WELCOME1. Port of St.Petersburg2. Kiel canal3. Strait of Gibraltar4. Port of Algiers

Features of M/T REEF

Port of St.Petersburg The Port of St. Petersburg is located in the

delta of the Neva River as it enters the Gulf of Finland in the middle taiga lowlands in western Russia. About 165 nautical miles east-southeast of the Port of Helsinki in Finland and about 185 nautical miles east of the Port of Tallinn in Estonia

The Port of St. Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia after Moscow. In 2006, over 4.5 million people lived in the Port of St. Petersburg.

The Port of St. Petersburg is an important gateway for trade and a center for industry and finance. Industries in the Port of St. Petersburg include the oil and gas trade, aerospace, electronics and radio, computers and software, and shipbuilding

The Port of St. Petersburg consists of three large commercial seaports: Bolshoi, Kronstadt, and Lomonosov

Many river ports on the Neva River create a huge complex system and make the Port of St. Petersburg the main gateway between Russia and the Baltic Sea.

In 2008, the Port of St. Petersburg, with the Primorsk Port, handled a total of 135.5 million tons of cargo.

The Ust-Luga Port handled 6.9 million tons of cargo

The berths in the Port of St. Petersburg handled almost 60 million tons of cargo, and the Primorsk Port handled 75.6 million tons, 98% of which was oil.

Cargoes passing through the Port of St. Petersburg in 2008 included over 10 million tons of bulk cargoes, 1.1 million tons of forest products, 14.8 million tons of general cargoes, 15.1 million tons of liquid cargoes, and 18.7 million tons of containerized cargo

Bulk cargoes included 6.2 million tons of mineral fertilizers, 2.2 million tons of coal and coke, 1.0 million tons of ores, 418.2 thousand tons of grains, 180 thousand tons of other bulk goods, and 9.5 thousand tons of sugar

The Port of St. Petersburg handled liquid cargoes that included 15.1 million tons of petroleum, 53.9 thousand tons of vegetable products, and 1.8 thousand tons of chemicals

General cargoes included almost 4.0 million tons of ferrous metals, 2.7 million tons of other general cargoes, 1.9 million tons of scrap metal, and 1.5 million tons of non-ferrous metals

The Port of St. Petersburg handled 18.7 million tons of containerized cargoes in 18.7 TEUs.

The Port of St. Petersburg is the largest port in northwest Russia. Open all year, the port is connected with the sea by a 43 kilometer long canal that is from 80 to 150 meters wide with depths from 11.6 to 14.8 meters

The Port of St. Petersburg covers about 164.6 square kilometers

It contains 200 berths with a total length of 31 kilometers that can accommodate ships of up to 320 meters in length and up to 42 meters in width. Larger ships must have written permission of the Port of St. Petersburg to enter.

The Kiel Canal (German: Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, NOK), known as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal until 1948, is a 98-kilometre (61 mi) long canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein

The canal links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau

An average of 250 nautical miles (460 km) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland Peninsula

According to the canal's website, it is the most heavily used artificial seaway in the world; over 43,000 vessels passed through in 2007, excluding small craft

Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar ( Spanish: Estrecho de Gibraltar) is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa

The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic Jebel Tariq (meaning "Tariq's mountain“)

 It is also known as the Straits of Gibraltar, or STROG (Strait Of Gibraltar), in naval use and as "Pillars of Hercules" (Greek: Ηράκλειες Στήλες) in the ancient world

Europe and Africa are separated by 7.7 nmi (14.3 km; 8.9 mi) of ocean at the strait's narrowest point

The Strait's depth ranges between 300 and 900 m (980 and 3,000 ft)

Port of Algiers

The Port of Algiers (El-Jazair in Arabic) is the capital and main seaport of Algeria in northern Africa

The Port of Algiers is located about half-way between the Port of Dellys to the east and the Port of Cherchell to the west on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea

 Its name comes from the Arabic word al-jaza'ir, meaning "the islands." In 2004, almost 1.8 million people lived in the Port of Algiers.

The Port of Algiers is the most important seaport in North Africa, and it is an important economic, financial, and commercial center for Algeria

 The Port of Algiers imports mostly raw materials, industrial products, and supplies. It exports wine, oranges, vegetables, phosphates, and iron ore.

The Port of Algiers is protected by five artificial dams totaling six kilometers and a 2.6 kilometer breakwater that runs parallel to the coast

The port contains 36 quays with a total length of 8.6 thousand meters and alongside depths ranging from five to 12 meters

The northern access channel to the old port in the Port of Algiers is 176 meters long and 22 meters deep. The southern access channel to the Mustapha basin is 240 meters long and 16 meters deep. Pilotage is required for vessels entering and leaving the port

Of the total 8.6 thousand meters of quays in the Port of Algiers, 6.9 thousand meters of quays handle trade cargoes, 300 meters handle passengers, and 821.8 meters handle port services

 Trade-related quays include 3.5 thousand meters for general goods, 1.9 thousand meters for containers, 873 meters for cereals, and 577 meters for fishing. Service quays include 140 meters for towing vessels and 681.8 meters for naval repairs.

Opened in 1998, the Port of Algiers' container terminal covers 17 hectares and contains a 600-meter wharf with four berthing stations and alongside depths from 9 to 11 meters. The container terminal has a loading/unloading area of 4.8 thousand square meters and a maintenance workshop of two thousand square meters.

The Port of Algiers contains two dry docks. The larger facility has a 136-meter-long quay that is 18.5 meters wide with a depth of 8 meters. The smaller one is 74 meters long and 15.5 meters wide.

The Port of Algiers offers storage space of almost 28 hectares

 Port of Algiers handled over 11 million tons of cargo.