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SILPORT belongs toThe Trans-European Transport Network(TEN-T) as a Category “A” port among the 319 key seaports along Europe’s coastline.

SILPORT is a 100% privately owned Estonian-Russian Company. The entire territory of the Port, which amounts to 750 ha, is private and belongs to the Port. It is the largest private Port in Europe. The owners are 50% SILMET Group (Estonia) and 50% are Russian investors.

SILPORT is a 100% privately owned Estonian-Russian Company. The entire territory of the Port, which amounts to 750 ha, is private and belongs to the Port. It is the largest private Port in Europe. The owners are 50% SILMET Group (Estonia) and 50% are Russian investors. The following facilities are located on the territory of the Port: AS Sillamäe SEJ heat power plant, its own railway station and depot, a unique MOLYCORP SILMET (USA) factory of rare and rare earth metals, and also the wholerange of other production capacities, companies, and terminals. SILPORT and its terminals are a unique example of the Estonian-Russian trade and economic cooperation withinthe framework of the EU-Russia strategic partnership.

Location

Global:• 175 km to St.

Petersburg, Russia• 875 km to Moscow, Russia• 1230 km to Kiev, Ukraine • 100 km to Kotka/ Hamina,

Finland• 185 km to Tallinn, Estonia

Regional:• on the southern coast

of Gulf of Finland• 25 km from Russian

border• next to Tallinn – St.Petersburg- Moscow highway

3 days by sea from Rotterdam

50 miles to Ust-Luga by sea

launched in October 2005Quays in 2013 :2 oil product quays 16,5m deep2 liquid chemicals q 3m deep3 ro-ro ramps 9+12m deep3 general cargo q 9+12m deep4 container quays 4x15,5m

RailwaysER main railway branch 3 kmrailway station 14 tracks x 1,5 km (18 planned) Railway station: 33 km in totalRoadsnetwork of internal roads, tonnels, Tallinn – St. Petersburg – Moscow highwaySILPORT-TRUCK STOP for 450 trucks

ULS Ferry1 connection to Ust-Luga

The following terminals are located and operating on theterritory of the Port at present: • Alexela Sillamäe - dark oil products, shale oil, tank storage farm 506 000 m3, capacity of 10 000 000 t/year. • Silsteve - containers, general, bulk, and project cargos,capacity of up to 3 000 000 t/year; • Silsteve – new vehicles, the parking territory of up to 30 ha for simultaneous emplacement of 15 000 vehicles;• Silsteve – Ro-Ro and a passenger terminal. • Baltic Chemical Terminal (BCT/DBT) - liquid fertilizers and ammonia handling terminal, a tank storage farm with the total capacity of 120 000 tons, the volume of transhipment is 1 700 000 t/year. New SILSTEVE Container and General cargo terminal (2013). Specifications: quay line almost 1km, quay depth – 15.5 m, area – 40 ha, railway and loading equipment, 5 cranes – 3 container STS cranes and 2 universal generalport cranes.

Sillamäe TruckStop is a guarded over 5ha large and well equipped truck parking area for 450 trucks (the EU project) with good rest conditions and various services for drivers, including customs services. Sillamäe Truckstop has been included in the IRU TransPark map with its Self-AssessmentID: 85439805.

The Port of Sillamäe is the closest EU deep-water port toRussia, located on the southern bank of the Gulf of Finland, just 25km from the border between the EU and Russia. The multifunctional infrastructure of the Port of Sillamäe enables almost all types of cargo to be handled,including bulk and liquid bulk cargo, general and ro-ro, aswell as containers. The Port is navigable all year round.

Quayside depths are up to 16m for oil tankers and up to 15.5 m for containers and general cargos allows for the accommodation of the largest vessels that can enter theBaltic Sea through the Danish straits. The ice-free deep-water Port of Sillamäe is navigable and operates all yearround 24/7.

SILPORT has international ISPS safety certificate. SILPORT is a Free Zone of control type 1 (VAT, customs duties and excise taxes amount to 0%).SILPORT belongs to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) as a Category “A” port.

ADVANTAGES

In 2011 SILPORT handled 5 000 000 t of various types ofcargo, in 2012 – 6 500 000 t, in 2013 – almost 7 000 000 tons.

The Port of Sillamäe is a landlord port that owns the private land with an area of 750ha, investing into development of infrastructure and leasing out land to independent operators for the long term (up to 99 years)on the basis of Building Title Agreement, along with the development rights.

ADVANTAGES

Port infrastructure at present:SILPORT construction was launched in September 2003.The Port of Sillamäe has been operating since 14 october 2005. The first vessel call was on 25 October 2005.Quays:· 2 quays for oil products 16.5 m deep· 3 quays for liquid chemicals 2x12 m and 13 m deep· 3 ro-ro ramps 10 m and 2x12 m deep· 3 quays for general cargo 10 m and 2x12 m deep· 4 container quays 2x12.5 and 2x15.5 m deep The total quay length is 3 km. In the Port, there arespecialised territory with an area of 30ha for 15 000 new vehicles, and an entire infrastructure for serving passenger traffic flows. In the Port, there are 3 container and 2 universal 40 t port cranes.

ULS (Universal Logistic System) Estonia Co. daily cargo ferry connection between Sillamäe Ro-Ro terminal and Ust-Luga is the fastest link between EU and RUSSIA.

The Railway is a 3 km connecting track stretching fromthe station of Vaivara (Estonian Railways Ltd) to the station of Sillamäe. The Port of Sillamäe has its own railway station, 6 locomotives, and a repair depot. The Sillamäe railway station consists of 14 receiving-departure tracks with a useful length of 1070 m to 1500 m. The total length of railway tracks at the Sillamäe station is 33.9 km, which includes 4.62 km tariff distancebetween Vaivara station (Estonian Railways Ltd) and the Port of Silamäe.

Port infrastructure at present:

Port infrastructure at present:

Roads: a network of intra-roads and tunnels, the Tallinn-St. Petersburg-Moscow Highway lies in close proximity to the Port and is connected to it by a straightroad. The distance to the border towns of Narva and Ivangorod is 25 km by highway. The Port of Ust-Luga is 50 miles by sea. The processing capability of the station of the Port of Sillamäe at the first stage of infrastructure developmentis up to 12 000 000 t/year.

In September 2012 Sillamäe - Ust-Luga daily regular ferry line and traffic been opened for trucks and busses (not yet for individual passengers), operates by ULS Global and Estonian Co. ULS Estonia.

ULS FERRY1–FASTEST DIRECT FERRY LINE between EU and RUSSIA.

• Compared to Finland and other Baltic ports distances is shorter to main destinations Moscow and Sankt Petersburg– that reflects in prices of the whole logistic chain• Lower labour cost than EU peer’s that reflects in stevedoring tarifs • Easy navigation complemented with favourable Port fees and cargo dues are low– also benefits to whole logistic chaincosts

GEOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGES OF SILPORT

Baltic Port

Sankt-Peterburg

Moscow

1+2

Hanko 518 1249 1767

Helsinki 391 1122 1513

Kotka 270 986 1256

Sillamäe 179 856 1035

Tallinn 362 1034 1396

Paldiski 414 1128 1542

Riga 578 936 1514

Klaipeda 896 1210 2106

Ventspils 792 1128 1920

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