Novorossiysk
General Description
| UN/LOCODE: | RUNVS |
| Coordinates: | 44°72’N / 037°81’E |
| B.A. Nautical Chart No: | 3311, 3316, 3318 |
| Admiralty Sailing Directions: | NP24 |
| Time zone: | UTC + 3 hrs |
| Port Security Level: | 1 |
- Novorossiysk port specializes in handling general cargo, bulk, containers, foodstuffs, timber, crude oil and oil products.
- Novorossiysk Bay is available for vessels with a draft up to 19.0 m and the inner port waters – up to 12.5 m whereas there are no restrictions at CPC- R Marine Terminal.
- The bay is ice-free and open for navigation all year round.
Anchorage Areas
The Novorossiysk seaport VTS coverage area – water area, bordered by the coastline and straight lines, connecting points of coordinates:
- 44°32’16,2”N / 38°04’36,0”E
- 44°30’27,0”N / 38°01’55,0”E
- 44°36’42,0”N / 37°34’00,0”E
- 44°40’34,0”N / 37°34’00,0”E
Designated anchorage areas for ships at roads are No: 408, 410, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416.
Companies and Terminals
There are 9 terminal operators rendering stevedoring services for various cargoes.
NCSP Group
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) is one of the largest transport nodal points of South Russia. NCSP Group have consolidated 5 largest stevedoring companies of the port which provide a wide range of stevedoring services including transshipment of crude oil, oil products and other liquid cargoes, dry bulk and general cargoes, containers.
- NCSP
- NCSP – Sheskharis Oil terminal
- NCSP – Novoroslesexport
- NCSP – IPP
- NCSP – Novorossiysk Ship-Repair Yard
- NCSP – NMT
DeloPorts Holding
The holding operates 8 berths of 2.137 m total length, while total terminal area is 42,5 hectares. The holding consolidates 2 terminal operators:
Novorossiysk Grain Terminal
NZT combines storage facilities of the 3 “NKHP” silos of total storage capacity 240.000 mt and “NZT” silos of total storage capacity 120.000 mt.
| Berth No | Terminal operator | Length (m) |
Projected depths (m) |
Max permitted draft (m) |
Specialization | Equipment |
| 21 | NZT | 155,5 | 6,90 – 7,30 | 6,60 – 7,00 | SFS oil | Direct loading from RW tankcars by shore pumps |
| 22 | NKHP | 268,3 | 13,50 | 13.10 – 13.20 | Grain | 4 ship loaders of 500 mt per hour each |
| 23 | NZT | 258,0 | 13,40 | 12.90 – 13.00 | Grain | 2 ship loaders of 800 mt per hour each |
Caspian Pipeline Consortium – R (JSC “CPC-R”)
The CPC – R Marine Terminal is a deep water SPM technology-based crude oil terminal.
CPC–R
SPMs are found in the following coordinates:
SPM 1: 44° 37′ 46,11″ N / 37° 38′ 16,07″ E – depth of water 56 m
SPM 2: 44° 37′ 19,94″ N / 37° 39′ 40,08″ E – depth of water 57 m
SPM 3: 44° 37′ 45,04″ N / 37° 36′ 43,02″ E – depth of water 58 m
Single Point Moorings of the CALM (Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring) type, are anchored to the seabed by six suction anchors each. The SPMs are designed and constructed to survive the 100-year storm conditions and are capable of mooring tankers up to 300.000 tons displacement. Presently, tankers with a DWT between 70,000 – 150,000 tons are being handled at the terminal.
NCSP
“NCSP” provides a wide range of stevedoring services including transshipment of crude oil, oil products and other liquid cargoes, dry bulk cargoes and general cargoes. Total port area (including Sheskharis oil district) amounts to 87.4 hectares; total area for open storage of cargoes is 18.88 hectares; total area of sheltered warehouses is 6.22 hectares; refrigerated storage 0.416 hectares; Total berth line of 8444 m is available with access to railway and road connections.
