Muuga Harbour () is the largest
cargo
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port
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in
Estonia
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, located on the southern coast of the
Gulf of Finland
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, northeast of the capital
Tallinn
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, in
Maardu
Maardu (, ) is a Populated places in Estonia, town and a Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in Harju County, Estonia. It is part of Tallinn metropolitan area, located about east of the capital city. The town covers an area of 22.76 ...
. The harbour is administrated by
Port of Tallinn, the biggest port authority in Estonia. Muuga Harbour is one of the few ice-free ports in northernmost Europe and among the deepest —up to — and most modern ports in the Baltic Sea region. The cargo volume handled accounts for around 80% of the total cargo volume of Port of Tallinn and approximately 90% of the transit cargo volume passing through Estonia. Nearly 3/4 of cargo loaded in Muuga Harbour includes crude oil and oil products, but the harbour also serves dry bulk (mostly fertilizers, grain and coal) and other types of cargo.
Hamburg's HHLA has had a terminal in the port since 2018. This means that Muuga is networked with the ports of
Hamburg
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,
Odessa
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and
Trieste
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via the logistics group HHLA, also with regard to the
Silk Road
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.
[Terminalbetreiber in Estland gekauft. In: Schiff & Hafen, 7/2018, p 9; "Hamburger Hafenkonzern investiert groß in Triest" In: Die Presse, 29 September 2020.]
The usual annual cargo traffic in the seaport is about 20–30 million tons. The harbour covers an area of on land and of water. Besides Maardu, the seaport also occupies land in the villages of
Muuga and
Uusküla.
There are 29 quays with a total length of . The maximum depth is . The largest tonnage of ship that can be accommodated is . There are 6 liquid bulk terminals, container, grain, coal, steel and a dry bulk terminals located in the port.
Ships serving the terminal
Gallery
Muuga Grain Terminal 12 05 2005.jpg, Grain terminal
Port of Muuga Headquarters May 2005.jpg, The headquarters
Solidarnosc Stern Muuga 30 July 2005.jpg, First ship at the Muuga Coal Terminal
See also
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Transport in Estonia
References
External links
Muuga Harbourat
Port of Tallinn's website
Muuga Container TerminalMuuga Coal TerminalMuuga Grain Terminal
Ports and harbours of Estonia
Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea
Populated coastal places in Estonia
Viimsi Parish
Jõelähtme Parish
Buildings and structures in Harju County
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