CONSTANTA`s ports & shipyards - news

[joce23]

Daewoo Wins Kamsarmax

Rumania-based Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries, subsidiary of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea, is said to have won an order for up to four kamsarmax bulkers of 84,000 dwt (including options for two additional ships).
According to the relevant industry and foreign reports on May 2, Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries signed a contract for building two bulkers with KC Maritime, Southeastern Asian shipowner on April 29.
As the contract includes options for two more ships, additional order intake is expected. Newbuilding price is said to be about $40 million each.
The shipbuilding company clinched orders for two bulkers of 82,000 dwt from Larus, Greek ship owner, and 2 bulkers from another ship owner, totaling 4 bulkers worth around $140 million in the second half last year, winning newbuilding order for the first time since the financial crisis in the end of 2008.
... http://www.eshiptrading.com/InfoContent-42291-3.html

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Originally Posted by unknown0408

M/V ANANGEL SEAFARER (vezi poza de mai jos).



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Originally Posted by unknown0408

Anangel Seafarer


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[Le Clerk]

Transport Minister Boagiu: Constanta Port should become European Union's second biggest
Wednesday, 11 May 2011 10:02


Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Anca Boagiu would like the Black Sea Constanta Port to become the second biggest in the European Union.

'There is a very generous list of highly important projects to what the development of the Danube River means. All the investment projects we have in mind are designed to move road and railway transportation to inland transportation so that, in the end, Constanta Port may become the second biggest in the European Union,' Transport Minister Boagiu told.

Boagiu pointed out that Romania and Austria are the coordinators of the EU's Danube Strategy and the value of transport projects carried out over the past years in Tulcea County is standing at 240 million euros, which has benefited the county directly.

'Besides these projects, there are two additional big projects. One is about a lease for the construction of the Marina port - a project worth 415 million euros - and the other is a waste management project worth 465 million euros,' said Boagiu.

Among the carried out or underway projects are projects for the consolidation of the Danube banks at Isaccea, infrastructure upgrading works at Tulcea Port and feasibility studies for the establishment of traffic information and management systems for the Romania portion of the Danube.

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[joce23]

Constanta port, a strategic hub for GEFCO Romania activities

Among the top 5 local logistics operators, Christophe DE KORVER, Managing Director GEFCO Romania appreciates that, in 2011, the market will be mainly international and in 2012, it will grow.

It is already the sixth year since GEFCO activates on the Romanian market, recording a continuous evolution of the services and of the financial results. What are the advantages of the company on the local market, taking into account the high level of the competition in the logistic industry?

We are offering many competitive advantages. Regarding the international network, we have more than 25 subsidiaries worldwide and more than 140 agencies in Europe. We also have a strong coverage in CEE, with 11 subsidiaries, 57 agencies, 405 Million Euros turnover for 2009, 1,600 employees and 2 offices in Bulgaria and Kazakhstan under creation.

GEFCO presents strong experience in various industries as Automotive, Electronics, White Goods, Bodycare (Cosmetics), Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG). We have also a dedicated team of experts for complex projects, with an extended knowledge in the Road, Rail, Sea and Air transport as well as Logistics (packing, picking, preparation of the orders, labelling). The main prove regarding our competitite advantage is our ISO 9001 certification since June 2009, and our ISO 14001 certification planned for 2011; in addition, we closely monitor the quality of our services thanks to customized KPIs (ontime delivery, damages, accuracy of the invoice). We also have precise procedures and processes to reach an optimum productivity.

Concerning the social responsibility, PSA group signed a global agreement, specifying that the group commits itself to provide a healthy and safe working environment to the employees, respects the human rights… etc. We are asking and expect from our main providers the same commitment and the engagement is communicated to them as well. GEFCO is the most productive transport and logistics operator in Romania, according to a ranking done by Profiles International, and published in January 2011.

After a turnover with an increase of 44 pc in 2010 compared to last year, what are your estimations for this year from this point of view? What transport segment is today the most profitable and requested, the highway, the maritime or the air segment?

We plan to develop and implement multi-modal schemes, but cannot give any forecast for the year.

What are the main external destinations that GEFCO Romania is using and how many projects do you have in development since the beginning of 2011?

