Sea Port Pionersky

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2024: The new port for ₽7,4 billion began to regularly receive ships

The marine terminal in the Pionersky Kaliningrad region, the construction of which cost ₽7,4 billion, began to regularly receive ships on the Ust-Luga - Pionersky line on December 23, 2024.

According to Interfax, the first ship moored at berth No. 1 was the Antey ferry. The operator of the marine terminal is FSUE Rosmorport.

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The first stage of the onshore facilities of the terminal includes berth No. 1, a coastal ramp and an operating area of ​ ​ 304.3 thousand square meters. meters. The length of the mooring front is 163.9 meters, the depth at the mooring wall is 7.5 meters. The territory has a platform for storing vehicles with an access road with a total area of ​ ​ 14 thousand square meters. meters, accommodating 74 vehicles.

The infrastructure of the terminal allows you to serve ships up to 191 meters long, up to 26 meters wide and up to 7 meters draught. The North-West Basin Branch is capable of transshipment of up to 20 thousand standard trucks per year, including transshipment of goods such as ro-ro, cars, as well as general and bulk cargoes according to a direct scheme.

In Pionersky, the construction of pier No. 2, the protective mol, the building of the passenger terminal and other auxiliary structures continues. The project has been implemented since February 2018, when Rosmorport signed a contract with Bolverk.

The importance of the Kaliningrad freight sea line increased after Lithuania introduced restrictions on the railway and road transit of sub-sanctioned goods in June 2022. At the beginning of December 2024, sea transportation of goods between the Kaliningrad region and the main territory of Russia is provided by 27 dry cargo ships and ferries operating on the lines Ust-Luga - Baltiysk, Ust-Luga - Pionersky, Bronka - Kaliningrad, Petersburg - Baltiysk and Petersburg - Kaliningrad.^[1]

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