General Description
Location: Ust-Dunaisk (Ust-Dunaysk) lies on the S shore of Bukhta Zhebriyanskaya in an artificial inlet. General overview: The port is a transhipping base, handling cargoes from sea going to river going vessels. The port also is made up of Port Point Kiliya, situated at the town of Kiliya, and a berth in Vilkovo, both are exclusively for handling river going vessels. Traffic figures: Approx 200 vessels handled annually.
Load line zone: Summer Zone for ships over 100m in length and Winter Seasonal Area for ships of 100m or less in length, Winter Dec 1 to Feb 28/29, Summer Mar 1 to Nov 30.
Max size: LOA 170m, beam 26m.
Max arrival draught 8.5m, if vessel's arrival draught is greater than that permissible, lightering of the vessel is effected in any convenient place near the entrance channel on Port Control orders.
Port position: Latitude 45°28′N, Longitude 29°42′E.
In winter NW-N-NE winds prevail. In summer NW winds prevail. Storm winds over 15 m/s most often occur in winter (up to 10 %).
Ice conditions occur only during severe winters, usually in the middle of December or the first half of January. Normally, the port gets free of ice in the second half of February or in early March.
The territory of Ust-Dunaisk port's covers 15 hectares, its water area totals 60 ha.
The port's sea approach channel is 7 km long and leads to three anchorages for large tonnage ships where passable depths have been lost by present time. Another connecting channel, of 1.5 km long, leads from the port's harbour into the Prorva Channel.
The sea approach channel used to be from 80 to 100 m wide and 8 m deep. Its harbour depth is now significantly less than formerly designed (13 m).
PORT FACILITIES
Port Ust-Dunaisk comprises two cargo areas - one for seagoing and one for rivergoing vessels.
There are no quays as hydro-technical structures in the sea cargo area. For mooring of vessels to be handled, there are three barrel ancorages there but the depth required for vessels' passage have been lost there.
The cargo berth in Vilkovo
The cargo berth at Vilkovo specializes in handling bulk and general cargo. Its length is 117 m and depth is 1.6 m.
The cargo berth of Port Point Kiliya
The cargo berth of port point Kiliya specializes in the handling of bulk and general cargoes.
Its length is 150 m. The progressive depths from the waterfront's bank are: 1 m away – 2.8 m deep; 3 m away – 3.4 m; 5 m away – 4.4 m.
Grain Handling Terminal
The terminal is located in the port point of Kiliya. It is designed for handling grain exported to the Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean countries.
Due to the depths at the berths, the port can accommodate vessels of 5,175 DWT. Turnover capacity of the port is 100,000–120,000 t monthly. Rate of handling is 2,500 t of grain per day.
Accumulating capacities are designed for 2,000 t of grain. Storage peculiarities: short term storage for up to 15 days.
Cargo transfer is carried out according to the following schemes:
motor vehicle – conveyer – hold;
motor vehicle – hopper – warehouse;
warehouse – conveyer – hold;
motor vehicle – crane – hold;
warehouse – crane – hold.