10 June 2020, Mykolaiv, Ukraine. – Sea special port NIKA-TERA, which is a part of Group DF, resumed transshipment of nitrogen fertilizers. In particular, in the third cargo district of the port two vessels with ammonia nitrate of Ukrainian production were successfully loaded. The export shipment was sent to markets of India and Turkey.
“For the first time for the last 5 years our port resumed transshipment of nitrogen fertilizers, – said Alim Ahakishiiev, Director of NIKA-TERA port. – I hope for further growth of production in Ukrainian chemical industry and respective growth of export. As far as I understand, growth or decline of chemical industry will largely depend on how effectively the government can protect Ukrainian market of nitrogen fertilizers and Ukrainian chemicals. With the growth of volumes of production of mineral fertilizers and export, Ukrainian ports can load their capacities better and consequently can earn more.”
According to Alim Ahakishiiev timely modernization and renewal of machinery allowed port to reach high tempo of cargo processing.
For example, technological cycle of transshipment of the first shipment of ammonia nitrate in 2020 consisted of 4 stages and look in the following way:
- Stage 1.Arrival of ammonia nitrate in half-carriages to the port. (Packaging – soft containers (big-bags) weighing 1 ton)
- Stage 2. Unloading of big-bags from carriages (telescopic handlers Sennebogen and Fuchs are used)
- Stage 3.Placement of containers on wooden trays in 4 layers (Toyota loaders are used).
- Stage 4. Reloading of fertilizers directly to cargo hold of vessels (traveling cranes GANZ and telescopic fork lifts Telehandler are used).
“On all stages of handling of cargo the port applies the latest machinery. That is why we can ensure high speed of transshipment. This is our competitive advantage”, – emphasized director of the port.
Port NIKA-TERA is located in Mykolaiv oblast and has 8 commercial moorages. The port includes 4 specialized complexes (cargo districts): grain complex, complex for grain, grit and mineral fertilizers transshipping, complex for transshipment of bulk cargo and open storage and packaged cargo, as well as a complex for transshipment of liquid cargo.
In 2019 the terminal handled 410 vessels and transshipped 8,637 M tons of cargo. Compared to 2018 the growth of transshipment volumes made up 2,8 M tons or 48%. According to results of the 1st quarter of 2020 cargo turnover of the port made up 1,87 M tons of cargo (it is by 1,5% more than the result of the same period in 2019).
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NIKA-TERA (Mykolaiv, Ukraine) is a modern highly mechanized sea port that is a part of port business of Group DF.
The port is located in Mykolaiv oblast near the Black Sea (on the left bank of Buh estuary) and has 8 commercial moorages. The territory of the port lies close to railway station “Zhovtneva” which ensures convenient logistics for counteragents of the port.
From autumn 2011 the terminal is a part of Group DF,which has invested over 1,5 B hryvnas in port development. The investments allowed the company to increase its capacity greatly, the capacity of grain storage facilities has grown from 40 to 300 thousand tons. At present the capacity of grain storage is up to 515 thousand tons. The largest projects are building of a modern grain storage of silo type, building of own railway complex and opening of liquid cargo transshipment complex.
In 2019 the terminal accommodated 410 vessels, having unloaded 8,637 M tons of cargo. Compared to 2018 the increase made up 2,8 M tons or 48%. The structure of cargo turnover in 2019 looked in the following way: grain, legumes and oil cargo made up over 5,9 M tons or 69% of the total volume, bulk cargo – 1,7M tons (19,7%), grits and cereals – 772,5 thousand tons (8,9%), liquid – 204, 7 thousand tons (2,4%).
Total amount of workers is around 1300 people.
NІКА–ТЕRА is a modern transport and logistics hub that includes different hydraulic facilities, cargo unloading mechanism, infrastructural facilities, different types of transport and railway complex that allow competing with other large ports of Ukraine.
Group DF is a diversified international group of companies operating in a number of European and Asian countries. In particular, Group DF is one of the largest investors to gas distributing, chemical, titan and port industries in Eastern Europe. The group also develops businesses in such spheres as agriculture, mass media. Founder and owner of Group DF is a famous Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash.