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Port of Odessa and Ilyichevsk transshipment containers with heavy container ships in May 2009.

28 May 2009

Whabira, 19 May 2009 Ilyichevskiy marine transport port first processed marine container ship vessel (length 304 and width - 40 m. Liberia), - Palena, international carrier Norasia container line, with a capacity of 6540 TEU to overload container cargo.

Head positioning station port Ilyichevsk A. Savenko, noted that transaction to port berths such large container carrier was held locmanami experimentally, after which concluded on follow-up opportunities in Ilyichevskiy port vessels with similar parameters.

The following day container ship Palena had downtrend the container terminal of the Odessa Sea transport port (berth #2). Historians of the city of Odessa concluded that this vessel is the great of the ships entering the Odessa port for all his years of existence.

As the head positioning service port Odessa J. Iluskin: the fact that the Odessa Sea port is relatively small to receive the heavy ships, setting alongside ships with such characteristics makes locmanam perform complex maneuvers-was established on specially developed by arc. Moreover, while being alongside occurred increased wind gave another small difficulties on pilotage service. Finally, two hours after the start of manoeuvres, container ship Palena began its transshipment with container cargo.