| Dock | Berth No | Length (m) |
Depth alongside (m) |
Max permitted draft (m) |
Specialization |
| Eastern Dock | 1 | 171.3 | 5.50 | 5.20 | Auxiliary |
| 2 | 141.5 | 7.25 – 9.30 | 6.95 – 9.00 | Coal | |
| 3 | 222.6 | 11.40 | 11.10 | Coal | |
| 4 | 155.2 | 11.30 | 11.00 | Auxiliary | |
| 5 | 243.5 | 13.00 | 9.60 – 12.70 | Bulk cargoes (coal, hbi/dri, pig iron) | |
| 6 | 160.7 | 5.40 – 9.60 | 5.10 – 9.30 | Coal | |
| 6а | 67.6 | 2.40 – 4.60 | 2.10 – 4.20 | Auxiliary | |
| Central Dock | 7 | 164.9 | 8.00 – 8.20 | 7.70 – 7.90 | Steel products |
| 7a | 134.0 | 1.80 – 5.60 | 1.50 – 5.30 | Auxiliary, steel products | |
| 7b | 258.5 | 2.30 – 4.50 | 2.00 – 4.20 | Auxiliary | |
| 8 | 186.9 | 10.90 – 11.20 | 10.60 – 10.90 | Steel products, pig iron | |
| 9 | 239.7 | 11.40 | 11.10 | Steel products | |
| 10 | 182.8 | 11.40 | 11.10 | Raw sugar (discharging) | |
| 11 | 198.0 | 11.20 | 10.90 | Steel products, pig iron | |
| 12 | 180.8 | 9.90 – 10.50 | 9.60 – 10.20 | Raw sugar, concentrates (discharging) | |
| 13 | 165.0 | 6.30 – 8.20 | 6.00 – 7.90 | Fruits, vegetables, bananas (discharging) | |
| Western Dock | 14 | 167.9 | 7.00 – 8.20 | 6.70 – 7.90 | Containers, steel products |
| 15 | 297.0 | 7.40 – 9.70 | 7.10 – 9.40 | Iron ore, mineral fertilizers | |
| 16 | 177.8 | 10.50 – 11.50 | 10.20 – 11.20 | Mineral fertilizers, steel products | |
| 17 | 239.5 | 11.40 | 11.10 | Steel products | |
| 18 | 182.5 | 11.30 – 11.40 | 11.00 – 11.10 | Steel & aluminum products | |
| 19 | 181.0 | 11.10 – 11.40 | 10.80 – 11.10 | Steel & aluminum products | |
| 20 | 166.5 | 5.10 – 9.20 | 4.80 – 8.90 | Aluminum products, paper | |
| Cabotage Dock | 33 | 240.0 | 4.50 – 9.75 | – | Museum Navy ship berth |
| 34 | 287.7 | 9.40 | 9.10 | Passenger | |
| 34а | 149.0 | 3.80 – 6.50 | 3.50 – 6.20 | Auxiliary | |
| 35 | 241.8 | 5.20 – 6.20 | 4.90 – 5.90 | Passenger |
NCSP - Sheskharis Oil terminal
The berths of the Sheskharis oil terminal have the following characteristics:
| Berth No | Length (m) |
LOA Min – Max (m) |
Max Beam (m) |
Depth alongside (m) |
Max draft alongside (m) |
DWT (thousand tons) |
Specialization |
| 1A | 490 | 232 – 290 | 52.00 | 20.0 | 19.4 | Up to 110 | Crude Oil |
| 1 | 490 | 265 – 332 | 56.00 | 24.0 | 23.4 | Up to 170 | Crude Oil |
| 2 | 320.3 | 175 – 258.9 | 48.30 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 40 – 105,5 | Crude Oil, clean oil products |
| 3 | 227.5 | 182.5 – 205 | 32.20 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 3 – 47.2 | Oil products |
| 4 | 90 | 38 | – | 4.3 | 3.7 | Up to 0,9 | Handling of bunker barges and bilge water barges (filling of oil products and oil water discharge) |
| 6 | 228 | 245 | 43 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 15 – 65 | Oil products |
| 7 | 228 | 245 | 43 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 15 – 65 | Oil products |
| 8 | 170 | 73 – 150 | 17.5 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 3.3 – 12 | Oil products |
NCSP - Novoroslesexport
