A solemn ceremony was held in Pionersky on February 1, 2018 to lay a memorial capsule for starting the construction of an international sea terminal to receive cruise and cargo passenger vessels in the Kaliningrad region.

The ceremony involved Russian Deputy Transport Minister, Head of Rosmorrechflot Viktor Olersky, Kaliningrad Region Governor Anton Alikhanov, FSUE “Rosmorport” General Director Andrei Lavrishchev, member of the Board of Directors of LLC “Bolverk” Sergei Shipinin, deputy chairman of the Rosmorrechflot Public Council and chairman of the All-Russian Movement for the Support of the Navy Mikhail Nenashev, other representatives of the sector and officials.

The participants of the project for building the sea terminal reported on the details of the project and the schedule for creating the infrastructure in the seaport of Kaliningrad.

While welcoming the participants in the solemn ceremony, Victor Olersky said, the development of cruise business in the region would facilitate the growth of jobs ashore.

Andrey Lavrishchev stressed, that the construction of the sea terminal in Pionersky was of considerable importance for FSUE “Rosmorport”. He also said, the facility would be commissioned in time.

On the occasion of the construction start honorable guests laid a memorial capsule in the concrete stone, which would be placed in the terminal’s foundation base.

The international sea terminal in the Kaliningrad region is one of the major infrastructural projects of the North-Western Federal District. This project is realized in pursuance of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s instructions – Instruction No Pr-2368 of October 5, 2013 – and Russia’s Government Resolution No AD-P9-7317 of October 14, 2013.

The project is implemented by FSUE “Rosmorport” under the Russian state program “The Development of the Transport System”. The project will help us create additional possibilities to develop the tourist cluster in the country in the future.

The project envisages building berths for receiving cruise vessels with the maximum passenger flow through the sea terminal of 300,000 people per year and the maximum cargo flow of up to 90,000 units of cargo transport per year that will facilitate the dynamic development of the Kaliningrad region in marine ferry and cruise shipping.

As of today, FSUE “Rosmorport” completed design works and obtained positive findings on the facility by the State Appraisal Board. Moreover, a plan for ensuring transportation security of the new sea terminal has been worked out. The plan envisages equipping areas of the sea terminal with engineering and technical facilities that provide transportation security.