Dredged materials removed in 2014 at St. Petersburg's Bronka harbor reached 15.24M cbm (photo)
General contractor BALTSTROY, building the access canal and water area of multipurpose cargo handling complex MMPK "Bronka" based in St. Petersburg port, excavated a total of 15.24 million m3 of materials in 2014, the project investor Phoenix LLC reports.
Under the first state contract (Phase 1) the contractor have removed year-to-date 14,712,354.16 cubic meters of dredged materials. Taking into account the overall volume since 2013 when the project was kicked off, the figure would be 16,020,125 cbm, Phoenix said.
BALTSTROY plans to dredge and remove 4,148,058 cbm of materials by September 2015 to deepen the canal and harbor to the mark of 11.9 meters.
In line with the second contract (Phase 2) in 2014 the contractor excavated 530,820 cbm. The remaining dredging volume of 9,933,938 cbm to the depth of 14.4 m is scheduled for completion by the end of 2015.
The Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka) is being built on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, 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 dock line of Ro-Ro terminal will be 630 meters in length (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 accommodate 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 is expected to help generate 2,300 jobs at the site of 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).
