The Seaport of Kherson () is in the city of
Kherson
Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
, in the delta of the
Dnieper
The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with ...
river.
The berthing line of the seaport is 1.5 km (10 berths), with depths up to 9.6 m. The port is served by the railway station Kherson-Port, has one railway entry. There are 7 railway tracks in the port area with a total length of 3.2 km. The highways are adjacent to the port.
The cargo turnover of Kherson seaport in 2016 amounted to 3.7 million tons. The capacity of terminals of Kherson seaport reaches 8.0 million tons / year.
See also
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Battle of Kherson
The battle of Kherson took place on 1 March 2022 on the southern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russ ...
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Kherson River Port
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List of ports in Ukraine
Ukraine possesses the greatest sea port potential among all the countries of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. There are 18 seaports located along the Ukrainian coast.
Sea ports
All the ports of Ukraine are managed by the Ukrainian Sea Ports A ...
References
External links
Ukrmorrichflot State Administration websitePort of Kherson
Buildings and structures in Kherson Oblast
Kherson
Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...
Kherson
Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...
Transport in Kherson
Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority
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