Federal Autonomous Institution GlavGosEkspertiza (Russia’s General Board of State Expert Review) says it has completed the state expert appraisal of the project documentation and findings of the engineering survey on Multipurpose Sea Cargo Complex Bronka (introduction of amendments). State expert approval has been therefore issued by GlavGosEkspertiza.
Having studied the materials, the experts acknowledged the compliance of the project documentation and the findings of the engineering survey with technical regulations and other requirements.
MSCC Bronka (Multipurpose Sea Cargo Complex Bronka, Big Port St. Petersburg) lets reduce the time of passing the Seaway Canal of Saint-Petersburg by at least for 3 hours.
MSCC Bronka located on the southern shore of the Neva Bay in the Gulf of Finland boasts a well developed transport infrastructure – a direct connection with the ring road in both directions, connection with the federal automobile road network and with Russian Railways network.
Construction of the approach channel to MSCC Bronka is included into Marine Transport subprogramme of the Federal Targeted Programme “Development of Russia’s Transport System in 2010—2015”.
The capacity of Bronka’s Phase 1 is 1.45 million TEUs and 260,000 units of Ro-Ro cargoes. In the future the MSCC Bronka expansion will help increase the facility's container throughput to 1.9 million TEUs. Upon completion of the port's construction and dredging MSCC Bronka will be able to accommodate Post-Panamax containerships and the ferries of Finnstar class. The Bronka Complex will comprise three specialized facilities: a container terminal encompassing 107 hectares, the Ro-Ro terminal of 57 ha and a logistics center of 42 ha. Container terminal will have a 1,220 m-long quay wall (including 5 berths). The length of Ro-Ro terminal's dock line will be 710 meters (3 berths).