Danube Logistics: Moldovan Exporters Benefit from Favorable Container Transportation Tariffs to China

Danube Logistics: Moldovan Exporters Benefit from Favorable Container Transportation Tariffs to China

• 11.07.2013

Danube Logistics’ transportation tariffs for the export of goods in containers from Chisinau to major Chinese ports have been as low as USD 900 for 20” containers and USD 1,000 for 40” containers during the second quarter of 2013. These favorable container transportation rates contributed to the significant increase in Moldovan exports to China during the first half of 2013.

Transportation tariffs for containers from major Chinese ports to Chisinau via Danube Logistics’ Constanta - Giurgiulesti – Chisinau service averaged at about USD 2,325 per 20” container and at about USD 3,215 per 40” container during the second quarter of 2013. Transit times from major Chinese ports to Chisinau via the Constanta – Giurgiulesti started from 30 days.

Danube Logistics weekly container shipping service between Constanta and Moldova enables Moldovan importers and exporters to avoid expensive and time consuming inland transit formalities in neighboring countries. Danube Logistics is the general investor and operator of Giurgiulesti International Free Port as well as a multi-modal logistic service supplier providing global container logistics solutions.

Exportatorii din Moldova beneficiază de tarife favorabile de transportare a containerelor în China (Romanian version)
Выгодные тарифы на контейнерные перевозки в китай для молдавских экспортеров (Russian version)
 

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.