Sea Anemos Ro-ro ship carrying 632 automobiles moored yesterday at Odessa Commercial Sea Port (OCSP, Ukraine) berth N 37. The terminals longshoremen began off-loading operation after the ro-ro cargo was registered by the port authorities, the port press service said.

The Odessa Port automobile terminal in OMTP has been built on the territory of the handling facilities complex that is capable to accommodate up to 1100 vehicles at the terminal warehouse. In accordance with the requirements of regulatory authorities, the territory of the terminal is equipped with the necessary means of security. Ro-Ro ships of 180-m in length and 9.75 in draft can be berthed at the terminal.

State-run Odessa Commercial Sea Port is one of the largest ports of the Black Sea-Azov basin. The handling facilities of the port allow through than 14 million tons of dry cargo and 14 million tons of oil products a year. Freight shipments via the OCSP in 2009 totaled 28.007 million tons, a 19 percent drop year-on-year.