APPENDIX E: A CONTENTS OF A
COMPUTERIZED RUSSIAN SEAPORTS DATABASE
A computerized database, entitled Commercial Sea Ports of the CIS and Baltic States, and River
Ports of Russia is commercially available from the Central Marine Research and Design Institute
(CNIIMF) in St Petersburg, Russia. It is compatible with an IBM PC/AT and requires 2.1 MB of hard
disk. The database is currently available only in Russian; however, it could be translated for the foreign
market if there is sufficient interest. Developed and periodically updated by CNIIMF, it currently
contains detailed information on 67 commercial seaports and 125 river ports. The user can select ports
of one, several, or all states of the CIS as well as Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia by type of cargo;
maximum item weight of cargo; limiting ships' draft; or various wharf specifications (for example,
depth at the wharf, wharf length, and type of cargo handled). It is said to contain the following
information:
1.
General information on each port:
full mailing address, telephone, fax, and telex numbers of port administration;
telephone numbers for port master, deputy port master, and principal subdivisions for
services;
port location and general description;
period of navigation;
draft limitations;
maximum ship length;
maximum ship breadth;
loading/unloading/transshipment facilities;
number and specialization of transshipment complexes;
cargoes handled;
maximum weight of heavy cargo item;
yearly cargo turnover;
number and purpose of harbour craft;
services available;
ship agents;
transportation organizations;
port railway address (for cargo);
plan of each port (wharfs with their numbers, main administrative buildings, etc.);
2.
Port transshipment capacities:
total number of loading wharfs (berths);
number of loading berths for local shipping lines;
number of passenger wharfs;
total number of auxiliary wharfs;
number of (auxiliary) bunkering wharfs;
total length of berthage;
cargo handling capacity;
3.
Port storage space:
(i) total area of roofed depots, and, in particular:
for containers;
for bulk cargo;
for dangerous cargo;
for perishable cargo;
(ii) total area of open air depots, and, in particular:
for containers and roro;
for timber;
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