Mostly the port belonged to the national government of Ukraine, while portions of it are controlled by the private sector.[not verified in body]. The port came under full Russian control when the Crimean peninsula, then under Russian military occupation, joined Russia after a highly criticized referendum on March 16, 2014, known as the 2014 Crimean status referendum, which was soon followed by the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[2]
History
A settlement was formed at the Sevastopol port in June 1783 as a base for a naval squadron under the name Akhtiar[3] (White Cliff),[4] by Rear Admiral Thomas MacKenzie (Foma Fomich Makenzi), a native Scot in Russian service; soon after Russia annexed the Crimean Khanate. Five years earlier, Alexander Suvorov ordered that earthworks be erected along the harbor and Russian troops be placed there. In February 1784, Catherine the Great ordered Grigory Potemkin to build a fortress there and call it Sevastopol. The realization of the initial building plans fell to Captain Fyodor Ushakov who in 1788 was named commander of the port and of the Black Sea squadron.[5]
It became an important naval base and later a commercial seaport. In 1797, under an edict issued by Emperor Paul I, the military stronghold was again renamed to Akhtiar. Finally, on April 29 (May 10), 1826, the Russian Senate returned the city's name to Sevastopol.
The territory of the port was defined by the declaration of Cabinet of Ukraine on October 25, 2002 "About aquatorium of the Sevastopol Marine Trade Port".[8] The territory defined was limited by lines that outstretch from extreme points of the Sevastopol city administration border at the Black Sea coast perpendicularly to the coastline and allotted water area,[8] except:
Kamysheva Bay that belongs to responsibility of the Sevastopol Marine Fish Port[8]
Passenger terminal is located at the pier #143. Along with terminal there is a building of customs.
Cargo district
There is a cargo district located at the eastern end of the Bay of Sevastopol near the city of Inkerman (Little Inkerman) and mouth of the Chorna River. It consists of two transloading complexes PK-1 and PK-2. There was[when?] an intention to build a ferry terminal at the pier #50.[citation needed]
Transloading complex #1 (PK-1) has capabilities to handle transferring cargo from water transport onto ground transport such as automotive and rail. The complex is specialized in handling cabotage sand, scrap metal (ferrous and non-ferrous metals) in bulk, coal export.
Transloading complex #2 (PK-2) has an area of 47,883 m2 (515,410 sq ft). It is based around the pier #56 that has a length of 112 running meters and depth of 8.25 m (27.1 ft).
Portinvest loading area (Avlita)
There is another cargo handling piers that belong to private owners. Among them is Portinvest Holding that belongs to the Ukrainian company System Capital Management. Its cargo handling area is served by a stevedore company Avlita.[citation needed]
South Sevastopol is a ship maintenance facility.[9] The factory has a freight-handling complex, ship maintenance shop, own design bureau, builds yachts. It also rents out various vessels such as floating cranes, tugboats, others.[spam link?]
Sevastopol Marine Fishing Port
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Fleet
Ships and fleets based in the Port of Sevastopol.[clarification needed] The list[clarification needed] does not include former fleets among which are fleets of Atlantika State Fishing Company[10] and others. Also fleet of the Yalta Marine Trade Port is assigned to the Port of Sevastopol.
