The shipping platform

Location: The port of Posyet is situated in the upper part of the Bay of Posyet, an inlet off Peter the Great Bay, on the W side of the Sea of Japan. It lies approximately 110km SW of Vladivostock, and 20km from the border with N Korea. General overview: Posyet (Posiet) is a small port in the Russian Far East. The roads Reid Pallada are situated in Novgorodskaya Bay. The port is open to Russian and foreign vessels. The nearest sea port Zarubino, is situated on the Northern coast of Posyet Bay in the Troitsi Bay. The port is open throughout the year; ice conditions are considered to be light and last from the end of Dec to the end of Feb. During this period the port is open for vessels of ice class 3 according to the Russian Shipping Register rules. The port waters become covered with ice, which clears by the middle of Apr. During particularly severe conditions entry into or departure from the port is carried out with the assistance of icebreakers, or ice class tugs. At present the port receives different cargoes such as rolled ferrous metals in packages, sheet, rolls, ferrous metal scrap in bulk, Non ferrous metals (aluminium, copper in pigs), logs, sawn timber, bulk cargoes (coal, clinker, sand) 20 and 40ft containers, and ferrous alloys in bulk and bags. Traffic figures: The port handles approx 2,000,000t of cargo each year. Load line zone: Summer zone for vessels over 100m in length and Winter Seasonal for vessels of 100m and less between Dec 1 and Feb 28/29. Max size: Max LOA 175m, draught 9.0m. Largest vessel handled: M/v 'Aurora', LOA 187m, cement clinker, 25,088t.