North-Western Basin Branch News

The boundaries of Vysotsk seaport changed

In accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1085 of July 22, 2020 the boundaries of the seaport of Vysotsk as well as the boundaries of the maritime cargo and passenger crossing point across the state border of the Russian Federation were changed.

The changes are related to the inclusion of the territory and facilities of the sea terminal for the production, storage and transshipment of natural liquefied gas with a design capacity of 1.5 million tons per year near the Portovaya compressor station into the borders of the sea port and the boundaries of the marine checkpoint across the state border of the Russian Federation.

This investment project is implemented by “Gazprom invest” LLC. In accordance with the cooperation agreement for the project implementation concluded between FSUE “Rosmorport” and “Gazprom invest” LLC, a part of the objects belonging exclusively to the federal ownership in the seaport of Vysotsk will be built and transferred by the “Gazprom invest” LLC to the Russian Federation treasury in accordance with the established procedure.

The sea terminal consists of 16.6 hectares of operation water area of the shipping terminal, 1.4 hectares of operation water area of the support fleet berth, 349 hectares of anchorage for vessels, 400 meters long technological berth for liquefied natural gas shipment with a depth of 14.9 meters, support fleet berth with a total length of 253 meters (before reconstruction), which is to be increased to 434 meters, with a depth of 6.2 meters, a fencing structure with a length of 536.5 meters, security objects, pipelines and networks, power-generating facility.

Vessels up to 298 meters long, 47.2 meters wide and 12.5 meters draught will be served at the terminal.

For reference: the FSUE “Rosmorport” North-Western basin branch within the borders of the seaport of Vysotsk and the checkpoint across the state border of the Russian Federation has 4 berths and 22 other real estate objects. According to the results of 7 months 2020 in the seaport of Vysotsk at the berths of the branch, operators of maritime terminals passed over 3.7 million tons of cargo, all of which were shipped in export direction.