Port of Korsakov

Korsakov Sea Trade Port Порт Карсаков
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Location
Country	Russia
Location	Korsakov
Coordinates	46°37′12″N 142°45′46″E
UN/LOCODE	RUKOR
Details
Owned by	Korsakov Sea Trade Port OJSC, Petrosakh CJSC, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd., Pristan LLC, Rosneft-Vostoknefteprodukt LLC and other companies
No. of berths	11
No. of piers	2
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	1.1 million tonnes (2014)
Main trades	timber cargo, coal, crude oil and oil products, metal and scrap metal, equipment, containers
Website kmtp.ru

Port of Korsakov (Russian: Порт Карсаков) is a Russian seaport on Sakhalin Island on the shores of Aniva Bay. It is located in the city of Korsakov, Sakhalin Oblast.

The Korsakov Sea Trade Port provides a passenger-and-freight line with the Kuril Islands, constant line communication with South Korea, Vladivostok, as well as direct links with the West Coast of the US and countries of the Asia-Pacific Region, and the Wakkanai ferry line (Japan) - Korsakov.

History

The construction of the port of Korsakov was begun by the Japanese in 1907. Initially, from 1907 to 1912, a 142-meter-long wooden pier was built on the site of the now-existing South. The depths of the berths were 3 meters. The pier was connected to the shore by a bridge. In 1920, work began on the reconstruction of the pier, and in 1923 the bridge. In 1928, civil engineering work was completed to reconstruct the South Pier, which is a gravitational-type structure. The mooring wall is made of massive folds and a concrete superstructure. The head part is made of reinforced concrete masses of giants installed on a stone bed. An iron-concrete parapet was built to protect against unrest.

Later, work was done to expand the port: in 1939 the North Pier was built, which is a gravitational type structure from giant arrays, the length of the giant array is 1 5 m, the width is 7.2 m and the height is from 9.4 to 9.65 m. The pier consists of 9 berths with a length of 1058.7 m. and bank protection in the area of the power plant 91 m. Out of 9 berths, two berths (Nos. 1, 9) are inactive due to shallow depths.

After the end of World War II and the liberation of the south of Sakhalin from the Japanese invaders, in August 1946, based on cargo turnover and its importance as a transshipment point, the Korsakov Sea Commercial Port was established.

On the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Union of the RSFSR of July 5, 1946 on the administrative territorial structure of the South Sakhalin Region by order of the Minister of the Navy No. 935 of 8 August 1946, based on cargo turnover, its importance as a transshipment point, its technological equipment for berths, transshipment routes, the Korsakov Sea Trade Port of the 1st category was created.

The structure and functions of the port, the main standard facilities of the commercial sea port were approved on 14 October 1947 and announced by order of the Ministry of the Navy No. 373 of 15 October 1947.

In the development of the economy of the young Sakhalin Region, the Korsakov port was of paramount importance, representing a gate to Sakhalin, a connecting point between the mainland and the island.

Korsakov port is one of the largest ports in the Far Eastern basin, navigation in which continues throughout the year.

In 1949, the Sakhalin mainland received mainly grain and food products, building materials, metal and equipment, sent from the Sakhalin region, mainly paper, timber and a number of other goods produced in the Sakhalin region.

In order to solve production and social issues, the port created the following: Motor depot, on the territory of which there were four repair boxes, six parking boxes for cars, four parking boxes for forklifts.

The energy sector - the main equipment of a thermal power plant - boiler No. 3, was put into operation in 1952, boilers No. 1, 2 - in 1961. During 1969-1971, all three boilers were converted from solid to liquid fuel. Mechanical workshops located on the territory of a small bucket. The repair and construction department of the port had a construction yard, a carpentry workshop with machine tools, a sawmill workshop. The port fleet has had 32 submarines since 1949 (tugboats, boat, ram boats, barges).

In the port there was a recreation center "Mayak" in the area of Ozerskoye, a yacht club in the village. First Pad, the Pioneer Camp "Sailor", where the children of port and city workers had a rest, the Vodnik Stadium, where the ice rink worked in the winter. There were also the student’s rooms "Albatross" and "Petrel", two well-maintained dormitories where port workers lived.

Three kindergartens Nos. 6, 25, 29 were visited by the children of the port workers; there is a private clinic.

The following events were held: Initiation to Young Workers, the Portovik newspaper was published, an amateur art group was organized, and annual sports and athletics meetings were held.

In 1992, the Port Fleet disconnected and became the Port Fleet small business.

In 1993, housing was transferred to the city administration, and kindergartens were transferred in 1994.

In 1994, the Maritime Administration of the port was established, and the port became an Open Joint-Stock Company, but did not lose its original significance.

From April 5, 1994 to May 30, 1996, the seaport was called the Korsakov Commercial Sea Port Open Joint-Stock Company (based on Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 721 of July 1, 1992).

From May 30, 1996 onward, the Commercial Sea Port is the Open Joint-Stock Company Korsakov Sea Commercial Port (KMPP OJSC).

Description

There are 34 berths in the port, there are also subordinate port posts in other settlements.

The port can handle vessels up to 8,000 dwt and drawing 7.5 m draft.

Stevedoring companies are the Korsakov Sea Trade Port OJSC, Petrosakh CJSC, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd., Pristan LLC, Rosneft-Vostoknefteprodukt LLC (branch No. 5), Sakhalin branch of FSUE Natsrybresurs, LLC "Fishing collective farm named after S.M. Kirov" (p. Ozerskoe). Equipment - 17 gantry cranes, 3 crawler cranes, and 1 truck crane. There are about 32,600 square meters of open areas, covered warehouses - 12,700 square meters.

The port handles timber cargo, coal, crude oil and oil products, metal and scrap metal, equipment, containers, general cargo. Ship repair is in progress.

A railway has been brought to the port. Communication between him and other settlements of the Sakhalin Region is carried out by road and rail, as well as by regular flights of ships.

Cargo turnover

thousand tons
2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
2350,8	2682,6	2831,9	3716,4	2818,4	2169,1	1033,2	1105,6	1431,6