As main destinations, it depends on the mode of transport; for road transportation projects, we have flows to Turkey, France, Poland, Russia, Germany; for maritime transport, we organize many shipments to the USA (we recently launched a direct marketing campaign for this destination), but also to Asia, India, Middle-East; for Air transport, our main destinations are South Korea, China, Sri Lanka, Brazil and India. For 2011, we target to develop destinations such as Russia and France.

2011 is also the first year where GEFCO operates also in Bulgaria and GEFCO Romania will support strongly this development during the whole year. After 2012, a major growth in the domestic market is expected. We will involve additional investments and opening of new sites in the country. We are going to make an extension of our partners portfolio and we would like to develop exclusivity contracts with Carriers and Shipping lines, with a commitment to a certain volume.

The latest client in the portfolio won at the end of 2010 was the textile retail Kiabi. With what new important clients are you negotiating to collaborate and in what domains is GEFCO developing the most the activity lately?

We will concentrate on the automotive sector as well as the white goods where we have a strong expertise in Romania and internationally. As a development of our activity, we renewed contracts with our main customers.

From the data that you have so far, what is the market share of GEFCO in Romania in almost six years of activity, and also on a scale of 1 to 5, how active and profitable is the local division compared to the other ones in Europe at the group level?

What we can say is that we are among the TOP 5 Logistics Operators in Romania and we have been classified the most productive Transport and Logistics Operator in 2010. The GEFCO group has been expending and profitable in 2010, the group plans to expand his geographic coverage, increase his turnover and strongly develops the multimodal offer; we will follow this trend as well.

Taking into consideration, still the difficult economic situation of the country, did GEFCO Romania have to cut down personnel?

We did not cut any jobs and remained with the same number of employees during the crisis. This is not only a local measure but also a global one. GEFCO took some very early measures to make some savings on the general spent; this allowed keeping the human resources, which is a priority for us. We hired 12 persons in 2010, and have been recruiting also since the beginning of this year, which brings the current number of employees to 88.

How do you estimate the evolution of the transport and logistic market in Romania this year compared to last year?

The future of the local logistic market will be the inter modal transport which is necessary to support big volumes. In addition, the Constanta port will be a strategic hub thanks to its access to the black sea, with the development of the rail transport, which might be as competitive as the road transport, due to the long leadtimes of road transport, caused by the infrastructure. We expect a recovery of the market in 2011, and a new start for the transport and logistics market in Romania. Romania remains a very attractive country for foreign investors and we hope that those investments will have a significant impact in our sector. In 2011, the market will be mainly international and in 2012, we expect to see an increase of the domestic market.
... http://www.nineoclock.ro/constanta-p...ia-activities/

[joce23]

Romania’s GDP could get extra EUR 25 bln with right transport and logistics policies

Implementing the right policies in the field of transport and logistics could add up to EUR 25 billion by 2025 to Romania’s GDP and create 150,000 new jobs, according to specialists. More than 250 experts and stakeholders discussed the possibilities to enhance Romania’s competitive position in Europe and develop it as the Eastgate Trade Hub of Central and Eastern Europe, through the Port of Constanta, during a recent logistic and transport seminar, according to PwC.

The creation of the Romania Black Sea Gateway Association was also announced during the seminar. The association is designed to promote the development of Romania’s potential in the field of re-export activities, transport and logistics.

Some of the solutions proposed by the participants refer to Romania’s VAT, the adoption of the Global Fiscal Representative system, greater use of the Authorized Economic Operator facility, custom duties deferment procedure, developing an inter-modal strategy for Romania and a top-quality supply chain and logistics education in Romania’s universities.

The seminar was organized by Archicom, European Gateways Platform, the Dutch-Romanian Network, the Netherlands-Romania Chamber of Commerce and PwC Romania.
... http://www.romania-insider.com/roman...olicies/23653/

[Le Clerk]

Romanian Daewoo Mangalia Shipyard gets $400M Shipbuilding Order

Southeastern Romanian shipyard Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries, or DMHI, will build four container carriers for Israeli group Ofer Global Holdings, under a $400 million contract, the ship owner announced Thursday.

The ships will be delivered by the end of 2013, and the contract comes with an option for another four ships.

"The order placed (at DMHI) represents only a part of the $2.4 billion investment operated by Ofer in Central and Eastern Europe, the first binding order of such magnitude in the past three years," Ofer Global Holdings said in a news release.

Ofer Global Holdings is active in international maritime transport and in real estate.

