Black Sea Container Trades, Ports & Terminals, Hinterland June 2009 Dynamar B.V. Noorderkade 1G 1823 CJ Alkmaar The Netherlands Phone: +31 72 514 7400 Fax: +31 72 515 1397 E-mail: info@dynamar.com Web: www.dynamar.com
Contents THE DYNAMAR CONTAINER TRADES REPORTS SERIES... 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - KEY FACTS AND FIGURES... 9 GENERAL INTRODUCTION... 9 Geography... 9 Trade areas... 10 Economy and trade developments... 10 Container Shipping Services... 11 Ports, Terminals and their Hinterlands... 11 Trade imbalances... 12 GDP AND NUMBER OF INHABITANTS... 12 PORTS COVERED IN THIS STUDY... 13 Black Sea direct ports of call, in alphabetical order... 13 Mediterranean direct ports of call, in alphabetical order... 13 Far East, regular direct ports of call, in geographic order... 13 Indian Sub Continent, regular direct ports of call, in geographic order... 14 Far East Regional Definitions... 14 *Mediterranean Regional Definitions... 14 BLACK SEA PORTS, TERMINALS AND HINTERLAND... 15 CORRIDORS... 15 TRACECA... 15 TEN... 16 Pan-European Transport Corridors... 17 Corridors relevant for this report... 17 Transnational Axes... 18 Motorways of the Seas... 18 Central axis... 18 South Eastern axis... 18 BURGAS, BULGARIA... 19 Burgas West Harbour container facility... 19 VARNA, BULGARIA... 19 Varna East Container Terminal... 20 Varna West Container Terminal and Ro-Ro Terminal... 20 Hinterland Bulgarian ports... 21 CONSTANTA, ROMANIA... 22 Container Terminal 1 - APM Terminals... 22 Container Terminal 2 - Constantza South Container Terminal (CSCT)... 23 Container Terminal 3 - SOCEP Container Terminal... 23 Container Terminal 4 - UMEX Container Terminal... 24 Hinterland Constanta... 24 Danube river... 25 ILYICHEVSK, UKRAINE... 26 Ilyichevsk Container Terminal (ICT)... 27 ODESSA, UKRAINE... 27 Odessa Port Container Terminal... 28 Metalsukraine Container Terminal... 29 Brooklyn-Kiev Terminal... 29 MARIUPOL, UKRAINE... 29 Mariupol Sea Commercial Port Container terminal... 30 OTHER UKRANIAN PORTS... 30 Yuzhny... 30 Nikolaiev... 30 Sevastopol... 30 Hinterland Ukranian Black Sea ports... 31 NOVOROSSIYSK, RUSSIA... 32 NCSP Terminal... 32 NLE Timber & Container Terminal... 33 NUTEP Terminal... 33 TAGANROG, RUSSIA... 34 OTHER RUSSIAN BLACK SEA PORTS... 35 Sochi... 35
Tuapse... 35 Azov... 35 Rostov... 35 Hinterland Russian Black Sea ports... 36 POTI, GEORGIA... 38 Poti Container Terminal... 38 BATUMI, GEORGIA... 39 Batumi International Container Terminal LLC (BICT)... 39 Hinterland Georgian ports... 39 TRABZON, TURKEY... 40 Trabzon Container Berth... 41 OTHER TURKISH BLACK SEA PORTS... 41 Hopa... 41 Giresun... 41 Samsun... 41 Filyos... 42 Zonguldak... 42 Eregli... 42 Hinterland Turkish Black Sea ports... 42 PORT HANDLED TEU... 44 BLACK SEA... 44 By Black Sea country... 44 MEDITERRANNEAN... 45 East Med... 45 West Med... 45 FAR EAST... 46 North East Asia... 46 South East Asia... 46 INDIAN SUB CONTINENT... 46 COMMODITIES & FOREIGN TRADE-BY-COUNTRY... 47 BULGARIA... 47 GEORGIA... 49 ROMANIA... 51 RUSSIA... 53 TURKEY... 54 UKRAINE... 56 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT... 58 BLACK SEA REGION... 58 Bulgaria... 59 Georgia... 59 Romania... 60 Russia... 60 Turkey... 61 Ukraine... 61 OVERSEAS TRADE REGIONS... 61 THE FUTURE... 63 CARRYINGS (FULL CONTAINER VOLUMES)... 64 INTRODUCTION... 64 MEDITERRANEAN... 64 Indirect Med ports... 65 Turkey... 65 INDIAN SUB CONTINENT... 66 FAR EAST... 66 EUROPE... 69 USA... 69 INTRA-BLACK SEA... 70 BLACK SEA PORTS... 70 Romania... 70 Russia... 71 Ukraine... 71 CONTAINER SHIPPING SERVICES... 73
INTRODUCTION... 73 CARRIER PROFILES... 73 SERVICES (CARRIERS, SCHEDULES, FREQUENCIES, SHIPS)... 76 Far East (and Indian Sub Continent) - Black Sea... 76 The recent past... 76 The present... 76 Mediterranean - Black Sea (East Med hub-based)... 77 Mediterranean - Black Sea (West Med hub-based)... 79 Intra Black Sea... 80 SERVICES GRID - PORTS OF CALL ANALYSIS... 81 Far East-Black Sea... 81 Mediterranean-Black Sea... 82 Intra Black Sea... 83 3-YEAR TRADE AND SERVICES DEVELOPMENTS... 84 THREE-YEAR OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS - INTRODUCTION... 84 The year 2006... 84 The year 2007... 87 The year 2008... 93 The year 2009... 96 TEU CAPACITY DEPLOYED BY DIRECT CARRIER... 99 OVERALL BLACK SEA TRADE... 99 CAPACITY ANALYSIS FAR EAST-BLACK SEA... 100 CAPACITY ANALYSIS MEDITERRANEAN-BLACK SEA... 100 CAPACITY ANALYSIS INTRA BLACK SEA... 101 TRADE SHARES... 102 Far East-Black Sea trade... 102 Russia Black Sea trades... 103 Ukraine trades... 104 BREAKBULK SERVICES... 105 POST-PUBLICATION SERVICES- AND TRADE-DEVELOPMENTS... 106 FULL PORT/COUNTRY TEU STATISTICS... 107 By EU port/black Sea countries... 107 Between Istanbul and individual Black Sea ports... 111 MAIN EUROPEAN ROADS CONNECTING WITH COUNTRIES IN THE BLACK SEA REGION... 112 Main roads... 112 Secondary roads... 112 EUROPE'S 20 LARGEST PORTS (BY TONNAGE)... 113 COUNTRY ECONOMY PROFILES BLACK SEA REGION... 114 Bulgaria - Sofia... 114 Georgia - Tbilisi... 115 Romania - Bucharest... 116 Russian Federation - Moscow... 117 Turkey - Istanbul... 119 Ukraine - Kiev... 120 SOURCES... 121
