#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Dudinka seaport is completing the preparation of its infrastructure for the upcoming flood. According to forecasts, the water will begin to rise in the last third of May. Work began back in March: schedules and plans were drawn up, areas for transferring cargo and equipment were cleared of snow and ice.
The port infrastructure is evacuated to a safe level from flooded areas every year throughout the entire existence of the port – it is this feature that makes it unique and the only seaport of the kind in the world.
Now the equipment of production and transhipment complex No. 1 (PTC-1) is being lifted from the berths to a non-flooded area – all five portal cranes have already been moved. Artyom Pomytkin, deputy head of the Nornickel’s Polar Transport Branch’s PTC-1, spoke about this.
At the moment, there are about 28 thousand tons of cargo at the berths – equipment, big bags, pipes, containers and much more.
The evacuation of equipment traditionally begins with Kirovetses – portal cranes tied to steel rails.
“These cranes perform a fairly large amount of work during summer navigation: they load cargo onto railways, transport, and handle piece and general cargo. In winter they are less busy”, added Artyom Pomytkin.
The lifting of the ‘portals’ is carried out using a lifting and lowering trolley, and this process is quite painstaking. The accuracy and coherence of the port workers’ actions are important here, especially when climbing uphill, where a list cannot be allowed. The evacuation of five portal cranes was carried out in a short time – in just two days. The Kirovetses will remain in the lay-up zone until the ice drifts in Dudinka and the port workers rebuild the berths.
In parallel with preparations for the flood, three vessels are being unloaded at the port, and before the flood, according to the plan, approximately four more vessels are expected to be processed.
The last to leave the piers along the pre-prepared road will be ten Liebherr pneumatic wheel cranes.
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Text: Angelika Stepanova, Photo: press service of Nornickel's Polar Division
