Port of Helsinki delegation visits port Bronka (photo)
On November 25, 2014, the construction site of the Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka, Big Port St. Petersburg) was visited by a delegation from port Helsinki headed by the Port of Helsinki's Managing Director Kimmo Mäki, says Bronka project investor Fenix LLC.
The official visit of the Port of Helsinki delegation was arranged upon the invitation of the Big Port St. Petersburg and was held within the framework of a long established cooperation between the Big Port St. Petersburg and the Port of Helsinki. In the course of the visit representatives of the Finnish delegation expressed their willingness to see the construction site of MMPK Bronka to get acquainted with the project implementation.
The delegation numbered 13 members including the heads of different departments. Port of Helsinki Board: Hannele Luukkainen (chair), Seppo Kanerva (vice-chair), Eija Terhen Saarinen, Jan D. Oker-Blom, Veijo Åberg, Annika Andersson, Sanna Rauhansalo, Jyrki Lohi. Port of Helsinki: Kimmo Mäki (Managing Director), Kari Noroviita (Director of Passenger Harbours), Jukka Kallio, (Director of Vuosaari Harbour), Eeva Hietanen (Communications Manager), Eve Tuomola (Office Manager).
The Port of Helsinki representatives evinced great interest in Bronka port construction process and expressed a high opinion of the project prospects.
“We have a similar project – Vuosaari Harbour – which is a part of the Port of Helsinki. Vuosaari has considerably lessened the load on the Helsinki terminals located close to the historic area of the city. Withdrawal of the production facilities from the historic center has contributed to improvement of the environment and transport situation in Helsinki. Besides, with the new port the city has additional territory of 180 hectares. Everybody is happy!,” the Port of Helsinki's Managing Director Kimmo Mäki said after the tour around the Bronka construction site.
The Finnish colleagues have expressed their confidence that the port of Bronka would let Saint-Petersburg solve a number of urban problems: from improvement of the environment situation to the reduction of traffic load.
In the course of the official visit Helsinki representatives also touched on investments into the transport system of Russia.
The Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka) is being built on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, in the place where the dam and the ring road border the territory of Lomonosov. The Bronka Complex will comprise three specialized facilities: a container terminal encompassing 107 hectares, Ro-Ro terminal of 57 ha and logistics center of 42 ha. Container terminal will feature the 1.176 m-long waterfront (including 5 berths). The waterfront of rolling cargo terminal will be 630 meters (3 berths). The Bronka Phase 1 capacity is projected to be 1.45 million TEUs and 260,000 units of Ro-Ro cargoes. The facility’s container throughput is planned to be increased to 1.9 million TEUs. The Bronka Multipurpose Complex will be able to handle Panamax containerships and the ferries of Finnstar class.
Private investors are expected to inject nearly RUB 43.7 billion in the project with the Russian Government investment at some RUB 15.2 billion.
Implementation of the Bronka project will bring 2,300 work places at sea terminals alone. Upon completion of the outer harbor facilities annual direct tax payments to the budget of St. Petersburg will be at RUB 1.7 billion (plus indirect tax due to a multiplier effect – RUB 5.1 bn), the federal budget will get RUB 2.0 billion a year (RUB 5.9bn).
