{{Infobox port , name = Paldiski South Harbour
''(Paldiski Lõunasadam)'' , image = PALDISKI SOUTH HARBOUR (2).jpg , image_size = 200px , image_caption = Paldiski South Harbour , country =

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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Paldiski Paldiski is a town and Baltic Sea port situated on the Pakri Peninsula of northwestern Estonia. Since 2017, it's the administrative centre of Lääne-Harju Parish of Harju County. Previously a village of Estonia-Swedes known by the historical ...

, coordinates = {{Coord, 59, 20, N, 024, 05, E, dim:3000_region:EE, display=inline,title , opened = 1994 , operated = , owner =

Port of Tallinn Port of Tallinn ( et, Tallinna Sadam) is the biggest port authority in Estonia. Taking into account both cargo and passenger traffic, it is one of the largest port enterprises of the Baltic Sea. Port of Tallinn is a publicly listed company manag ...

, type = Cargo harbour , sizewater = 134,7 ha (aquatory) , sizeland = 141,1 ha , size = , berths = 10 , wharfs = , piers = , employees = , arrivals = , cargotonnage = , containervolume = , cargovalue = , website = http://www.portoftallinn.com/paldiski-south-harbour Paldiski South Harbour is a cargo harbour located in

, 45 km west of the capital city

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. The harbour is owned by

. Paldiski South Harbour is the main

Ro-Ro Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or usin ...

harbour for Estonia. The main cargo groups handled in the harbour are: Ro-Ro, general cargo/break bulk cargo, solid bulk goods and liquid bulk. The strategic focus has been shifted to the handling of rolling stock goods and to the processing of Estonian import-export goods as well as handling various goods passing through Estonia as transit. A rising trend is the carriage and pre-sales service of the new passenger cars.

Ro-Ro

There is a wide range of services provided in the harbour for every type of wheeled cargo: trailers and semitrailers; roll trailers and MAFI's, incl. containers on roll trailers; new passager cars, trucks and buses; agricultural and building machinery. Also different kind of project cargo and High&Heavy cargo served by Ro-Ro lines which are calling the port. Remarkable amount of that kind of cargo and also heavy machinery is loaded to rail and forwarded to the Russian and Central Asian markets. Paldiski South Harbour has the widest network of Ro-Ro lines in the Baltic States with the connection with ports situated in Finland, Sweden, Russia, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and UK. There are three terminals with a total of 25 ha terminal territory in Paldiski South Harbour to serve the volume of new cars transshipped through the port to the Estonian and Baltic States market and also to Russia. The capacity for transshipment of new cars through Port of Tallinn is up to 300 000 units. Storage, transportation by trucks and rail and also PDI and PPO services are rendered. Port infrastructure is ready to serve regular Ro–Ro lines with new cars on board as well as PCC vessels.

External links

Paldiski South Harbour
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's website
Paldiski South Harbour Industrial ParkESTEVE AS
Ports and harbours of Estonia Buildings and structures in Harju County