The shipping platform

Location: Makhachkala is located on the SW coast of the Caspian Sea in the Dagestan Republic. General overview: Makhachkala commercial port consists of two harbours, dry cargo with fishing port and oil port. Both areas are protected by breakwaters. It is the only ice-free Russian port on the Caspian Sea. Transit cargoes are handled from W Europe, Central Asia, India and the Gulf areas, facilities for oil tankers up to 10,000t and cargo vessels up to 5,000t. Traffic figures: Sea trade port handles 7,000,000t of oil products, 1,500,000t of mineral construction cargo, 400,000t of general and timber cargo as well as up to 50,000t of ore concentrate annually. Traffic figures: Annually the fishing port handles over 80,000t of fish products including fish meal. Load line zone: Summer Max size: Tankers: Draught 7.0m, 10,000DWT.