In January 2019, Murmansk Sea Fishing Port JSC handled 5,500 tonnes of fish, which is a 48-pct decrease, year-on-year, says the stevedoring company.
From the beginning of the year, the port provided services to only 27 vessels.
According to Vitaly Klimenkov, Chief Dispatcher of Murmansk Sea Fishing Port, the decrease should be attributed to the following factors: absence of the Gonets satellite system onboard some trawlers that did not let them take the sea, winter storms in the Barents Sea, delay in obtaining of permits, attractive unloading on the western shore of the bay.
Murmansk Sea Fishing Port specializes in handling cargo from fishing boats, mother ships and reefer ships. It also transships packaged, palleted and loose cargo, as well as general cargo of commercial and military use. The company’s quay side is 4.5 km long. It owns port fleet, fleet of lifting equipment, auxiliary equipment, refrigerators, rail facilities and yard engines.