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[joce23]

A splash of color in the Black Sea. More than 1500 tones of steel and 7 km of pipeline. A movie about the Akcakoca offshore platform built by Grup Servicii Petroliere SA for TPAO, Turkish National Oil and Gas Company.

GSP Training Center

GSP Saturn - a cantilever type, self elevating, mobile offshore drilling rig.

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[Le Clerk]

Awesome vids Joce! Thanks for keeping this thread!


And some recent news about GSP:

New Contract for the GSP Orizont and GSP Atlas
May 4, 2011

GSP Orizont completed the preparative process in Lamprell Shipyard, Hamriya, UAE. The rig is heading onboard the semi-submersible heavy marine transport vessel Swan to Ciudad del Carmen, Gulf of Mexico, in order to enter the new contract.

GSP Atlas is also subject of scheduled repair and reclassification process as preparative for a new offshore drilling campaign under the new contract. The offshore drilling rig shall be transported onboard the semi-submersible barge Swift.

GSP Atlas is a cantilever type self elevating drilling rig built in 1985 and rebuilt in 2007, under GL supervision. GSP Orizont, GL classified cantilever type offshore drilling rig, has been built in 1982 and upgraded in 2010.
GSP has invested since 2005 for the modernization of GSP Atlas and GSP Orizont 66.5 USD mil.

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[Le Clerk]

Romania to spend EUR 136 million to stabilize the Black Sea coastal area
JUNE 1, 2011 AT 1:44 PM

Romania plans to spend about EUR 136 million over the next three years to stabilize the Black Sea coastal area, according to the Romanian Minister of Environment and Forests, Laszlo Borbely, during the meeting of Environment Ministers from the member states of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (OCEMN), that was held in Bucharest.

“Since Romania has, for a period of six months, the presidency of OCEMN, we appeal to the European Union, regional organizations, neighboring states bordering the Black Sea, and say that now is the time to pay a greater importance to environmental protection”, said Laszlo Borbely.

The Minister also said Romania pays a special attention to environmental protection activities developed within the OCEMN and is committed to contribute, along with other member states, to analyzing and finding solutions to common problems in the Black Sea region.

OCEMN was officially launched through the declaration signed in Istanbul on June 25, 1992. Its founding members are Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and the three Caucasian countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

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[unknown0408]

COMVEX SA - video presentation about one of the largest port operators, in the Black Sea

COMVEX S.A. was established in 1991. It is the largest bulk raw material handling terminal in the Black Sea area. The terminal covers an area of 700,386 sqm in the south of Constanta Port.

COMVEX terminal is the leading specialist in handling, storing and transshipment of dry bulk minerals such as iron ore, coal, coke, bauxite, etc., operating from a modern and fully equipped facility located in the Port of Constanta, Romania.
COMVEX is the only terminal in the Black Sea area that is able to cater for Cape size vessels of up to 220,000 tdw. In addition, COMVEX benefits geographically by having access through the waterway network such as the Danube, which runs across mainland Europe.
Due to its location and excellent access potential to industrial plants in Europe and the Black Sea area, COMVEX is able to provide its customers, such as major mining companies from Australia, Brazil, India, Africa, USA and Canada with the ability to make deliveries to industrial plants in Austria, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Ungary and Serbia, on a "just in time" basis.

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[unknown0408]

Last month the first of two seagoing-tugs built at Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries was delivered to the owner - Fairplay Towage.

Fairplay Towage takes delivery of oceangoing tug
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 07:25

On June 17, Hamburg-based Fairplay Towage took delivery of their latest tug, ‘Fairplay-33’, the first of two seagoing-tugs built at Romanian shipyard Daewoo in Mangalia.



To sail under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, ‘Fairplay-33’ is the strongest tug in Fairplay’s fleet. The tug will be employed for offshore work as well as for long distance tows.



Both ‘Fairplay-33’ and her identical sister ‘Fairplay-32’, still under construction and due for delivery mid-September, were originally ordered at Daewoo Romania by a Hamburg-based family. Early in 2011, the owner and Fairplay Towage agreed to jointly operate these tugs. Fairplay bought ‘Fairplay-33’ from its partner and will take over the full management of ‘Fairplay-32’

Two MAN STX engines (Type 6L32/40), each of 3,000kW at 750rpm and two Lips controllable pitch propellers with a diameter of 3.20 metres in Kort nozzles are expected to produce a bollard pull greater than 100 tonnes.

