Belomorsk port, Maritime port in Karelia, Russia
Belomorsk port lies on Sorokka Bay of the White Sea, about three kilometres north of the White Sea-Baltic Canal outlet, on the eastern edge of Belomorsk. Its quay accepts vessels drawing up to 3.5 metres, and ships reach it through a sea channel. The harbour was built in the 1980s to serve White Sea fishing vessels.
In 1934 the White Sea-Baltic Canal administration created the first-class Soroka pier, whose first head was A. I. Orlov; it began with one tug, the Shchors, four pile berths, two houses, a shop and a warehouse. In 1938 the pier joined the North-Western Shipping Company's Belomorsk-Onega section, and in 1940 it became Belomorsk pier within the Belomorsk-Onega Shipping Company. During the Second World War it handled military transport for the Karelian Front.
The Pomors of the village of Soroka have long gone to sea for fishing; in the 19th and early 20th centuries, small-draft vessels moored at piers within its limits, including the pier of the state wine warehouse on Soroka Island. Steamers of the Arkhangelsk-Murmansk express line transferred passengers to barges on the roadstead, from which they reached Soroka. From 1935 to 1941, the Soroka–Poventsa passenger and excursion line ran on the steamer Karl Marx.
Navigation runs from May to October, not year-round. The berth accepts vessels with a draft of up to 3.5 metres, and ships reach the White Sea-Baltic Canal entrance through a sea channel. The port area lies on the eastern edge of Belomorsk, about three kilometres north of the canal mouth.
The port lies on the White Sea, not Onega Bay, about three kilometres north of the White Sea-Baltic Canal's mouth; ships reach the canal through a sea channel. Since 2013 oversight of its waters has belonged to the Onega port administration, with Belomorsk as a marine terminal.
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