Rostov-on-Don (RURND)

The port is open from Mar to Nov. All year-round navigation is possible if the winter is mild. Navigation in winter is maintained with the help of ice breakers but is limited by the lifting railway bridge which is opened for shipping at 1000hrs and 1800hrs. If the temperature falls below 7°C the bridge is not lifted and vessels can be blocked at the port. If required, a pilot, tug and bunkers can be ordered. The port handles of export cargo includes: Ferrous scrap metal, coal, rolled ferrous metals, pig iron, corn, non ferrous metals and alloys, lumber, pyrite, equipment, pipes, chemical industry products, piece goods in big bags, sling bags and on pallets. The port handles of imported cargo includes: cement, soda ash, micromarble fillers, chrome ore, feldspar, alumina (in soft containers), bentonite clay, perlite, bauxite, ore concentrates, equipment, glass (in boxes), pipes and chemical industry products. The port handles of cabotage (domestic) cargo: sand, crushed stone, coal, equipment, chemical industry products, piece goods in big bags, sling bags and on pallets, pipes.

Summer Zone for ships over 100m in length and Winter Seasonal Area for ships of 100m or less in length, Winter Dec 1 to Feb 28/29, Summer Mar 1 to Nov 30.

Rostov-on-Don is a river port on the Don, approx 16nm from the port of Azov and approx 24nm from the mouth of the Don River, including 13.5nm of the Azovo-Donskoi Canal from the Gulf of Taganrog.

LOA 147.83m, beam 24.2m, draught 5.6m, 19,399DWT.

Approx 16,000,000t of cargo and 7,000 vessels are handled annually.

The stretch of river has varying depths from 3.0-18.0m and a width from 180m to 1080m.

BA 2234. Admiralty Pilot NP24, NP286(3)

Pilots available by prior arrangement.

The shallow canal and the Don permit entry of vessels with max draught of 3.6m. Tugs: Available by prior arrangement, the port has two ice breakers.

Range of water level in the river is subject to considerable seasonal change due to the melting of snow in the river basin and also due to the wind. Current: In Girlo Peschanoye (the mouth of the River Don (47°05'N 039°15'E)), the currents are mainly affected by the wind while at Rostov-on-Don the current is affected by the level of the river in the spring and by the wind in other seasons. ..... Mean rate Max rate (kts) (kts) Girlo Peschanoye: E wind 2.75 4.25 W wind 0.75 2.0 Rostov: Spring 3-4 4-5 Other seasons 0.5 2.25 (with E gales) Note: W gales may reduce the current to nothing or even cause a current upstream with a rate of 0.25kts.

Prevailing winds: SW'ly in summer and NE'ly the rest of the year. The NE winds, known locally as Verkhovoy are strong and continuous, sometimes blowing for 3 weeks or more. The SW winds, known locally as "Nizovka", are equally strong but of shorter duration.

ROSTOV-NA-DONU 47°11.27'N 39°37.77'E (ROSTOV-ON-DON) UNCTAD LOCODE: RU ROV For details see: TAGANROG PILOT REQUIREMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 12/17 Russian Bulletin 1/17, (RSDRA2017000009656), 12/17

VHF: Ch 04, callsign "Kama".

Customs services are available throughout 24 hours.

Russian and International flags to be flown.