Port of Oulu (Finland) will be reorganized into a joint-stock company
Port of Oulu (Finland) will be reorganized from a commercial enterprise into a joint-stock company, IAA PortNews learnt from the port.
The form of management will be changed in line with the amendments introduced into the Law on Municipalities.
The port will get enormous investments this year and in 2014. First berth of the Western Quay is to be built at additional territories of Oritkari harbour. Soil raised from the bottom near the quay and from the fairway bottom is collected in special basins which can be filled in several years and then used as additional port territories.
Total length of the collection basin is about 2 km. This length allows keeping of water entering the basin with the extracted soil for a maximum possible time until all suspended particles are settled. So the water returns to the sea without impurities.
The length of the new quay is 330 m. Its depth corresponds to the depth of the existing fairway. There is a possibility to deepen the quay in line with the depth of the planned fairway.
Throughput of Oritkari harbour has been intensely growing recently and the decision was made to build a new approach highway to meet the new challenges. The highway is to be completed in 2016.
This year, the chemicals handling will be moved from the old quay of Nuottasaari harbour to the new deeper quay built a decade ago.
The Port of Oulu is located in the North West of Finland near the Gulf of Bothnia (Baltic Sea). The port’s berths are in the harbors of Oritkari, Nuottasaari and Vihreäsaari. The port specializes in handling exported paper and timber, imported petroleum products and raw materials for the local timber industry. In 2012, cargo throughput at the Port of Oulu remained nearly at about the same level of the previous year, making 3.55 mln t.