“Novoroslesexport” provides transshipment and storage services for container cargoes, timber, steel products and project general cargoes. The total port area comprises of 65 hectares; offering 11 berths with total length 1.422 m; total area of roofed warehouses (storage of plywood and fiberboard) 14.528 m2 and total area for open storage of cargoes (storage of sawn timber and containers) – 369.700 m2
| Berth No | Length (m) |
Depth alongside (m) |
Max permitted draft (m) |
Specialization |
| 28 | 211.9 | 11.30 – 12.00 | 11.00 – 11.70 | Containers, steel products, Ro-Ro, project cargoes
Sawn timber in packs, steel products |
| 28а | 100.6 | 8.00 – 11.40 | 7.70 – 8.20 | |
| 29 | 232.0 | 10.60 – 13.10 | 10.30 – 12.80 | |
| 30 | 122.8 | 10.60 – 13.00 | 10.30 – 12.70 | |
| 31 | 118.0 | 6.80 – 6.90 | 6.50 – 6.60 | Sawn timber in packs, steel products |
| 31а | 96.0 | 6.90 | 6.60 | |
| 32/1 | 108.0 | 7.20 – 7.70 | 6.90 – 7.40 | Sawn timber in packs, steel products
|
| 32/2 | 121.0 | 7.50 – 7.60 | 7.20-7.30 | |
| 32/3 | 121.0 | 7.60 – 7.90 | 7.30 – 7.60 | |
| 32/4 | 146.0 | 7.90 | 7.60 | |
| 32/5 | 146.0 | 6.50 | 6.20 |
NCSP - IPP
“IPP” operates the high-speed complex for shipment of liquid cargoes including oil products, vegetable oils and liquid fertilizers. Berths are operated jointly with “NCSP”.
Mooring points of berth № 5 “IPP” has the following characteristics:
| Berth No | Length (m) |
LOA (m) |
Max Beam (m) |
Depth alongside (m) |
Max draft alongside (m) |
DWT (thousand tons) |
Specialization |
| 26A | 159.0 | 80.35 | 11.97 | 4.1 – 4.8 | 3.8 – 4.5 | 6310 | Loading diesel oil, fuel oil into bunker vessels and tankers by loading arms |
| 26 | 369.4 | 197.00 | 29.0 | 13.1 | 12.8 | Up to 56050 | Loading diesel oil, liquid mineral fertilizers, vegoil, gasoline, bunker diesel oil and fuel oil |
| 27 | 339.0 | 179.00 | 25.3 | 12.0 | 11.7 | Up to 38300 | Loading diesel oil, liquid mineral fertilizers, vegoil, gasoline, bunker diesel oil and fuel oil |
NCSP - Novorossiysk Ship-Repair Yard
“Novorossiysk Ship-Repair Yard” provides ship-repairing services as well as effects shipment of ferrous metal products, nonferrous metal products and metal scrap. There is total berth line length of 1700 m; total open storage area of about 60000 m2; capacity of secured warehouses 30000mt of cargoes at the same time with 13 approach railway lines.
| Berth No | Length (m) |
Depth alongside (m) |
Max permitted draft (m) |
Specialization |
| 1 | 201.0 | 10.60 | 10.30 | Steel products |
| 2 | 201.0 | 9.90 – 10.60 | 9.60 – 10.30 | Steel products |
| 3 | 200.0 | 6.00 – 9.00 | 5.70 – 8.70 | Steel products |
| 4 | 163.4 | 6.70 – 7.30 | 6.40 – 7.00 | Steel products, aluminum products |
| 5 | 222.1 | 6.50 – 9.70 | 6.30 – 9.40 | Steel products, aluminum products |
| 9 | 66.1 | 6.90 – 7.10 | 6.60 – 6.80 | Perishable (discharging) |
| 10 | 140.0 | 7.80 – 8.20 | 7.50 – 7.90 | Perishable (discharging) |
| 11 | 145.0 | 4.70 – 7.40 | 4.40 – 7.10 | Auxiliary |
| 13 | 252.0 | 3.90 – 4.50 | 3.60 – 4.20 | Auxiliary |
NCSP - NMT
“NMT” provides services for reception of oil products from railway tanks, accumulation in shore tanks and further shipment to sea vessels. Berths are operated jointly with PJSC “NCSP”.
