On May 27, 1794 Empress Catherine || signed a rescript in which she
ordered to start the creation of a seaport town on the site of Hajibey.
On August 22, 1794 the first stones were laid down in the foundations
of two temples and the landmark was fixed for city building. It was
this event that became the birtday of the new town. The city was granted
a coat -of- arms with the inscription in Russian, Greek, Italian and
German.
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Convenient geographical situation on the historicaly founded merchant
ways between East and West, closeness to Bosporus and Dardanelles, all
- the - year - round navigation in the port - was always attracting
attention of owners of goods in the world. Since then over 200 years
have passed... On the spot of the old fortress Hajibey, now one of the
largest Black Sea ports is situated - Odessa Sea Port. In prewar years
the large attention was given to magnification of a potency of port.
The new berthes were constructed, the load factor processes were mechanized.
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Within
the Second world war the port has undergone to significant destructions.
But, due to gains dockers and inhabitants of Odessa, already through
some months after release city, it began to function and in rather short
times was restored. With disintegration of the Soviet Union, processing was sharply reduced.
After crisis of 1993 - 1994 when the structure of the port was changed
and joint activity companies were created instead of cargo handling
terminals, the cargo handling capacity is continionsly increasing. Cargo
handling technology is having been constantly perfectioned, the berths
and equipment having been modernized, the spectrum of offered services
having been enlarged. The cargo nomenclature was interchanged. The main
cargoes transhipped by port are black metal, mineral fertilizers, grain,
petroleum. The turnover of port is constant increased and in a 2001.
It has made 28,6 tonnes including 10,1 mln. tonnes of dry-cargoes and
18,5 mln. tonnes oil cargoes. The growth of turnover of 2001 has made 10,6 % compared to 2000. The port is ready to tranship any kinds of the cargoes, except for explosive.
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