpass, the cargo customs clearance zone, a concert and exhibition hall and a passenger ship terminal.
The administration and partners of the port take into account and fulfill ecological requirements when they agree and realize investment projects. In 2015, grain terminals of the harbor commissioned several modern aspiration systems that allowed cutting dust formation of cargos.
Odesa port is located on an area of 109.5 hectares. The port is capable of processing over 14 million tonnes of dry cargo and 24 million tonnes of liquid cargo per year. The port accepts vessels with lengths of up to 270 meters and maximum draughts of 13 meters. The total length of the port’s berths exceeds eight kilometers.
