| Port of Odessa | |
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| Port of Odessa Passenger Terminal | |
| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Location | Odessa, Odessa Oblast |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1794 |
| Operated by | State Company Odessa Commercial Sea Port |
| Owned by | Sea/River Fleet Administration (government) |
| Type of harbor | Natural/Artificial |
| Size | 109 acres (141 ha) |
| Available berths | 46 |
| Piers | 52 |
| Employees | 3,500[1] (2007) |
| General manager | Mykola Pavlyuk |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 31,368,000 tonnes (2007)[2] |
| Annual container volume | 523,881 TEU's (2007)[3] |
| Passenger traffic | 4,000,000 people[4] (2007) |
| Website | www.port.odessa.ua |
The Port of Odessa is the largest Ukrainian seaport and one of the largest ports in the Black Sea basin, with a total annual traffic capacity of 40 million tonnes (15 million tonnes dry bulk and 25 million tonnes liquid bulk). Along with ports of Illichivsk and Yuzhny it serves as a major freight and passenger gateway to Ukraine.
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In 2007 the Port of Odessa handled 31,368,000 tonnes of cargo and 523,881 TEU's making it the busiest cargo and container port in Ukraine.
The largest cargo volume was in 2002 when the port handled 13.2 million tons of dry cargo and 20.4 million tons of liquid products.[5]
| Years | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grain* | 1.236 | 2.948 | 1.977 | 1.638 | 3.004 | 2.525 | 2.188 |
| Sugar* | 0.710 | 1.111 | 1.881 | 0.603 | 0.796 | 0.467 | 0.968 |
| Ore, coal* | 0.089 | 0.163 | 0.125 | 0.230 | 0.811 | 1.274 | 1.757 |
| Metals* | 6.190 | 7.000 | 6.501 | 7.106 | 6.203 | 6.556 | 5.805 |
| Timber* | 0.021 | 0.028 | 0.040 | 0.068 | 0.061 | 0.048 | 0.039 |
| Perishables * | 0.033 | 0.064 | 0.057 | 0.059 | 0.161 | 0.312 | 0.344 |
| Containers * | 0.881 | 1.242 | 1.675 | 2.264 | 2.851 | 3.688 | 4.474 |
| Minerals, Building materials * | 0.246 | 0.174 | 0.001 | 0.245 | 0.024 | 0.060 | 0.158 |
| Other* | 0.696 | 0.463 | 0.204 | 0.165 | 0.115 | 0.167 | 0.168 |
| Dry cargo* | 10.102 | 13.192 | 12.461 | 12.377 | 14.024 | 15.095 | 15.900 |
| Bulked* | 18.541 | 20.400 | 21.052 | 18.173 | 12.822 | 12.915 | 15.469 |
| Petroleum* | 13.524 | 12.931 | 13.457 | 10.787 | 7.250 | 8.483 | 10.674 |
| Oil products* | 4.886 | 7.230 | 7.337 | 6.847 | 4.917 | 3.758 | 4.091 |
| Liquefied gas* | 0.118 | 0.149 | 0.154 | 0.380 | 0.353 | 0.432 | 0.448 |
| Vegetable oils* | 0.012 | 0.090 | 0.104 | 0.152 | 0.218 | 0.173 | 0.162 |
| Technical oils* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.007 | 0.085 | 0.068 | 0.093 |
| Total*' | 28.642 | 33.593 | 33.513 | 30.550 | 26.847 | 28.010 | 31.369 |
The terminal was opened on May 13, 2005 and has a storage area of 51,500 m2.[7]
The complex was put into operation on June 26, 2003. UHC is a universal complex, which specializes in the handling of wide cargoes: metal products (armature, billet, wire rod, pipes, angle bar, ore), general cargoes, timber, bulk cargoes and containers.[8]
The oil and gas terminal has six berths with a total storage capacity of 671,000 m3.[9]
The terminal has two specialised berths for natural gas with a handling capacity of 700,000 tonnes of condensed gas per year.
The oil and gas terminal has an annual traffic capacity of 25,500,000 tonnes per year:
The Port of Odessa has one of the largest passenger terminals in the Black Sea basin; it handled around 4 million passengers in 2007.[10]
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