Federal State Institution known as Administration of Sea Port of St. Petersburg has been renamed Administration of seaport Big Port of St. Petersburg, PortNews IAA learnt from Aleksandr Glukhov, captain of the port of St. Petersburg. According to the source, the name was changed on the ground of St. Petersburg Government Decree no 284 "On giving a name Big Port of St. Petersburg to a geographic object – a seaport – located in St. Petersburg".
Port of St. Petersburg is located on the islands in the mouth of the Neva-river, in the Neva Bay at the eastern side of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea). The Big Port of St. Petersburg includes the mouth of the Neva-river, the NevaBay, Kronshtadt and the complex of structures protecting St. Petersburg from flood (the dam). Icebreaker assistance is carried out within winter navigation.
In 2007 the port’s cargo turnover amounted to 59.6 million tonnes. According to the Administration of the Sea Port of St. Petersburg, about 30 stevedoring companies are engaged in transshipment of cargo in the port.