Russia: ports storage and transshipment capacity

Russia: ports storage and transshipment capacity

Azov Port

Among main kind of agricultural cargoes there are feed and milling wheat. Loading to vessel with dead weight to 5.000 tonnes is carried out from 6 berths, length of each is 100 meters, and depth is 4-6 meters. Grain is mostly delivered to the port by motor transport, then it is unloaded to bunkers and after that is loaded to vessels by grapple with capacity of 1.200-1.500 tonnes per day. While delivering by railway transport capacity of loading reaches 3.000 tonnes per day. Azov port has also elevator with possibility of simultaneous storage of 14.000 tonnes of grains. Annul capacity of trans-shipment is 380.000 tonnes.

Yeysk port

In November 2004 the first line of complexes for trans-shipment of bulk food cargoes was put into operations in "Yeysk sea port". Complex is designed for export-import trans-shipment of different liquid food cargoes - syrup, vegetable oils, wine stuff etc. capacity of the complex while loading the vessel is to 1.500 tonnes per day; total capacity is 7.000 cubic meters (2 tanks by 3.500 cubic meters). Capacities of the complex presume simultaneous loading/unloading of 5 railway tankers, 7 trucks and 1 vessel at one of two neighboring berths. Trans-shipment complex is equipped with system of heating the cargo in railway tankers before unloading and heating the cargo in tankers before loading….

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Ukraine cancelled grain export quotas
According to the Prime-Minister of Ukraine Yulia Timoshenko, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on its meeting on April 23 cancelled the quotas for grain export.
According to her, the quotation of grain export was the temporary measure. In 2008 the Government forecasts the good yield of grain, in this connection there is no necessity in the further grain export restrictions. Prime-minister supposes opening of grain export and increase of sun oil export quota will not result to the growth of the local prices for these products.
Let us remind you that in November 2007 the Government of Ukraine allowed grain export in the volume of 1.2 mln tonnes for the period from January 1 to March 31, 2008. And since April 1, Ukraine cancelled maize export quotation and at the same time prolonged the validity term of the export quotation for wheat, barley and rye till April 30, 2008 without changing the volumes of the quotas – 200.000 tonnes, 400.000 tonnes and 3.000 tonnes correspondingly