The shipping platform

Location: Reni is located on the River Danube approx 54nm from the river's mouth. General overview: The port has 30 berths, located in 3 basins and can accommodate vessels with draught restricted only by the depths of the Sulina channel. Cargo handled includes general bulk, liquid bulk, foodstuffs, packaged cargo, as well as containers and Ro-Ro. Ice breakers are required to keep the port open during hard winter months. Traffic figures: Approx 81 vessels visit the port and approx 800,000t of cargo handled at the port annually. Load line zone: Summer Zone for vessels over 100m in length and Winter Seasonal Area for vessels of 100m or less in length, Winter Dec 1 to Feb 28/29, Summer Mar 1 to Nov 30. PORT FACILITIES The project annual capacity of the port amounts to 14.5 million t. The territory covers 940,000 sq. m. The berthing line extends to 3,927 m. Water depths at the wall amount to 12 m. Sheltered warehouses cover 30,000 sq. m, open storage yards – 195,000sq. m. The port consists of 3 cargo areas, the oil handling site and a ferry complex. Port Reni is provided with the network of railways and has significant park of handling facilities and devices that allow handling cargoes of up to 250 t. There is the continuous shift of loading and unloading works in the port including weekends and holidays. Navigation is possible all the year round. Cargo area 1 Specialization: metals; scrap metal; general cargoes; bulk chemicals and cereals. Total berthing length is 960 m, water depths at the quay wall – 2.3–6.5 m. The open yards cover the space of 24,923 sq. m, sheltered warehouses – 12,473 sq. m. The annual throughput capacity amounts to 1mt. Max. draught of accepted vessels by high water in the Danube may reach 7 m. The deadweight of vessels accommodated when using buffer with a glance to berths’ equipment is up to 10,000 t. Cargo area 2 specialization: - metal; - scrap metal; - grain; - timber; - petroleum products; - general and bulk cargoes (pellets, coal, coke); - chemicals (potassium, chlorine, carbamide, phosphorites). The total length of the berths is 1,960 m, water depths at the wall – 3.6–7.5 m. The open yards cover the space of 62,737 sq. m, sheltered warehouses – 6,965 sq. m. The annual capacity averages 2,5M t. Max. draught of accepted vessels - 7 m. The deadweight of vessels accommodated when using buffer with a glance to berths’ equipment is up to 20,000 t. Cargo area 3 The area is specialized in the handling of bulk cargoes (ore, pellets, coal, iron ore sinter, coke). The annual capacity amounts to 2 mt. Total length of the berths amounts to 565 m, water depth at the wall – 3,6 m. The open yards cover the space of 61,650 sq. m. Max. draught of accepted vessels by high water in the Danube may reach 7 m. The deadweight of vessels accommodated – up to 3,000 t. Storage Facilities Sheltered warehouses cover the area of 30,000 sq. m, open yards – 195,000 sq. m Machinery: - 1 bridge crane, lifting capacity of 250 t.; - 5 fork-lift trucks Toyota, Highster, of 1.5 t. l/c; - 3 fork-lift trucks Mitsubishi, Toyota of 4 t. l/c; - 2 fork-lift trucks 40810 of 5.0 t. l/c.; - 1 fork-lift truck Toyota, of 10 t. l/c; - 2 lift truck with hitching devices Mitsubishi, of 2.5 t. l/c; - 2 bucket loader: Bobkat-843, Bobkat S-130 of 0.7 t. l/c; - 1 port tractor Terberg of 200 hp; - 1 crane Kato, of 50 t. l/c; - Rubber tired crane KS5363D capacity 36 t. – 1 unit; - Floating cranes: of 100 t. l/c – 1 unit, of 16 t.; - L/c – 2 unit; of 5 t l/c – 1 unit.