On November 6th, the Tubul called at Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk (Ilyichevsk) en route to Odessa port, the biggest container ship that ever docked at a Ukrainian port, the company said.
The 8,006teu boxship arrived from Istanbul. The Tubul has deadweight of 94.660 tons, length - 300 m, breadth - 46 m, draft - 13.5 m. The Tubul docked at berth number 3 of Illichivsk port to discharge 646 containers and take on board 658 boxes. On November 8 the vessel will make for Odessa.
"Illichivsk port is able to accommodate 3 ocean-going containerships at a time with a capacity of over 5,000 TEUs and 300 m in length. The previous largest boxship, the Palena, visited SCPI in 2009. The Tubul exceeds her capacity by 1.460 TEUs and in deadweight tonnage - by 13.41 tons,” the port authorities said.
State-owned Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk (Ilyichevsk) ranks among Ukraine’s top 4 seaports. The Port of Ilyichevsk encompasses 346 ha, 6km of waterfront with 29 berths. Its handling and warehouse facilities enable import/export freight flows of over 30 million tons a year. In 2010, cargo throughput of the port fell by 7.5% year-over-year, to 15,55m tons.