Port of Yuzhny

From Global Energy Monitor

Port of Yuzhny is in the province of Odessa Oblast in south-western Ukraine.

The port handles coal, and is also the site of the TIS Coal Terminal that also handles coal.

Location

The port is in the city of Yuzhny, along the Black Sea.

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Background

State Enterprise Yuzhny Sea Port handles coal at berths No. 5 and No. 6. Terminal's export coal capacity is 6 million tonnes per year. The berths can accept vessels of up to 80,000 dead weight tonnes. Cargo is loaded immediately onto vessels with gantry cranes. Coal loading rates are 7,000 to 10,000 tonnes a day. The port warehouses can hold 600,000 tonnes of coal of different ranks at a time.[1]

The Port of Yuzhny was originally designed to export coal mined in Ukraine. However, the closure of several Ukrainian coal mines has led to an increased demand for imported coal. The port imported 294 thousand tons of anthracite and about 1 million tons of coking coal in the first 9 months of 2017.[2] In 2020, the port stated that it planned to increase its import capacity from 2.5 million tonnes to 5 million tonnes of coal per year, with target completion for the expansion in 2021-2025.[3] As reported by Ukrinform, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko stated that 650,000 tonnes of coal from the USA, Colombia and Australia will be delivered to Ukraine by sea for the stable functioning of the 2021/2022 heating season.[4]

In 2017 the port announced its intention to build a new coal import terminal. There does not appear to have been any physical progress on the new coal terminal between 2017 and 2023.

On April 17, 2019, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine renamed the port changing it from "Yuzhnyi" to "Pivdennyi."[5]

In 2021, the port handled 1.5 million of coal, 10% below 2020 levels.[6] Total volumes handled by State Enterprise Yuzhny Sea Port in 2021 were 16.6 million tonnes.[6] Operations are significantly affected by Russia's war in Ukraine, with ships unable to reach the port.[7]

Project Details

  • Owner: State Enterprise Yuzhny Sea Port (ГП МТП Южный)
  • Parent: Government of Ukraine
  • Location: Yuzhny, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
  • Annual Coal Capacity (Tonnes): 6 million (exports); 2.5 million (imports)
  • Status: Operating
  • Sources of coal:

Resources

References

  1. "BULK FREIGHT: SOME PROSPECTS FOR THE BLACK AND AZOV SEAS PORTS," Economics & Economy, Vol. 1, No. 2 (March, 2014), p.166
  2. ДП «Морський торговельний порт «Южний» планує будівництво нового терміналу, Yuzhny Sea Trade Port, Sep. 13, 2017
  3. Порт «Южний» має намір подвоїти потужності з перевалки імпортного вугілля, GMK Center, Jan. 30, 2020
  4. "У порту «Южний» розвантажують чергову партію вугілля". www.ukrinform.ua. December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Pivdennyi Port". wikipedia.org/. Retrieved November 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Перевалка грузов в портах 2021: Топ-5 трендов". cfts.org.ua. 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "First cargo ships dock in Ukraine after Russia exits grain deal". www.euronews.com. September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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