Danube Logistics: Giurgiulesti International Free Port’s transshipment volumes rise in the first quarter of 2013

Danube Logistics: Giurgiulesti International Free Port’s transshipment volumes rise in the first quarter of 2013

• 18.04.2013

In the first quarter of 2013 a total of 76,375 metric tons of bulk and general cargo was transshipped via Giurgiulesti International Free Port compared to 60,474 metric tons in the same period last year. 47,370 mt of the transshipped volume was grain and oil seeds, 20,265 mt mineral oil products, 8,740 mt vegetable oil and about 1,000 tons of soda ash in big bags.
In addition to bulk and general cargo a total of 508 sea containers were transshipped via Giurgiulesti International Free Port during this year’s first quarter – an almost 300% increase compared to the same period of 2012.
The goods delivered in containers to Moldova via Giurgiulesti during the first quarter of 2013 originated 26 different countries. The vast majority of the containers originated from China (62%), India (9%), Turkey (7%) and Spain (4%). Exports in sea containers via Giurgiulesti were mostly directed to the USA and China.
The shipping tariffs from major Chinese ports to Giurgiulesti averaged at about USD 1,960 per 20” container and at about USD 2,995 per 40” container during the first quarter of 2013. At the beginning of the second quarter these rates dropped to about USD 1,730 for 20” containers and USD 2,660 for 40” containers. Export tariffs from Giurgiulesti to major Chinese ports have been as low as USD 800 for 20” containers and USD 920 for 40” containers.

Danube Logistics, Giurgiulesti International Free Port

Giurgiulesti International Free Ports (GIFP) entire 120 ha territory has a status of a free economic zone and consists of an oil product terminal, a grain terminal as well as a general cargo and container terminal including a RoRo ramp (start of operation by September 2011). Due to its location on the Lower Danube with available water depths of up to 7 meters, GIFP is capable of receiving both inland and sea-going vessels. Against this background the GIFP serves its clients as: - the only direct sea/river-borne transshipment and distribution point to and from the Republic of Moldova, - a regional logistics hub on the border of the EU with access to road, European and Russian railway, river, sea, and - an excellent business location, because of its strategic location, tri-modal transport infrastructure, low cost environment and a unique customs and tax regime.