Port of Mariupol
The Port of Mariupol or Mariupol Marine Trade Port (Ukrainian: Маріупольський морський торговельний порт, MMTP) is located in Mariupol, Ukraine and is the largest repair facility of its class on the Sea of Azov.
The birth of port of Mariupol was a logical continuation of rapid development of the industrial Russian South in the second half of 19th century. The shallow wharf in a mouth of Kalmius River did not meet the development requirements of fleet along with mining and metallurgical industry of Donets basin (Donbas).
In 1886 there started the construction of a deepwater port in Mariupol, near Zintseva balka (locality).
The construction was planned for five years, but was finished in three – under pressure from industrialists.
On 2 September [O.S. 21 August] 1889 on the port's embankment were brought 18 railcars carrying coal (about 2,000 poods).
After a prayer in a presence of the Russian Minister of Railways and the Mariupol city governor Kharazhaev, there began the first loading onto a steamship of the Russian Society of Shipping and Trade "Medveditsa", which on 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1889 left for its destination.
This date is considered as the start date of the port's operation. The port had huge significance for the development of industry in a region and whole country. It would be enough to say that in its volume of assignments in a period of 1867-1904, the port of Mariupol that did not have military designation held third place in Russia.
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Coordinates: 47°03′21″N 37°30′18″E / 47.0558333433°N 37.50500001°E
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(*) Crimea ports were unilaterally taken over by Russia | ||