Vitino

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Coordinates: 67°05′N, 32°20′E

Vitino (Russian: Витино) is an oil port on the White Sea in Russia. It is located near the station Beloye More (Белое Море) a few kilometers south of Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast, on the western shore of Kandalaksha Gulf.

The port started operations in 1995, and since 2001 has been operating year-round. Its principal activity is transfer of oil and oil products arriving by rail from Russia's oil refineries to sea-going oil tankers for export. In 2004, 3.7 million tons of oil and oil products has been handled by the port; its full capacity at the time was 8 mln ton a year. ^[1]

The port can handle seagoing tankers with displacement up to 40,000, with the dimensions up to:

• Length: 230 m,
• Beam – 32 m,
• Draft – 10.9 m.

There are also two piers there for handling smaller, sea-and-river going boats

[edit] External links

• Port of Vitino