Port of Zarubino (russian: порт Зару́бино) is a

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situated in

Zarubino Zarubino may refer to: * Zarubino, Primorsky Krai, an urban-type settlement in Primorsky Krai, Russia *Zarubino, Novgorod Oblast, a former urban-type settlement in Novgorod Oblast Novgorod Oblast (russian: Новгоро́дская о́бла ...

on the south of

Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...

in the Trinity Bay, northwestern part of the

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. The port is from the

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with China and close to the

with

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

. A

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from the port connects to railway lines running north to

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan, c ...

, west to

Hunchun Hunchun (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 혼춘; Hangul: 훈춘) is a county-level city in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, far eastern Jilin province. It borders North Korea (North Hamgyong province) and Russia (Primorsky Krai), has over 250,000 inha ...

Jilin Province Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

in China where a

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terminus is operational, and south to Rajin in North Korea via Khasan, respectively. It is ice-free year round.

History

Port of Zarubino originated from the construction of a

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sea port which began in 1972. In June 1973, the Order of " Primorrybproma " from 06.01.1973 Direction was formed under construction fishing port "Trinity". In July 1981, the Order of the All-Union Association of the Far Eastern fishery basin ( VRPO " Dalryba ") dated 01.06.1981 in the village formed the Zarubino enterprise Sea Fishing Port Trinity. In December 1988, in accordance with the order of the USSR Ministry of Fisheries from 01.12.1988 №450 Enterprise "Sea Fishing Port " Trinity " " was renamed "Khasan fishing port". In April 1992, the Order of the Government of Russia from 15.04.1992 № 739- p Khasan sea commercial port Trinity Bay was opened to foreign vessels. A railway line from the port connects to the railway line from Vladivostok to Khasan on the border with North Korea and the line to Jilin Province in China. In May 2013 Order of the Russian Ministry of Health of 12.11.2012 № 904n cancelled orders from the Health Ministry of Russia 7.03.2012 № 207n that point through the state border of the Russian Federation in the seaport Zarubino was included in the list of checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation, especially equipped and intended for import of goods, chemical, biological and radioactive substances, waste and other goods that are hazardous to human food products, materials and articles in contact with food.

Development

There are prospects of development of the Zarubino seaport through either the construction of new or expansion of existing port infrastructure. In February 2014 plans were announced for construction of a grain terminal with capacity of 5 million tons in a joint venture of

United Grain Company United Grain Company (russian: Объединенная зерновая компания) is a Russian grain trading company based in Moscow and established in 2007. The company conducts grain procurement activities in Russia, and manages exports ...

with Dalport, an affiliate of multi-industry holding Summa Group of Russia. It is planned to bring the total volume of cargo handling in the seaport to 10 million tons and to supply grain to the Asia-Pacific region, including by increasing the processing of rolling cargo (cars and other equipment), fish and containers not only Russian export-import, but also for the purposes of transit, from north to south China and from China to Korea. In May 2014

Jilin province Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

of China and the Summa Group signed a cooperative agreement about development of the port at the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), held in Shanghai. The scheme would expand port capacity to 60 million tonnes of cargo per year. The first phase is due to be completed by 2018 allowing for 500,000 twenty foot equivalent units containers and 10 million tonnes of grain and cargo per year.

References

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