RUR 460 mln were allocated for construction of grain terminal of OJSC “Tuapse Sea Commercial Port“ (TMTP) in 2008. Starting-up and adjustment works and trial launch of the terminal is planned for February, 2009.
The construction works are being carried out within the limits of a development program of OJSC "TMTP" till 2010.
The terminal complex with the throughput of 2 mln tons a year will include granaries of capacity of 102,000 tons, a station of wagons unloading, a clearing tower, and also a deep-water berth for reception of vessels of up to 50,000 tons capacity and of 255 m long. It is planned to allocate over RUR 1.2 bln for construction of the complex.
OJSC " Tuapse Sea Commercial Port " is the basic operator of one of the largest ports in Russia – the sea port of Tuapse. Its throughput reached 9.7 mln tons in the first half of 2008.