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WELCOME1. Port of St.Petersburg2. Kiel canal3. Strait of Gibraltar4. Port of Algiers
Features of M/T REEF
Port of St.Petersburg The Port of St. Petersburg is located in the
delta of the Neva River as it enters the Gulf of Finland in the middle taiga lowlands in western Russia. About 165 nautical miles east-southeast of the Port of Helsinki in Finland and about 185 nautical miles east of the Port of Tallinn in Estonia
The Port of St. Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia after Moscow. In 2006, over 4.5 million people lived in the Port of St. Petersburg.
The Port of St. Petersburg is an important gateway for trade and a center for industry and finance. Industries in the Port of St. Petersburg include the oil and gas trade, aerospace, electronics and radio, computers and software, and shipbuilding
The Port of St. Petersburg consists of three large commercial seaports: Bolshoi, Kronstadt, and Lomonosov
Many river ports on the Neva River create a huge complex system and make the Port of St. Petersburg the main gateway between Russia and the Baltic Sea.
In 2008, the Port of St. Petersburg, with the Primorsk Port, handled a total of 135.5 million tons of cargo.
The Ust-Luga Port handled 6.9 million tons of cargo
The berths in the Port of St. Petersburg handled almost 60 million tons of cargo, and the Primorsk Port handled 75.6 million tons, 98% of which was oil.
Cargoes passing through the Port of St. Petersburg in 2008 included over 10 million tons of bulk cargoes, 1.1 million tons of forest products, 14.8 million tons of general cargoes, 15.1 million tons of liquid cargoes, and 18.7 million tons of containerized cargo
Bulk cargoes included 6.2 million tons of mineral fertilizers, 2.2 million tons of coal and coke, 1.0 million tons of ores, 418.2 thousand tons of grains, 180 thousand tons of other bulk goods, and 9.5 thousand tons of sugar
The Port of St. Petersburg handled liquid cargoes that included 15.1 million tons of petroleum, 53.9 thousand tons of vegetable products, and 1.8 thousand tons of chemicals
General cargoes included almost 4.0 million tons of ferrous metals, 2.7 million tons of other general cargoes, 1.9 million tons of scrap metal, and 1.5 million tons of non-ferrous metals
The Port of St. Petersburg handled 18.7 million tons of containerized cargoes in 18.7 TEUs.
The Port of St. Petersburg is the largest port in northwest Russia. Open all year, the port is connected with the sea by a 43 kilometer long canal that is from 80 to 150 meters wide with depths from 11.6 to 14.8 meters
The Port of St. Petersburg covers about 164.6 square kilometers
It contains 200 berths with a total length of 31 kilometers that can accommodate ships of up to 320 meters in length and up to 42 meters in width. Larger ships must have written permission of the Port of St. Petersburg to enter.
The Kiel Canal (German: Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, NOK), known as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal until 1948, is a 98-kilometre (61 mi) long canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein
The canal links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau
An average of 250 nautical miles (460 km) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland Peninsula
According to the canal's website, it is the most heavily used artificial seaway in the world; over 43,000 vessels passed through in 2007, excluding small craft
Strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar ( Spanish: Estrecho de Gibraltar) is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa
The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic Jebel Tariq (meaning "Tariq's mountain“)
It is also known as the Straits of Gibraltar, or STROG (Strait Of Gibraltar), in naval use and as "Pillars of Hercules" (Greek: Ηράκλειες Στήλες) in the ancient world
Europe and Africa are separated by 7.7 nmi (14.3 km; 8.9 mi) of ocean at the strait's narrowest point
The Strait's depth ranges between 300 and 900 m (980 and 3,000 ft)
Port of Algiers
The Port of Algiers (El-Jazair in Arabic) is the capital and main seaport of Algeria in northern Africa
The Port of Algiers is located about half-way between the Port of Dellys to the east and the Port of Cherchell to the west on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea
Its name comes from the Arabic word al-jaza'ir, meaning "the islands." In 2004, almost 1.8 million people lived in the Port of Algiers.
The Port of Algiers is the most important seaport in North Africa, and it is an important economic, financial, and commercial center for Algeria
The Port of Algiers imports mostly raw materials, industrial products, and supplies. It exports wine, oranges, vegetables, phosphates, and iron ore.
The Port of Algiers is protected by five artificial dams totaling six kilometers and a 2.6 kilometer breakwater that runs parallel to the coast
The port contains 36 quays with a total length of 8.6 thousand meters and alongside depths ranging from five to 12 meters
The northern access channel to the old port in the Port of Algiers is 176 meters long and 22 meters deep. The southern access channel to the Mustapha basin is 240 meters long and 16 meters deep. Pilotage is required for vessels entering and leaving the port
Of the total 8.6 thousand meters of quays in the Port of Algiers, 6.9 thousand meters of quays handle trade cargoes, 300 meters handle passengers, and 821.8 meters handle port services
Trade-related quays include 3.5 thousand meters for general goods, 1.9 thousand meters for containers, 873 meters for cereals, and 577 meters for fishing. Service quays include 140 meters for towing vessels and 681.8 meters for naval repairs.
Opened in 1998, the Port of Algiers' container terminal covers 17 hectares and contains a 600-meter wharf with four berthing stations and alongside depths from 9 to 11 meters. The container terminal has a loading/unloading area of 4.8 thousand square meters and a maintenance workshop of two thousand square meters.
The Port of Algiers contains two dry docks. The larger facility has a 136-meter-long quay that is 18.5 meters wide with a depth of 8 meters. The smaller one is 74 meters long and 15.5 meters wide.
The Port of Algiers offers storage space of almost 28 hectares
Port of Algiers handled over 11 million tons of cargo.