Press release
Sevastopol
To build on a constructive
dialogue with all stakeholders Avlita Stevedore Company plans to engage
international organizations for an independent environmental audit. The project
will last 6-12 weeks.
The international independent
environmental audit seeks to ensure that the project meets international
environmental standards and is an essential condition for borrowing from
international financial organizations. The European Bank will act as the audit
customer with the cost to be included into the project budget.
Currently the customer is selecting an
international auditor for the project. The audit will meet the EU practices and
comprise a research of documents and analysis of details at the site of the
upcoming facility.
Aleksandr Lagosha, Avlita CEO, said:
"Avlita's shareholders made an international independent environmental
audit a fundamental condition for the project implementation. This fully meets
the expectations of social, environmental and political organizations of
Sevastopol, the Crimea and Ukraine. This audit will give answers to all the
questions of experts, environmentalists and the general public. We are
interested in reaching a consensus".
The audit is expected to take 6-12 weeks
after the contractor has been selected and an agreement signed. The budget of
the audit may amount to hundred thousands of Euros.
"The construction will start only
after we obtain results of the independent audit and discuss them with all our
stakeholders", emphasized Aleksandr Lagosha.
Profile:
MTC –
Multipurpose transhipment complex. Technical and technological solutions of the
project will allow for transhipment from heavy-tonnage bulkers with capacity of
up to 140,000 tonnes, short-term storage of imported freight - coking coal of
4,000,000 tonnes per year and its dispatch to consumers via rail transport.
On average,
the complex is expected to accept from 28 up to 40 ships with such freight per
year.
The process of the terminal
operation is as follows: ship - transportation system –
warehouse for temporary storage - railcars loading station. Cargo unloading is
performed by two closed-type cargo-unloading machines. Similar unloading
facilities work at transhipment terminals in the ports of Savona, Brindisi
(Italy), Hamburg (Germany), Taiwan and Singapore. A "water fog"
system is installed on ship unloading facilities to prevent penetration of dust
from the hold and emissions into the sea.
From the ship
unloading machine the cargo is transported to a closed gallery of the berth
conveyor belt and then through the system of closed conveyor belts gets to the
covered warehouse.
Each point of
coal reload from one conveyor to another is equipped with aspiration systems
with two-level purification. Collected dust goes back to conveyor lines to the
cargo flow and does not pollute the environment.
For a
short-term coal storage, the project will construct a covered warehouse, which
will be equipped also with aspiration systems for air purification, other
necessary equipment and safety systems. Similar covered warehouses applying the
same technology of coal loading and storage are operating in Ventspils
(Latvia), Savona (Italy), Taiwan; another two covered warehouses are being
constructed in Germany.
From the
covered warehouse, coal goes through the system of conveyor belts to the closed
railcar loading station. The station also runs a system of air aspiration with
two-stage purification, as well as a system for coal compaction and treatment
to prevent dusting at loading, transportation and unloading activities.
The maximum
capacity of the complex will allow to run 3-4 rolling stocks a day through
Mekenziyevy Gory station.
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Environmental aspect of the
complex. Aspiration and dust-suppression systems installed at
the transhipment terminal will ensure air purification, which matches the
global standards and significantly exceeds the Ukrainian legal standards.
Cutting-edge
technologies will allow to minimize the environmental footprint. Aggregate dust
emissions from all production areas at the maximum capacity of the terminal
will not exceed 6 tonnes a year. For comparison - alone motor vehicles in
Sevastopol account for around 20,000 tonnes of emissions per year.
All technical
water used in terminal operation will be purified and reused to ensure its
efficient consumption and prevent contamination of the Sevastopol Bay.
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Background. In 2009, the
engineers were improving the technical solutions for the project to construct Avlita,
multipurpose transhipment complex. The
project was finalized in close cooperation with stakeholders, the Environmental
Committee of the City Council and scientists of state R&D centres. When
finalizing the project they introduced a range of additions requiring the use
of the latest technical, technological
and environmental solutions. Many of the suggested solutions will be unmatched
in Ukraine. This will make the project technologically-perfect and environmentally
friendly.
The project
provides for a whole range of measures to ensure trouble-free technological
operation of the terminal and prevent emergencies, including earthquakes. In
particular, the terminal can withstand an earthquake of magnitude 9. This
natural disaster is very improbable; however, this factor was also taken into
account. Also, the highest standards are applied to other parameters and
characteristics of the facility.
Modern
technological solutions will require additional investment of over UAH 200m.
With additional funds allocated on safety of the terminal, the total amount of
investment grew to UAH 1.1bn.
Avlita
Stevedoring Company has two deep water berths in the non-freezing water areas
of Sevastopol Bay located at the southwest of the Crimean peninsula. The Company has all
capabilities for transhipment of cargoes from railway cars and trucks to sea
transport and from sea transport to trucks and railway cars, as well as from
ship to ship. The Company handles metal shipments and operates a grain
terminal with storage capacity of 170,000 tonnes. The grain receiving station
can handle 1,200 tonnes per hour of cargoes from railway cars and 300 tonnes
per hour of cargoes from trucks (at other points of product receipt). The
capacity for handling ships equals to 2,400 tonnes per hour. Transhipment
facilities of the Company consist of 15 berth cranes including 5 mobile port
cranes Liebherr and Gottwald of the last generation.
Press Office, Avlita Stevedore Company
2g Primorskaya str, 99016, Sevastopol
Tel: +38 (0692)
92 65 09
Fax: +38
(92 64 03)
e-mail: avlita@avlita.com
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