Shore facilities: mooring points of berth № 4 “Novorossiysk Fuel Oil Terminal” has the following characteristics:
| Berth No | Length (m) |
LOA (m) |
Max Beam (m) |
Depth alongside (m) |
Maximum draft alongside (m) |
DWT (thousand tons) |
Specialization |
| 25 | 249.5 | 195.0 | 32.2 | 13.1 | 12.80 | Up to 47.083 | Loading fuel oil |
| 25А | 249.5 | 195.0 | 32.2 | 13.3 | 13.00 | Up to 47.083 | Loading fuel oil & gas oil |
DeloPorts Holding - NUTEP
NUTEP is a modern container terminal that handles containers, project and Ro-Ro cargo in Novorossiysk port. Annual throughput capacity is 700,000 TEU. Terminal is equipped with STS/RTG’s and mobile cranes to handle cargo operations. Terminal accepts post-panamaxes after recent construction of berth #38.
| Berth No | Length (m) |
Depth alongside (m) |
Max permitted draft (m) |
Specialization |
| 38 | 415.3 | 15.00 | 14.70 | Containers, project cargoes |
| 39 | 397.0 | 10.50 – 12.20 | 10.20 – 11.90 | Containers, project cargoes |
| 39bp | 181.3 | 12.20 – 12.30 | 11.90 – 12.00 | Containers, project cargoes |
| 39а | 211.5 | 9.40 | 9.10 | Auxiliary |
| 39b | 87.0 | 10.10 – 10.40 | 9.80 – 10.10 | Ro-Ro, containers, project cargoes |
DeloPorts Holding - KSK
KSK is a deep-water grain terminal operates silos of simultaneous storage capacity 115,600 mt. The terminal is equipped with 2 ship belt loaders of 800 mt per hour each.
| Berth No | Length (m) |
Depth alongside (m) |
Max permitted draft (m) |
Specialization |
| 40 | 251.0 | 11.50 – 12.40 | 11.80 – 11.90 | Grains |
| 40A | 309.0 | 12.80 – 13.50 | 12.50 – 13.20 | Grains |
| 41 | 128.0 | 6.40 – 11.10 | 5.80 – 10.50 | Grains |
Tide
Tidal variation is virtually zero.
Weather Restrictions
- Port is affected by strong winds and cargo operations or navigation may cease when Harbor Master announces Gale Warning. The port is not considered a shelter port in such cases.
- Novorossiysk is an ice-free port.
Working Hours
Novorossiysk port operates 24/7, except of an official short stoppage for 1 night shift in New Year’s eve.
Stevedore gangs work in two shifts:
- 1st shift 08:00 – 19:00 lt
- 2nd shift 20:00 – 07:00 lt
Public holidays:
| Jan 1 – 6 and Jan 8 | New Year holidays |
| Jan 7 | Orthodox Christmas |
| Feb 23 | Defender of the Fatherland Day |
| Mar 8 | International Women’s Day |
| May 1 | Spring and Labour Day |
| May 9 | Victory Day |
| Jun 12 | Day of Russia |
| Nov 4 | National Unity Day |
Services
- Bunkers, lubricants are available by barge and ex-shoreline at Sheskharis oil terminal.
- Fresh water is supplied by trucks or by freshwater shore line.
- Repairs as well as provisions and technical stores are available.
- Garbage is removed by trucks whilst alongside or by barges at roads, cost of service is included in ecological services charge.
- COVID-19 restrictions
1. In accordance with Immigrations and Sanitary regulations now crew change is permitted for Russian crew members only.
When crew change is planned, the newly arrived crew members prior the vessel’s boarding must provide certificate for coronavirus test (COVID-19) (PCR method or test for IgG antibodies) only, carried out not more than 3 days (72 hrs) before boarding the vessel.
Signed-off crew members must pass coronavirus test (COVID-19) (PCR method or test for IgG antibodies) during next 3 days (72 hrs) after disembarkation and inform sanitary authority via internet special site on result, they must keep 3 days period of home isolation.
2. Crew change of foreign part of crew is prohibited.
3. Foreign visitors are not allowed to enter the port and to board the ship, shore leave for crew members is not allowed.
Transportation
Nearest airports
| Anapa | 80km distance from Novorossiysk – daytime domestic flights only |
| Gelendzhik | 50 km distance from Novorossiysk – daytime domestic flights only |
| Krasnodar | 180km distance from Novorossiysk – both domestic & international flights operated every day all day |
Nearest railway:
- Novorossiysk RW station