Cyprus Port of Limassol

Key port information can also be found at: Maritime Database Wesbite information on Cyprus Port of Limassol

Port Overview:

Limassol Port, also known as the New Lemessos Port, is situated west of Limassol. It is the biggest port in Cyprus and has the largest range of facilities. It handles almost all passenger boat traffic into and out of Cyprus, including cruise ships and ferry connection with Greece, Israel, Egypt and Lebanon.

Services available at the port include:

• Tourist information desk

• Foreign-currency exchange bureau

• Public telephones

• Duty Free shops

• Bank

• Cafeteria

• Health Inspector’s office

• First aid centre

• Car insurance office

• Taxi and bus services are available to the town centre

Port website: Cyprus Ports Authority Website

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

The Cyprus Ports Authority was established in 1973 on the basis of the 1973 Ports Authority Law. This was a result of a clause in a Loan granted to the Republic of Cyprus by the World Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 1969, for the construction of (Lemesos) Limassol and Larnaka ports. The Bank had asked for the creation of an independent and flexible organisation free of pubic sector bureaucratic procedures and which could operate on a commercial basis.

Cyprus Ports Authority is a Public Sector Entity set up by law and governed by a nine-member Board (Chairman, Vice-Chairman and seven members) appointed by the Council of Ministers for a three-year term. The Board applies the policies of the Government according to the Authority’s legislation. These policies are conveyed and supervised by the Minister of Communication and Works.

The Authority is the competent entity to administer, operate and develop the ports, as well as to facilitate international shipping aids and issue licences for pilotage.

The Authority has a double role:

(a) It exercises public power

(b) It provides commercial and financial services

In its public power role, the Authority is the owner of the ports and lighthouses as well as being the regulator of port services rendered. Within the framework of this role, the Authority:

• Plans, develops and manages port infrastructure.

• Provides licences for the use of port land, and the provision of services in the ports under its jurisdiction.

• Provides licences for the provision of port services and for the construction of works in port areas.

• Provides public/non financial activities.

As well as the above role, the Authority provides commercial/financial/port services. The main ones are:

• Ship pilotage

• Ship towage and mooring

• Use of gantry cranes and large mobile cranes

• Reception, storage and delivery of cargo

Within the jurisdiction of the Authority are the commercial ports of Lemesos (Limassol) and Larnaka, the old port of Lemesos (Limassol), the Paphos port, the Latchi fishing harbour and the oil terminals at Vassiliko and Moni. Further, the lighthouses at Cape Greco, Cape Kiti, Cape Gata, Paphos and Akamas also come under its jurisdiction.

For information on Cyprus Port of Limassol contact details, please see the following link: 

4.3 Cyprus Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Port Performance

For information on Port of Limassol performance figures, please see the following documents: 

Port of Limassol Cargo Performance Jan - Jun 2013

Port of Limassol Containers Performance Jan - Jun 2013

Port of Limassol General Performance Graphs Sept 2013

Port of Limassol Number of Ships Jan - Jun 2013

Port of Limassol Passengers Performance Jan - Jun 2013

 

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Berthing Specifications

For the purchase of affording service to ships/cargoes and port users, the Authority provides its own modern equipment manned by its own personnel.

The floating equipment provided by the Authority for facilitating the mooring of ships is:

Tug Boats:

• "OTHELLO" 1300BHP- Boll pull 16TNS

• "PRINIAS" 3500BHP- Boll pull 35TNS

• "ASPELIA" 3500BHP- Boll pull 35TNS

Pilot Ships:

• "ALASIA"

• "AKAMANTIS"

For auxiliary purposes the Authority provides also the "ACHEON AKTI" and the multipurpose boat "NEREUS".

The land based equipment for the loading/unloading of cargo includes:

• Two gantry cranes "Reggianne" of 40 tons hoisting power installed on the eastern quay in 1984.

• Two gantry cranes "Panamax" by "Ceretti Tanfani" of 40 tons hoisting installed at first on the eastern quay and transferred to the western quay in 1996.

• Two gantry cranes "Panamax" by "Ceretti Tanfani" of 45 tons hoisting installed on the souhtern quay in 1996.

• Two mobile cranes DEMAG 27 and DEMAG 28 of 21 tons and 40 tons hoisting power respectively. They are used mainly for loading/unloading of conventional cargo.

