The Sochi seaport is forever captured in the famous film directed by Leonid Gaidai "The Diamond Arm". It was here, at the pier of the Marine Station in 1968, that the scene of farewell to Semyon Semenovich and his family was filmed before traveling aboard the Mikhail Svetlov
Work on the large-scale reconstruction of the seaport in Sochi for the 2014 Olympics has been going on for more than three years. A new stage in its development has begun.
In November 2014, Sovcomflot and Burevestnik Group signed a public-private partnership agreement, according to which the yacht port was transferred to the management of the Burevestnik Group holding.
In the process of titanic efforts, the port's water area has improved significantly, the territory has doubled, berths and pontoons have been rebuilt, a lot of work has been done to transform it into a beautiful Sochi Grand Marina. The water area has become completely safe and protected from storms.
If earlier large ships were forced to stay in the roadstead a kilometer from the port, and passengers were brought ashore on boats, now the Sochi Grand Marina yacht port is able to easily moor up to 300 ships with comfort and safety.
And the renovated sea terminal can simultaneously accommodate up to five ships, including two liners more than 300 meters long, designed for 3.5 thousand passengers. Every year, all ships of the port carry more than two million passengers, cruises are made in the basins of the Black and Mediterranean Seas. An armada of the largest ships from different countries, including the Russian Kruzenshtern, Khersones, Mir, Nadezhda, Sedov, moored in the renovated Sochi harbor.