OREANDA-NEWS. January 27, 2010. Izmail Commercial Sea Port in Ukraine intends to build a chemical complex for storage of 10.000-15.000 tons of fertilizer. The project might cost about 50 million hryvna (about USD 6.25 million), the RBC-Ukraine reported citing Anatoly Koshko, Chief Engineer of the company. The terminal will be constructed in 1.5 year.

The Port Authority said they need 32 million hryvna to implement the first phase and those who would invest possibly fertilizer producers in Ukraine and Russia. The project includes the construction of the pier.

The port also is considering building a grain terminal of 10-ton capacity. Currently, the company do have its own terminal and has to transship cargoes from one bulker to another. There is a private elevator at the port operated by Dunayzernoeksport.

Izmail Commercial Sea Port consists of 3 commercial districts, has specialized berths of total length of 2.666 thousand meters for handling of general, containerized and palletized cargo and cargo in bulk. The berths are 3.5 to 7.0 m in depth. The year-round navigation Ismail port reported a 24.4 percent decline in freight turnover to 5.204 million tons for 2009 (6.881 million tons in 2008).