General Description

The port is situated on the North West Coast of the Black Sea south of the port of Odessa.
Port complex comprises of the Container terminal, Grain terminal, Sulphur terminal, Vegetable Oils Transshipment Complex, Ferry Terminal.
It consists of 2 basins, water depth varying between 6,7 and 14,5 meters, abt 6,0 kms of quay and 29 berths (see table with details below)
It has specialized terminals for coal, iron ore, general cargo and petroleum products.

Anchorage Areas

It has one anchorage area ( #351) with depth 19m.

Tide

Port is not tidal, but level of sea water can be changed up to 0,5 m, subject to wind direction.

Restrictions

(also see attached table with drafts at berths in General Description section)

• Official entering/exiting channel’s draft declared by Harbor Master is 14,5 m
• Density of water in harbor is 1,007-1,013 (at summer time 1,010)
• LOA restrictions – 275 m (300 m in individual cases on Harbour Master permit)

Ballast water requirements 

The State Inspection for Protection of Black Sea (SIPBS), or “Ecologists” as they are commonly known, require that all ships exchange all ballast water taken in other regions with (deep sea) Black Sea water before calling at any Ukrainian port. The exchange must be recorded in ships’ official logs. Prior to arrival, the Master has to declare to Agent quantity of ballast water that he intends to discharge in harbor for the cargo operation. Upon berthing, the representative of SIPBS visits the vessel and takes random samples of water from the ballast tanks (3 bottles of 2 liters each), seal them with their stamp and take 2 for analysis, the remaining bottle staying on board. These samples are examined in the laboratory of SIPBS (or approved laboratory) to check if they comply with the following standards:

Maximum permissible concentration of main pollutants in internal sea waters and territorial waters of Ukraine

Actually SIPBS checks, besides salinity (Black Sea is brackish water), only for presence of the following admixtures: oil products, metals, suspended solids. If the contents of any of the above components exceed the allowed level, the ship is prohibited to discharge her ballast and needs to sail and exchange her ballast in open sea.

In case Master disobeys and discharges the “dirty” ballast water, then the Authorities will impose penalties according to the “dirtiness” of the water, taking into consideration the values found for iron, oil and suspended solids:
-iron: US$ 54.00 / per 1 KG of pollutant substance
-suspended solids: US$ 132.00 / per 1 KG of pollutant substance
-oils and fats: US$ 329.00 / per 1 KG of pollutant substance
The Penalty will be imposed applying following formulae: Ballast water quantity in thousands cbm * actual content in mg/cbm * applicable fine in US$

Weather Restrictions 

The port is open for navigation all the year round, but with ice-breaker assistance in severe winters for around 30 days of the year, between December and March. When ice breaker assistance is required Harbor Master declares Ice Campaign.

Services

• Bunkering
• Fresh water supply
• Crew changes
• Repairs
• Slops removal
• Provisions & stores
• Diving inspection
• Holds cleaning

Working Hours

Port operates 24 hours per day all year round.

Useful Links

Ilyichevsk port http://www.ilport.com.ua
Government Ecological Inspection of Ukraine http://dei.gov.ua/
Ministry of infrastructure http://www.mtu.gov.ua/
Customs of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine http://sfs.gov.ua/en/
State border guard service of Ukraine http://dpsu.gov.ua/en/
State veterinary and phitosanitary service of Ukraine http://vet.gov.ua/