Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin has attended the show case of the Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka, Big Port St. Petersburg), IAA PortNews journalist reports. Apart from the port authorities and investors, the process of the project implementation was covered by RF Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov.
He presented the port as the most promising project for gradual withdrawal of major cargo operations from the historic part of Saint-Petersburg and compared it with the leading European projects on construction of ports.
Maxim Sokolov emphasized that the deep-water port Bronka will be able to handle vessels of higher capacity as compared with the operating terminals of Big Port St. Petersburg.
The show case of MMPK Bronka was also attended by Deputy PM of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich who, in his turn, expressed his satisfaction with the rates of construction.
MMPK Bronka is to be put into operation in September 2015.
The Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka) is being built on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, in the place where the dam and the ring road border the territory of Lomonosov. The Bronka Complex will comprise three specialized facilities: a container terminal encompassing 107 hectares, Ro-Ro terminal of 57 ha and logistics center of 42 ha. Container terminal will feature the 1.176 m-long waterfront (including 5 berths). The waterfront of rolling cargo terminal will be 630 meters (3 berths). The Bronka Phase 1 capacity is projected to be 1.45 million TEUs and 260,000 units of Ro-Ro cargoes. The facility’s container throughput is planned to be increased to 1.9 million TEUs. The Bronka Multipurpose Complex will be able to handle Panamax containerships and the ferries of Finnstar class.
Private investors are expected to inject nearly RUB 43.7 billion in the project with the Russian Government investment at some RUB 15.2 billion.
Implementation of the Bronka project will bring 2,300 work places at sea terminals alone. Upon completion of the outer harbor facilities annual direct tax payments to the budget of St. Petersburg will be at RUB 1.7 billion (plus indirect tax due to a multiplier effect – RUB 5.1 bn), the federal budget will get RUB 2.0 billion a year (RUB 5.9bn).