OREANDA-NEWS. July 31, 2008.  In 2008, Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port plans to handle 5 million tonnes of cargo. As of July 31, the port handled 3 mln t of cargo, the port informs.

Due to a peak of construction works in the region, the port every day handles 3 vessels with crushed stone. Coke, crushed stone and metal are the leaders with a multiple increase.

In 2004, Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port handled the record-breaking 4.850.2 million tonnes of cargo.
Kaliningrad is the western-most port of Russia, located at the South-Eastern part of the Baltic Sea at the mouth of Pregolia river. The port with the round-the-year navigation is connected with the sea by Kaliningrad Marine Canal. The port has 20 berths with total length exceeding 3 kilometers. The depth at 18 cargo berths is from 8 to 9 meters. The port is capable of handling coal, coke, ore, metal, ferrous alloys, scrap metal, grain, sugar, fertilizers (dry and liquid), containers, timber, foodstuffs, refrigerated cargo, paper, cellulose. At the majority of berths cargo transshipment is carried out by Commercial Seaport CJSC, a subsidiary of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port CJSC. Transshipment of grain and fertilizers is carried out at specialized terminals.