Ukraine seaports transfer over 1 million TEU containers in 2019

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 6, 2020 - Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has reported that in 2019, local seaports handled over 1 million TEUs of container cargo, up almost 20% on the previous year. For the second consecutive year, transshipment of container cargoes shows a significant increase, which is several times higher than the average world indices in the container transportation market. “We recently launched an electronic invoice, and in 2020 we will launch other digital services that will allow businesses to increase the speed of cargo transportation. The plans for 2020 include a digital port together with new customs. We expect that the further development of container transportation will be due to the transit of containers and the inclusion of Ukraine in the routes of the Chinese Silk Road and the Europe-Caucasus-Asia Transport Corridor (TRASECA), the first cargoes for which have begun to be delivered in 2019”, said Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy. Exports and imports of containers last year were almost evenly distributed with a slight import advantage - 48.6% and 46.8% respectively. The positive dynamics of exports is ensured by increasing the containerization of food and light industry products (processing of agricultural raw materials - flour, wheat, peas; textiles). Imports of container cargo have traditionally been influenced by the strengthening of the local hryvnia currency, making deliveries from abroad of food, machinery and electronics, construction materials and other goods more attractive. Container cargo transit is still significantly inferior to imports and exports and amounts to only 46,400 TEU. However, in 2019, it has shown impressive growth rates, an increase of 42% over the previous year. The leader of the container transshipment in Ukraine is the terminal of the KTO company in Odessa, followed by another terminal of the Odessa port - Brooklyn-Kiev Port, TIS-CT in the port Pivdennyi and Illichivsk seaport on the Black Sea. In 2019, 15 largest shipping companies, which accounted for 99.5% of the total volume of containers, were engaged in seaports of Ukraine. In the top three - Maersk Line, CMA CGM, MSC, which provide more than half of the entire container market of Ukraine (53.5%). The ports of Ukraine are included in the routes of ocean services: 1) Bosphours Express Service (BEX) - a weekly service of the Ocean Alliance from ships to the port of Odessa; 2) ZIM Med Pacific (ZMP) - a weekly service of ZIM from Far Eastern ports with access to the seaport of Odessa; 3) ECUMED - Latin American weekly Maersk Line service with call to the Southern seaport; 4) Middle East (ME3) is a weekly service from Maersk Line that connects Ukrainian ports to Middle Eastern countries. Copyright (C) Ports Europe. All Rights Reserved. 2020.

Ukraine seaports transfer over 1 million TEU containers in 2019

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