Port of Constanta -

The Container Hub at

the Black Sea
Container Event in Belgrade
25th of March, 2010
Capt. Ambroziu Duma
Port Operations, Safety and Security Director
Constantza Port – a world class maritime port:
The most important port at the Black Sea
Natural depths up to 19.5 m
Facilities for handling all types of cargo inside Constanta
Port
Free zone status offering incentives for the transiting cargo
through the port
Conformity with EU standards and legislation
Compliance with ISPS Code
Connections with all the transport modes, based on a
significant port infrastructure
Constantza Port -> Danube River Route
A shorter and more efficient transport alternative to
Central European countries

Advantages
Direct services between Black
Sea and Asia
Direct transshipment
Few locks on the lower Danube
Multiple facilities for barge
traffic and operations Budapest
Constantza
Investment opportunities Belgrade
Cernavoda

473 km – 0 locks 867 km – 2 locks 65 km-2 locks

(Danube – Black
Sea Canal
Total traffic 2009
 Traffic through satellite ports
Midia and Mangalia
thousand tons 2008 2009 evolution
Midia 2,447 4438 +81.36%
Mangalia 195 312 +60%

7.35%
18.65%

4% 0.3%%

88.7%
thousand tons 2008 2009 evolution Cereals traffic
Transit 2,670 5,019 +87.98%
Import 421 518 +23.04%
Export 2,989 4,421 +47.91%
Cabotage 588 458 -22.11%
Total 6,670 10,418 +56.19%
Container traffic evolution 2003 - 2008

Main container services:

CMA CGM, MAERSK, MSC, ZIM, NORASIA,
CSCL, K-LINE, GRIMALDI LINES, etc.
Container traffic 2009
Transit Import Export Cabotage Total
TEUs 277,206 155,590 154,102 7,405 594,303
Tons 2,488,358 1,720,257 1,621,807 67,588 5,898,010

River Container Traffic 2008 -2009

2008 2009 evolution
Number of
containers 8,140 8,550 +5%
 Maritime transit/ Serbia share
2008 2009 evolution
with Serbia 297,107 877,791 +198.45%
total maritime 12,647,675 5,133,090 -59.41%
transit 2009 By cargo types
share 2.35% 17.10%
Total 877,791
cereals 700,278
coal, coke 119,193
iron ore, scrap iron 21,048
metal products 17,373
fertilizers 12,187
raw minerals 6,155
oil products 1,001
equipment, machines 556
2009 - By cargo types
Total 1,621,612
Cooperation
cereals 1,181,442 with Serbia
coal, coke 166,668 River transit/ Serbia share
iron ore, scrap iron 88,545 2008 2009 evolution
fertilizers 87,251 with Serbia 648,038 1,621,612 +150.23%
oil products 39,445 total river 4,285,264 4,648,852 +8.47%
transit
metal products 37,543
share 15.12% 34.88%
misc 9,579
raw & processed 9,174
minerals
food stuff/animal 1,047
feed
oil seeds, oleaginos 602
fruits and fats
equipment, machines 316
 Total transit Constantza Port - Serbia
Cooperation
2008 2009 evolution with Serbia

with Serbia 942,145 2,499,145 165.26%

total transit 16,933,359 9,781,942 -42.23%
share 5.56% 25.54%
Maritime transit/ Hungary share

By cargo types
River transit/ Hungary share

By cargo types
Total transit Constantza Port - Hungary
 Container Services on Danube
Functioning:
Present and Potential
Constantza – Giurgiu Free Zone - Domestic transit
Constantza – Belgrade – Constanta
International transit
(line designed to ship max 80TEU/barge, 10 TEU in length,
4 in row, 2 stacks high, transit time 7 days; ZIM, MSC, CMA
CGM, Maersk, Hapag Lloyd and CSCL are among the
regular users )
Advantages:
- lower fees than other seaports (Rijeka, Koper, etc.)
- Environmentally Sustainable Transport
- Potential to expand westwards to Novi Sad, Vukovar, and Budapest)
Perspectives:
COLD Project - An Assessment of the Opportunities and Risks of Container
Transport on the Danube River between Austria and the Black Sea
MARCO POLO Programme
 Constantza Port –
The Container Hub at the Black Sea The Container Hub
Main container operators: CSCT, SOCEP, UMEX
• The container terminal on Pier II South
Constantza South Container Terminal -CSCT
-almost 90% of the total container traffic handled in Constanta in 2009
-current handling capacity – cca 1 mil TEU’s/year
On progress extension/ Master Plan-
Increasing the handling capacity up to 2,000,000 TEU’s/year
Terminal Characteristics
INTERMODAL TERMINAL
TERMINAL SIZE - 31 Hectares
BERTH INFORMATION
Quay Length 840 m Total
      Main berth           634 m
Feeder Berth         206 m
Depth Alongside Min 14.5 Meters water depth
SHIP TO SHORE CRANES Container Terminal
Main Berth             3 x Post-Panamax  Mitsubishi on Pier II S - CSCT
Gantry Cranes
2 Super Post Panamax ZPMC Cranes
Feeder Berth         2 x Mobile Harbor Cranes
APPROACH CHANNEL 16.5 meters 1.000 meters length
The Passengers Terminal
Main private investments 2009
Cement Terminal - completed
Operator: Romned Port Operator
Performance = 100 tons/day
Storage capacity = 10,000 tons
Value = 6.2 million euro
Cereals Terminal - completed
Operator: USA
Value = 32 million euro
Logistic Platform - completed
Operator: Romcargo Maritim
Performance = min. 60,000
auto/year
= min. 4 ships/months
Value = 2.1 million euro
Decontamination area for de-pollution equipments –
completed, International Convention OPRC 90 -
Operator: ARSVOM
Surface = 660 sqm
Value = 912,000 euro
Development of A Zone, first stage
(excavation & refilling works) - ongoing
Operator: DP Worlds CSCT
Surface = 112,000 sqm
Value = 26.3 mil. euro
Cereals Terminal - ongoing
Operator: MinMetal
Performance = 6,383 m3
Value = 3.3 million euro
Main private investments planned for 2010
LPG Terminal - LPG Terminal Midia -
Operator: Callatis Gaz Operator: Octogon Logistic

Soya Terminal Pier I Shipyard for off-shore vessels and facilities

Operator: Soya Plus Operator: GSP Shipyard

Chemical Products Terminal Rehabilitation of Anghel Saligny Cereals Silos

Operator: Chimpex Operator: Niva Prod & Silo Port

Logistic Center Agigea Development of Cereals Storage Capacity

Operator: Euxim Logistic Operator: NSS

Establishment of Metallic Silos

Operator: Barter Trading
Perimetral Security System for Constanta Port

Purpose: Assures the physical security of the

Constanta Port perimeter

- 12 km of taut –wire electronic wire fence

alarm system, equipped with optical fibre
- 19 entrance gates
- 150 video-cameras
- high traffic gates: 1, 5, 6, 9, 10
Perimetral video control systems
Container scan sample
 2009 Projects

1. Perimetral security system – Midia Port

Value = 4 million euro

2. Berth video monitoring system for Constanta North

Value = 1.2 million euro
1st phase: Berth 1-80: 24 video-cameras
2nd phase: 2010 Constanta South
 Thank you for your kind attention!

Container Event in Belgrade

25th of March, 2010
Capt. Ambroziu Duma
Port Operations, Safety and Security Director
STEP by STEP…

to the future

together

Port Constanta