The shipping platform

Location: Midia is situated on the Black Sea coastline, approx 13.5nm N of Constantza. General overview: It is one of the satellite ports of Constantza and was designed and built to serve the adjacent industrial and petrochemical facilities. The N and S breakwaters have a total length of 6,760m. There are 12 berths with a total length of 1,477m. The main cargoes handled are packed chemicals, ammonia, crude oil and derivatives, agribulk, GPL, and metallic products. Traffic figures: Approx 2,100,000t of cargo and 468 vessels visit the port 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: Max draught 8.0m, 20,000DWT. CALM Buoy: 85,000DWT. The N and S breakwaters have a total length of 6,97 km. The port covers 834 ha, of which 234 ha is land and 600 ha is water. There are 14 berths (11 operational berths, 3 berths belong to Constantza Shipyard) with a total length of 2,24 km. Further to dredging operations performed the port depths are increased to 9 m at crude oil discharging berths 1-4, allowing access to tankers having an 8 m maximum draught and 20.000 dwt. Connections : road, railway, inland (via Poarta Alba - Midia Navodari Canal) Communications: Radio Constantza, callsign ”YQI”, working frequency: 500kHz; 461kHz; 2,748kHz. VHF: Harbour Master, Midia, Ch 67. NAVIGATION Port limits: The port is limited by the S and E breakwaters. Sea buoys, fairways and channels: The port is accessed through an approach channel with a width of 80 m and a depth of 9.5 m. Pilot: Compulsory for all vessels, except Navy vessels, vessels used for public services such as maintenance, control and surveillance of navigation, salvage vessels, training, hospital and leisure vessels. Pilotage is compulsory for entering, leaving the port and for the maneuvering of the vessels inside the port, throughout 24 hours. The vessel's Master has to notify pilots, at least 12 hours prior to arrival. The compulsory zone to embark/disembark the pilot is as follows: Fair weather (wind force 4), near the point of co-ordinates: 44°05'.1N 028°43'.1E. Bad weather (wind over force 4), near the point of co-ordinates: 44°06'.2N 028°42'.3E. The pilot boat is white, with ”pilot” on the side. Anchorages: Anchorage is available at the following co-ordinates: Latitude Longitude 44°22'.0N 028°45'.5E 44°22'.0N 028°48'.5E 44°19'.5N 028°45'.5E 44°19'.5N 028°48'.6E The depth in the anchorage area is 20 m. Tidal range and flow: Tides in the Black Sea are negligible. Variations of water level may be caused by persistent winds and can reach 0.5m under extreme conditions. Dock density: 1014 Weather: Prevailing winds: Winter, N-NE; Spring, NE-E and NE-S; Summer, NW-NE; Autumn, N-NE. Strong winds occur at the end of autumn (Oct) and in winter (Jan) with storms up to Beaufort force 9 to 10 (20kn to 30kn). Main navigational aids: Along the Romanian coast, from Midia to Mangalia there are modern navigational aids with solar cells, remote control and radar reflectors. Charts: Admiralty Pilot NP24.