Muuga Harbour

Muuga Harbour
Aerial view of the Muuga Harbour
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Location
Country	Estonia
Location	Viimsi and Jõelähtme parishes and Maardu
Coordinates	59°29′30″N 24°57′30″E
Details
Opened	1986
Operated by	Port of Tallinn
Type of harbour	cargo port
Size of harbour	7.52 square kilometres (752 ha)
Land area	5.242 square kilometres (524.2 ha)
No. of berths	29
Statistics
Annual container volume	251,738 TEU's (2013)
Website http://www.portoftallinn.com/muuga-harbour

Muuga Harbour (Estonian: Muuga sadam) is the largest cargo port in Estonia, located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 13 km northeast of the capital Tallinn, in Maardu. 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 18 m) 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.

The usual cargo traffic in the seaport is about 20–30 million tons.

The harbour covers an area of 5.24 km² land and 7.5 km² aquatory. Besides Maardu the seaport also occupies lands from the villages of Muuga and Uusküla.

There are 29 quays with the whole length of 6.4 km (4.0 mi). The maximum depth is 18.0 m (0.0112 mi). The largest possible size of a ship is 300 ✕ 48 meters.

There are 6 liquid bulk terminals, container, grain, coal, steel and a dry bulk terminals located in the port.

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  Grain terminal
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  The headquarters
• 
  First ship at the Muuga Coal Terminal

See also

• Transport in Estonia

External links

• Muuga Harbour at Port of Tallinn's website
• Muuga Container Terminal
• Muuga Coal Terminal
• Muuga Grain Terminal