The Moldovan government is planning a large-scale modernization of the state-owned port of Giurgiulesti, which will significantly increase the transshipment of agricultural products. The reconstruction of the port is planned to be completed by 2028.
On September 19, a press conference was held at the Port of Szczecin, during which Krzysztof Urbas, President of the Szczecin and Swinoujscie Seaports Authority, spoke about the company’s development plans.
A total of 6.04 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops were exported from Ukraine during the period started July 1 and ended September 22, 2023 (down 17% compared with the same period of the marketing year 2022-23).
The small-tonnage shipping market has shown slightly reduced cargo offer both in the Black Sea and Mediterranean area, including the most active Danube market.
Dynamics of average mazut prices, $/tonne
Hapag-Lloyd, the German container line operator, is setting up a unit that will combine the company’s infrastructure and terminal assets – Hapag-Lloyd Terminal Holding, based in Rotterdam.
PJSC Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company is strengthening its cooperation with the world’s largest grain traders; agricultural products will be transported from the Danube ports of European countries to Constanta.
Dubai Port World, one of the world’s largest port operators, has built a new 184-meter long vertical berth in the Serbian port of Novi Sad. The terminal’s transshipment capacity should increase by 500,000 TEU.
The picture of the small-tonnage shipping market has been somewhat paradoxical for several weeks in a row. On the one hand, transportation volumes ex Danube ports continue to grow, becoming the main driver of the whole Black Sea & Mediterranean markets.
Low efficiency of the terminals in transshipment from barges and the lack of alternative road transshipment significantly limit Ukrainian grain exports and traffic through Constanta.