• One mobile crane GOTTWALD of 35 tons hoisting power.

 

• One mobile crane on rails STOTHERT & PIT (Luffing Crane) of 35 tons hoisting power which was installed on the western quay in 1974.

If the needs of the port are not satisfied by the Authority’s equipment then private licensed cranes are mobilized, for which the Authority levies royalties.

For emergency purposes or in the event of interruption of the electricity supply, the Authority equipped itself with a mobile generator of 750KVA capacity and thereafter with yet another three generators of 8KVA, 40KVA and 60KVA capacity, respectively. At Lemesos port there is a medium voltage (11KV) network installed which supplies nine substations through underground cables. Most of the substations of the Authority are on a ring circuit for unimpeded electricity supply.

General Cargo Handling Berths

Total quay length 880m, (North quay 430m. and West quay 450m.)

Depth alongside of 11m to 13m served by:

• 1x35t rail mounted slewing crane
• mobile x 40t, 2x40t
• mobile cranes 1x21t mobile crane 
• private cranes up to 110 tons. (1x100t mobile, 5x40t mobile, 2x35t mobile, 1x25t mobile, 6x6t mobile,
• 31 x 1.5-4 tons forklifts.

Port Handling Equipment

Is the port equipment managed by the government or privately? n/a

Tanker Berths:

Conventional buoy berths for oil discharging only.

• Moni EAC (Electricity Authority of Cyprus);

• Moni Cement Plant;

• Akrotiri BSBA: (British Sovereign Base Area)

Ro-Ro Berths:

• Ro-Ro vessels can be accommodated at any quay. However a 50m long at a 60cm height above seawater. Ro-Ro berth also available, with a depth of 14m.

Dolphin Berths:

• There are five dolphin berths at the south end of the west basin, with a depth of 11m alongside. Maximum ship’s displacement 20,000 tons free surface expose to air 5000sq. m.

Container Facilities

Total length of 1100m, (East quay 480m. and New West quay 620m.) East quay with a depth alongside of 11m served by 2x40 tons Gantry cranes. New West quay with a depth alongside of 14m served by 2x40 tons Panamax and 2x45t Post Panamax quay cranes.

Customs Guidance

For information on Cyprus Port of Limassol Customs information, please see the following link: 

1.3 Cyprus Customs Information

Terminal Information

Multipurpose Terminal

Conventional buoy berths for oil discharging only.

• Moni EAC (Electricity Authority of Cyprus);

• Moni Cement Plant;

• Akrotiri BSBA: (British Sovereign Base Area)

Main Storage Terminal

In the land area of the Port, the Authority has covered and open spaces for the storage of cargo.

Covered spaces comprising 5 warehouses of total area 39760sq. m.

• Warehouse No.1 7200m²

• Warehouse No.2 6080m²

• Warehouse No.3 10000m²

• Warehouse No.4 10080m²

• Warehouse No.5 6400m²

Part of the warehouse No.2 was assigned to the British Bases for their own cargo traffic while the remainder was assigned to the Customs and Excise Department for the auctioning of cargo which remains in the port area in excess of prescribed time (Republic Bonded Warehouse).

• Open storage spaces, for conventional cargo of 157000m²

• Stacking areas for containers 344400m²

• There are also 299 electricity supply points for containers-refrigerators.

• Paved area for general cargo: 57.000sq. m

• Stacking area for containers: 342.500sq. m

Container Freight Station: 37.600sq.m (includes open and shedded areas/sheds no.3 and 4).

NB: Due to upgrading of stacking areas the above will be revised

Stevedoring

Services offered by Stevedoring Company: Tel. 00357 25877144 Fax. 00357 25877146

However shipping agents may act as master stevedores for their vessels

Port Security

In accordance with EU directives as well as with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS), the Authority has proceeded to the following measures at Lemesos Port:

• Checking and control of entry/exit to the Port by Security Guards on a 24 hour basis, 7 days a week

• The control of people entering the port area is done via entry cards issued by the Authority

• At the main entrance to the port there is a closed circuit surveillance and recording on video tape. The installation of a closed circuit surveillance of the whole of the port area and of the fence area are at the development process. (second phase)

• Installation of a ‘’hot’’ telephone line at the port entrance.

