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Odessa Maritime transport port is preparing to receive container ships over 300 m in length

March 3, 2009.

10 February 2009 team pilots "Delta pilot" (Odessa Branch) held in Nikolayev (Ukraine) exit exercise space container vessel length transactions more than 300 m in the harbor of the Odessa Sea port at electronic Simulator.

The press service of the Odessa Sea transport port reports that the information available from the head on pilot age service Odessa commercial port Y. Iliyskina, currently calls in Odessa port container such lengths is quite often-several times a month. The complexity of the new task carried out on the Simulator on vessel with container cargo alongside was for pilots, to increase the length of the hull more than 300 meters and its width-up to 40 m.

The Nikolayev sea launched heavy Simulator transaction through Voroncovskie Gates Odessa Sea port, then his subsequent spread in aqua thorium’s and placing alongside Odessa pilots conducted without comment, with full implementation of all the necessary safety measures.

But, electronic Simulator does not account for all possible contingencies in the present situation on vessel-features in various tugs, sharp changes of direction or speed of the wind. And therefore, to reduce risk in a real situation, decided that the first wire such maritime container carrier to container berths, pilots will seek to hold in favorable to this new situation.

For information. Administration of the Odessa Sea port, the transaction heavy long container ships acquired in leasing two Dutch tug with 4000 horsepower (expected in Odessa first tug the model already this year). Also, for the work of the ICC in Odessa to new pilot age boat, which was commissioned at the end of 2008 in Estonia by «Delta pilot».