Vitino (RUVIT)

Connected by waterways and rail, Vitino is a transhipment port with storage facilities for petroleum, fuel oil and gas condensate. The port is the only transhipment port for crude petroleum in the White Sea region and has good communication with the Black, Caspian, Azov and Baltic Seas by internal and external waterways. The port remains navigable all year round but only for ice strengthened vessels from November - August. The port operations has been stopped since 2014 however there are planned to restart the port operations.

North Atlantic Winter Seasonal Zone 1 (Winter: Oct 16 - April 15. Summer: April 16 - Oct 15).

Vitino is situated on the SW coast of the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea.

Draught 15.4m, LOA 249.74m, beam 44.0m, 116,000DWT.

Approx 3,700,000t of cargo and 140 vessels handled annually.

Anchorage No. 1, with depths of 55m, is bounded by the following positions: ..... Point Latitude Longitude 1. 66° 53.420'N 32° 50.460'E 2. 66° 53.420'N 32° 49.140'E 3. 66° 54.180'N 32° 49.140'E 4. 66° 54.180'N 32° 50.460'E Anchorage No. 2, with depths of 14m, is centred on position 67° 4.500'N 32° 21.280'E, with a 380m radius.

The water area includes an outer road, an inner road and a navigable route joining the outer road to the inner. The navigable route is an approach channel marked with floating port hand and starboard hand beacons (buoys). The outer road limit is a line joining following points: ..... 1. 66°53.7'N 032°39.0'E 2. 66°54.3'N 032°39.0'E 3. 66°54.3'N 032°42.0'E 4. 66°53.7'N 032°42.0'E The limit of the inner road is a line joining following points: 1. 67°04.1'N 032°21.1'E 2. 67°04.7'N 032°22.6'E 3. 67°05.2'N 032°21.9'E 4. 67°05.1'N 032°19.8'E 5. 67°04.7'N 032°19.0'E Anchorage in the approach channel is prohibited. In an anchorage emergency, the Master must inform the Port Dispatcher and request tugs.

Admiralty Pilot NP72.

Pilotage is compulsory. Requests for pilots should be submitted to Port Captain 48hrs and 24hrs prior to arrival at the pilot boarding position - 66° 53.180'N 32° 50.000'E - and should reconfirm no later than 4hrs before arrival. Departing vessels or vessels shifting their berth should request a pilot 2hrs in advance. Any cancellation of a pilot request should be made on less than 1.5hrs before the time that had been fixed for the beginning of the operation.

Maximum speed is 8kts in the approach channel and 6kts in the inner roads. Approach channel transit for vessels in ballast and over LOA 150m is prohibited if wind speed exceeds 23kts. Approach channel transit of loaded vessels over LOA 150m is prohibited if wind speed exceeds 27kts. Transit for all vessels is prohibited if wind speed exceeds 38kts. The transit of vessels in the water area of the port is prohibited when visibility is less than 1.5nm.

Spring 2.5m, Neap 1.6m.

Traffic is controlled by the Inspection of the State Supervision of the Port (ISSP) through the Port Dispatcher.

Request for tugs by VHF.

Although ice is prevalent during many months of the late autumn, winter and early spring, Vitino remains open all year round with the use of icebreaker assistance. The Harbour Master will make the official declaration of the start and end of ice season. Requests for icebreaker assistance are made 72hrs prior to arrival at position where assistance will commence and then confirmed again 24hrs prior to arrival at that position.

VITINO 67°04.79'N 32°19.80'E UNCTAD LOCODE: RU VIT For details see: BARENTS SEA AND BELOYE MORE (WHITE SEA) REPORTING SYSTEM ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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VHF: Harbour Master: Ch16,12. Pilots: Ch12. Tugs: Ch12. All operate throughout 24 hours.

..... Documents No of copies Vessel Particulars 2 Crew List 6 Passenger List 6 Cargo Manifest 5 Standard Security -related information 2

Notification of arrival should be sent at least 48 hours in advance.