Ust-Luga (, lit. Mouth of the Luga) is a
settlement and
railway station in Kingiseppsky District of
Leningrad Oblast,
Russia, situated on the
Luga River near its entry into the
Luga Bay of the
Gulf of Finland, about west of
St. Petersburg. Population: ca. 2,000.Ust-Luga is the site of an important coal and fertiliser terminal, constructed at a cost of $2.1 billion. Construction works started in 1997, in part to avoid dry cargo shipments through the
Baltic States, and were accelerated at the urging of
President Vladimir Putin, who inaugurated the new port facilities in 2001. The 3,700-metre deep approach canal is capable of accommodating ships with a capacity of 150,000 tonnes and more.
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