Theodosia Port

Position: Latitude 45°04'N, Longitude 35°30'E.

The port is situated in the western part of Theodosia Gulf of the Black Sea. The port is open to ships all year round. The gulf depths are up to 24 m. Port's water area comprises waters allotted for the port. It includes water areas of the inner road­stead, road oil berths, anchorages Nos. 400 and 401, guarded areas adjoining port points Kok-tebel, Krymskoe Primorye, the pier of Zolotoy Plyazh and the passenger pier in the mouth of the Baybuga river.

The outer roadstead's depths are 17-20 m, its ground is oozy and holds anchors well.

The port water area at Shirokiy mole and Desantnikov embankment is not sheltered from winds and rough seas coming from the north­easterly quarter of the horizon.

Water areas in the mouth of the Baybuga river and those near the oil piers located at Theodosia oil handling terminal are not sheltered from southerly winds (SE, S, SW).

Entering and Leaving Port

The ship's ETA in Theodosia Port should be sub­mitted by the shipowner, freighter or shipmaster 10 days in advance and confirmed 72, 24 and 4 hours before the ship's arrival. The information should also contain the following data: shipowner's and freighter's names; time of arrival at re­ceiving buoy; ship's draft, cargo plan, list of all ship documents available; fuel and water needs; etc.

Any delay the ship suffers, which may cause late arrival, should be reported to the port by the shipmaster immediately. In any case of missing or wrong information, 24 hours will be added to the ship's lay time.

The departure procedure is usually carried out on board.

Navigational Conditions

The port receives cargo vessels at Shirokiy mole berths. Berth No. 1 of 148 m length and the re-   constructed part of berth No. 2 of 86.25 m length  enable accommodation of vessels of 190 m length and 10.7 m draft. It is possible to accommodate vessels having no more than 5.8 m draft at the non-reconstructed part of berth No. 2, at berth No. 3 - vessels having 7.1 m draft and up to 130 m length. Berth No. 14 can take ships of up to 150 m in length and less than 6.2 m draft.

If agreed in advance, the port can handle ships with the draft exceeding 10.7 m, finally loaded in the roadstead by the floating crane Theodosiets and cargo lighters.

Port accommodates oil tankers of up to 115,000 DWT with the draft less than 12.5 m at Northern roadstead berth, vessels of up to 80,000 DWT with the draft of up to 11.5 m - at Southern one. Berth No. 15 can accommodate passenger vessels of up to 150 m length with the draft of up to 5.2 m anchoring with the stern at the berth.

Pilotage

Pilotage in the port's inner and outer roadsteads is compulsory for all vessels except Ukrainian ves­sels of less than 500 GRT. Pilotage in port area is available 24 hours a day. Foreign-flag vessels should meet a pilot at buoy B.

Policy on Staying in Port

The main anchorage place for ships in the out­er roads is anchorage No. 401 where there are 13 different anchoring grounds, as follows: Nos. 1-6 for ships up to 125 m in length; Nos. 7-13 for ships up to 210 m in length.

Anchorage location by bearing and distance from the front transit lighthouse, situated at the endofZaschitniy mole:

The Duty Master of SPCI is in charge of ships' placement in the outerroads and inside the port water area.

Port Operators are in charge of ships' place­ment at berths and berth constructions.

Repair

Shipmasters of vessels being handled in port can order the following repair and service: lathe work, milling and pipe work; hull repair; check of dielectric protection devices; battery charging and repair; charging and repair of refrigeration plants.

SPECIALIZATION

Theodosia used to be the second port in Ukraine by the volumes of crude oil and petroleum products handled. The port can handle up to 11.25 M t of cargo a year, the number includes 1.25M t of dry cargo.

PORT FACILITIES

The port has two oil berths in the roadstead.

The northern berth with depths up to 13.5 m, can accommodate tankers of 80,000 DWT with draft up to 12.5 m.

The southern berth can take tankers up to 115,000 DWT with draft up to 5 m.

Both berths provide handling of crude oil and light petroleum products. They can both work si­multaneously but in different direction. Loading/ discharge operation rate is 2,500t per hour in Summer time. Monthly handling of liquid cargo is about 800,000t.