• Reinforcement of the fence of the port area

• Increase of security personnel.

• Modification of the Passenger’s Terminal in line with the provision of the Schengen Treaty.

• For port security purposes there are frequent patrols by security guards and by members of Port and Nautical Police Force.

• The Authority has installed a Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) Radar system for the continuous monitoring and recording of ship and boat traffic at the port and at the roadstead. The monitoring Station is manned by Authority officials on a 24 hour basis.

• To cover the eventuality of nuclear cargo traffic the Customs Department has installed special tracking pylons at the port area.

For port security, the Authority has a responsible official who is in charge of the Security Guards.

 

Cyprus Port of Larnaca

Key port information can also be found at: Maritime Database information on the Port of Larnaca

Port Overview:

Larnaca Port is located approximately 2km east of Larnaca and 5km from Larnaca International Airport, it is the closest port to the capital Nicosia. Situated on the South coast of Cyprus and sheltered by two breakwaters. Anchorage is an open roadstead with no draft limitation. This breakwater port, with an approach channel entrance of a minimum width of 160m, is dredged to 12m and vessels with a maximum draft of 11m and L.O.A. up to 185m can be accommodated anywhere along its fixed quays under any conditions. While RO/RO vessels can be operated anywhere on quay, special RO/RO facilities are available in the southern basin of the port. It is an orderly functioning and tidy port, providing personal and quality service geared to meet vessels’ special operational requirements.

• Maximum L.O.A : 250m

• Maximum Beam: Unrestricted

• Tidal range and flow: Range 0.4m

Maximum arrival draft: 

• Container quay: 11.40m

• Old quay: 9.30m

• Floating pontoons: 6.50m

Port website: Cyprus Ports Authority Website

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

For information on Cyprus Port of Larnaca contact details, please see the following link: 

4.3 Cyprus Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Port Performance

For information on Port of Larnaca perfromace details, please see the following documents: 

Port of Larnaca Performance Graphs

Berthing Specifications

For information on Port of Larnaca Berthing details, please see the following link:

Port of Larnaca Berthing Website

Two quays with a total length of 666m, and a depth alongside of 10-12m, provide accommodation for general cargo vessels (container, ro-ro, conventional, etc.) and passenger carriers. An additional 100m two sided quayage is provided for the accommodation of smaller vessels by use of pontoons, width 23m, depth alongside of 6,5m.

• Pilotage: Compulsory- pilots VHF channel 14

• Berthing and Unberthing: Between 06:00 and 23:00

• Medical Facilities: Available

• Fresh Water: Available

• Provisions/Stores/Bunkers: Available

• Crew changes: Can be effected

• Ship and cargo survey: Can be effected

General Cargo Handling Berths

At the port there are three closed warehouses, two of which are located at the north quay each having an area of 3170sq. m and one at the south quay of the order of 11.500 sq. m. There are also paved open storage spaces of the order of 150.000 sq. m as well as non-paved spaces of the order of 65.000m^2.

Port Handling Equipment

Is the port equipment managed by the government or privately?  n/a 

South quay of length 340m, water depth 12m and equipped with two gantry cranes of 40 tons, 1 crane on rails of 45 tons as well as a ramp of 25m width suitable for ro-ro ships.

North quay 326m, water depth 10m and equipped with crane on rails (Luffing Crane) of 35 tons able to serve loads 150m to the western part of the quay.

Container Facilities

Customs Guidance

For information on Cyprus Port of Larnaca Customs information, please see the following link: 

1.3 Cyprus Customs Information

Port Security

In accordance with EU directives and the Schengen Treaty, as well as the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code), the Authority has proceeded to the following measures at Larnaka Port:

• Checking and control of entry/exit to the Port by Security Guard on a 24 hour basis, seven days a week.

• The control of people entering the port area is done via entry cards issued by the Authority.

• A closed circuit surveillance system has been installed at the port’s entrance, which monitors and records on video tape. The installation of a closed circuit surveillance system monitoring the whole port area and the fence, are at the development process (second phase).

• Installation of a "hot" telephone line between the port’s entrance and the Port Police Station.

• Reinforcement of the fence of the port area.

For port security purposes there are frequent patrols by Security Guards and by members of the Port and Nautical Police Force.

The authority has appointed a responsible official for the port’s security, who is in charge of the Security Guards.