Novorossiysk Naval Facility

The Port of Novorossiysk is one of the largest ports in the Black Sea basin and the largest in Krasnodar Krai, with a 8.3 km long berthing line. It is located on the Northeast coast of the Black Sea in the Tsemes Bay and can accommodate deep-draft vessels up to 19 m and tankers with a deadweight of up to 250,000 tons. The port is a major transportation hub, located at the crossroads of international transport corridors between Russia and the Mediterranean Sea, the Near East, Africa, and North and South America. As of 2017, the port had 89 berths with a total length of 15,627 m, an annual capacity of 208,793 thousand tons, and handled 121.59 million tons of cargo in 2014. The port mainly handles grain, coal, mineral fertilizers, timber, oil and oil products, containerized cargo, food, and general cargo. The territory is separated into several areas, including three cargo terminals, a passenger area, and the Sheskharis oil harbour.learn more on wikipedia