Black Sea (worldwide) Container Trades, Ports & Terminals, Hinterland Compiled and published by: Dynamar B.V. Noorderkade 1G 1823 CJ ALKMAAR Phone: +31 72 514 74 00 Fax: +31 72 515 13 97 info@dynamar.com www.dynamar.com Brahim Marghadi Shipping Analyst Dirk Visser Managing Editor June 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without explicit permission of the publisher. While the information contained in this report is presented in good faith, it frequently involves estimates where no current published data is available. This information, believed to be accurate, can therefore not be guaranteed. The publishers cannot accept liability of any errors or omission.
The Dynamar Container Trades Reports series Since 2005 Dynamar has been publishing reports on specific container liner trades. These were initiated as consultancy studies and in essence, portray a trade from the viewpoint of a carrier that may consider entering the trade lane under review already serves the route and needs to keep track of the latest developments This explains the basis of these studies that in particular aim at providing: An assessment of the size of the trade (volume in terms of full containers) An in-depth competition inventory (services, ships, capacity analyses) The set up is based upon a proven concept and develops along the following lines: The report s body: General overview: Executive summary of the report s findings through key facts and figures (number of carriers, services, total volume, total capacity, major ports) Introduction to the trade that briefly highlights the salient points and a general outline of the trade under study; its recent history, economy, developments and current situation Summary of the direct ports of call of the services under review Often completed with a wider ports/countries overview Port activity Statistics of port handled TEU in direct ports of call on both sides of the trade Carryings of full TEU in both directions, providing the size of the trade. The set up of this chapter depends on the availability of information but is usually built on statistics of full containers loaded and discharged in the direct ports (in particular for Europe trades) and/or (in the case of US-trades) on the basis of carriers full TEU liftings. The outcome is usually also presented in various regional overviews Commodities Overview of the main cargo items moving in both directions May be completed with additional information on specific cargo flows Container Shipping Services An important section containing short trade-related profiles of all vessel providing carriers All direct container services operated (trade names, port rotation, frequency, number and size of ships) Services grid (ports of call sequence), providing the emphasis of the trade in terms of ports used Recent carrier and trade developments Capacity and Trade Share Analyses The annualised trade capacity is analysed by carrier and/or grouping, taking into account such factors as frequencies, non core ports and actual vessel sizes The annualised trade capacities and the overall carryings form the basis for estimates of trade shares/liftings by carrier Hubbing and Transhipment Overview/ inventory of connections within the areas with the main direct ports of call Conferences, Discussion Agreements and the like; Freight rates Details of such bodies, if any, governing the trade under review If available, market going rates and THC set/recommended by such bodies (usually for singletrade reports only) Other than container services A broad overview of breakbulk, Ro-Ro and multipurpose operators in the trade, which may incidentally compete for containers
Part/Module II or alternatively the Appendices usually provides reference material and detailed information, such as: (Full) TEU statistics per port/country combination, and/or, if available: TEU liftings by individual carrier brands Other subjects of indirect, but not immaterial interest Port projects; port and country developments (since the previous report) Country economy profiles Obviously, each individual report may be expanded with additional trade-specific information. This Black Sea Container Trades publication is already special in itself, as there are hardly any maritime reports focusing exclusively on the area. And as they have been in a continuous state of development since, say 2000, this report contains a more than usual extensive chapter on ports and box terminals in the area which are the subject of container calls. Additionally, those ports hinterland connections have been studied. Moreover, a more intense look than normally has been taken into the current economic status of the countries involved, as well as their foreign trade. The above detailed wide scope of information covered make these reports also of particular interest to other stakeholders in the trade areas, including (alphabetically): consultants, container lessors, forwarders, NVOCCs, port authorities, port developers, shippers, shipping agents, terminal operators, training institutes and others. It should be noted that Dynamar is generally able to customise each report to the specific terms of reference of the interested party. We trust that you will find the following pages of use and interest and as always, we welcome any comments or feedback you may have. Brahim Marghadi Dirk Visser Dynamar B.V. June 2009