MAJOR EXPANSION NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITY SOUTH, USSR 4 (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 12, 1984
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12 DECEMBER 1984
MAJOR EXPANSION
NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH, USSR (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: TWO NEW BASINS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED AT
NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH WITH ONLY CONSTRUCTION OF THE
QUAY WALLS AND STORAGE AREAS REMAINING. THE EXPANSION OF
NIKOLAYEV PORT WILL INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FACILITY BY
DECREASING TURNAROUND TIME OF SHIPS WHICH WILL ELIMINATE DELAYS
IN BERTHING. ADDITIONALLY, THE SOVIETS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY
TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MERCHANT SHIPS TRANSITING THIS PORT
FROM THE PRESENT FIVE TO APPROXIMATELY 15, THEREBY SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASING ARMS DELIVERIES. NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH IS
THE SOVIETS MAIN ARMS EXPORTING FACILITY AND ACCOUNTS FOR
APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL SOVIET ARMS EXPORT
ACTIVITY. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE PRESENT EXPANSION OF NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES WAS
FIRST OBSERVED IN LATE MARCH 1983, WHEN TWO SUCTION DREDGES WERE
OPERATING IN THE AREA NORTH OF THE NORTH MOLE. ONE DREDGE WAS
APPARENTLY EXPANDING THE NORTH MOLE, WHILE THE OTHER WAS FORMING
A LANDFILL PERPENDICULAR TO THE NORTH MOLE. THE DREDGES THEN
BEGAN FORMING THE NEW NORTH BASIN WITH LANDFILL OPERATIONS
CONTINUING ALONG THE SHORELINE. THIS NEW BASIN AREA WAS
COMPLETED IN EARLY AUGUST 1983 AND THE PLACEMENT OF PILINGS FOR
THE QUAY WALLS WAS BEGUN IN MID-APRIL 1984. (SWN)
RELATED ACTIVITY ON SHORE ADJACENT TO THE NORTH BASIN INCLUDES
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RAIL SPUR LEADING FROM THE MAIN RAIL LINE
INTO THE AREA. IN ADDITION, THE LANDFILLING AND GRADING OF THE
GROUND INDICATES THAT THIS BASIN WILL PROBABLY INCLUDE ONE NEW
ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF (RO-RO) QUAY AND AT LEAST TWO NEW BERTHING
POSITIONS. OPEN STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND/OR EQUIPMENT WILL AT
LEAST DOUBLE THE PRESENT OPEN STORAGE CAPACITY FOR EQUIPMENT
AWAITING SHIPMENT. (SWN)
CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SOUTH BASIN WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN LATE
MARCH 1984 WHEN A SUCTION DREDGE WAS DEPOSITING SPOIL ON THE
SHORE LINE, SOUTH OF THE SOUTH MOLE. THE CONSTRUCTION INCLUDED
EXTENSIVE LANDFILLING FOR THE FORMATION OF TWO BREAKWATERS AND
AN OUTWARD EXTENSION OF THE SHORE LINE. THIS BASIN WAS
COMPLETED IN EARLY DECEMBER. THE AREA NORTH OF THE SOUTH BASIN
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WILL PROBABLY BE FILLED, EXTENDING IT TO THE SOUTH MOLE.
PILINGS HAVE NOT YET BEEN PLACED FOR THE FORMATION OF QUAY WALLS
AT THIS BASIN. THE SOUTH BASIN IS ADJACENT TO THE MUNITIONS
STORAGE AREA AND, AS YET, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF EXTENDING A
RAIL LINE INTO THE AREA. WHEN COMPLETED, THIS BASIN WILL
PROBABLY BE CAPABLE OF BERTHING AT LEAST FOUR MERCHANT SHIPS.
THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION ON SHORE PRECLUDE AN INDICATION
OF THE USE OF THE NEW STORAGE AREAS. (SWN)
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE TWO AREAS OF MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE
PORT SUPPORT FACILITY. ONE AREA, NORTHEAST OF THE PRESENT RO-RO
QUAY, HAS TWO LARGE BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND A SECOND
AREA, SOUTHEAST OF THE RO-RO QUAY, HAS AT LEAST THREE BUILDINGS
IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE MOST DIFFICULT PORTION OF THIS
EXPANSION, THE FORMATION OF THE BASINS AND EXTENSION OF THE
SHORE LINES OUTWARD, HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE GRADING AND
PLACING OF PILINGS FOR THE QUAY WALLS ON THE NEW NORTH BASIN
INDICATES THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE OPERATIONAL FIRST AND, WITH
THE ONSET OF WINTER, WILL PROBABLY BE COMPLETED IN EARLY SPRING
1985. WORK ON THE NEW SOUTH BASIN LANDFILL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN
ACCELERATED IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS; HOWEVER, WITH THE LACK OF
PILINGS FOR THE QUAY WALLS, IT IS ESTIMATED THIS BASIN WILL
PROBABLY NOT BE OPERATIONAL UNTIL MID-1985. (SWN)
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