 Kaliningrad : Profile
Passport Control and Customs at located at the ferry terminal, just inside the entrance, on the south side of the channel. Inward clearance is likely to take some hours even though all the necessary papers would have have to have been received at least 72 hours earlier (courtecy of Mr Vladimir Ivankiv see Russia/Clearance ). On departure, the proceedure is quicker.
This small portion of Russia lying between Poland and Lithuania remained Russian to allow that country access to an ice-free port in the Baltic. The city is connected to the coast via a 22NM long sea canal from Baltiysk. A one-way system is in operation with east bound vessels leaving 0300-0400 and 1500-1600LT and west bound at 0800-1100 and 2000-2300LT.
When making for the Kaliningrad yacht harbour, allow 4 hours from the Passport Control office. Parts of the approach are very shallow, although the bottom is very soft mud.
There is a yacht harbour at Baltiysk, but it is not known if foreign yachts may use it.
Baltiysk Traffic Control
VHF Channel 16, 74
Reporting is mandatory. Call when 7NM from the entrance.
Kaliningrad Port Authority
Tel:+7 (0)112 442 192, VHF Channel 14, 16
Kaliningrad Yacht Harbour
Tel:+7 (0)112 461 333
Moor bows-to in 2.5m. No real facilities or services, although the Harbour Master and his staff are very helpful and do their best. Very few visiting yachts, so everyone very friendly. The city centre is about 10km away.
Ost-West Yacht Club
Tel:+7 (0)112 443 702
No waterside base at present.
Shturman Yacht Club
at the Kaliningrad marina
Tel:+7 (0)112 513 271
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