JSC Murmansk Commercial Sea Port on August 27 handled at the terminal of the port of Murmansk the 175,819DWT Golden Beijing (LOA - 297.26 m, beam - 45 m, nine holds). This is the largest ship that ever docked and loaded at the Murmansk terminal, the stevedoring company said.
The stevedore loaded to the bulk carrier 153,142 tonnes of export coal, a record bulk cargo volume both for the port of Murmansk and the ports of North-West of Russia.
The average daily rate of loading was 21 900 tonnes of coal, the operator said.
OJSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport was founded in 1994. MCSP operates 17 berths of total length of about 3 km. The waters depths allow the port to accommodate vessels with draft of 15.5 m and length of more than 265 m. The stevedore specializes in handling a broad range of cargos including non-ferrous metals and alloys in packages, rolled ferrous metals, coal, apatite concentrate, alumina, and scrap and iron ore pellets in bulk, chemical products in bags and big-bags, construction cargo and foodstuff. In 2012, cargo throughput at MCSP’s terminals was 15.69 million tonnes.