Two shaft generators with an output of each 640kVa, two KTA19DM1GA Cummins auxiliary engines, each 390kW, as well as a Cummins 6BT5.9DMGE generator of 90kW generate electrical power on board.

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[unknown0408]

The gas pipeline installed by the Romanian company GSP (Petrol Services Group) was commissioned by Russia’s energy company Gazprom in June 2011. The project involved laying a 177 kilometers gas pipeline along the Russian continental shelf of the Black Sea, between Dzhubga-Lazarevskoe-Soci and connecting it with the Russia - Turkey inter continental pipeline. It is projected that the gas pipeline will have an annual throughput capacity of approx 3.8 billion cubic meters.

The Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi gas pipeline is part of the Program for Construction of Olympic Facilities and Development of Sochi as a Mountain-Climatic Resort by 2014, when the Winter Olympics will be organized in this region. Works on the pipeline project began in 2009 and were finished in the summer of 2011.

GSP is a member of UPETROM Group and it’s headquartered in Constanta Harbor, Romania.

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[unknown0408]

GSP forms Black Sea alliance with Amec, acquires pipelay vessel from Acergy


Published: Aug 18, 2011
Offshore staff

CONSTANTA, Romania – Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) and AMEC have agreed to develop oil and gas exploration and production projects in the Black Sea area.[...]

GSP further strengthened its fleet this month by agreeing to buy the pipelay vessel Acergy Falcon from Subsea 7. The 153-m (502 ft) long, DNV-classed vessel is capable of installing rigid pipelines up to 14-in. (36 cm) diameter and also flexible flowlines and umbilicals. The vessel should be delivered in September, and will be renamed GSP Falcon.[...]

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[joce23]

Dutch companies target Romanian logistics and shipping industry

Dutch Vopak, a global provider of independent tank terminal capacity to the chemical and oil industries for the storage of liquid chemical products, is interested in investing in the port of Constanta, Bernard Wientjes, president of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO–NCW), told BR last week at the end of his visit to Romania.

“They want to make some investments in Constanta. There is a storage company there which is fully owned by the Romanian state and Vopak would be interested in some form of joint venture, to buy this company or extend it because they have storage capacity all around the world and because they see that Constanta could be a very interesting place for the future,” said Wientjes.

Discussions with the Romanian authorities touched on the European Gateway Platform, a PPP project funded by the Dutch public and private sector with the aim of making the port of Constanta a gateway to Central and Eastern European markets.

“We are happy with the cooperation between Rotterdam and Constanta but we want to take the next step, which would mean more involvement. This could mean some kind of joint venture, which would perhaps be the best solution as Rotterdam has done the same in many other places, like Qatar for example.

They bring knowledge, and of course Rotterdam is the most modern and advanced harbor in Europe, so this joint venture could be a win-win situation,” Wientjes added.

Experts of Rotterdam Port Authority will be involved in Constantza Port management

On September 15, 2011, the Minister of Transports and Infrastructure, Anca Boagiu has met her Dutch counterpart, Melanie Schultz Van Haegen. Aurelian Andrei Popa, General Manager of the NC Maritime Ports Adminisration SA Constantza and Roger Clasquin, Manager of the Rotterdam Port Authority, that signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the two ports in Aprilie this year, took part at discussions. On the occasion of the meeting, the Romanian Minister reiterated the Ministry of Transports and Infrastructure's commitment to support the increase of partnership between the ports of Constantza and Rotterdam as a grant for growing the role of Constantza Port in the European Union. "We are already in a new stage of this partnership, by involving experts of Rotterdam Port Authority in the management activities of Constantza Port because this import of know-how is vital for the development of a long term genuine business plan. On the medium and long term we are going to a private management solution to facilitate the achievement of the plan through which the Port of Constantza become a regional hub and the second largest port in Europe. We must seize of the advantage as Rotterdam and Constantza are practically the end of the same European transport corridor, from the North Sea to the Black Sea, Danube and Rhine being the two "highways" through which our ports are connected.", Minister Anca Boagiu said. On the agenda was the subject of cooperation on the inland waterways transport, the Romanian Minister presenting the advantages of cooperation under the Danube Strategy and arguing that the goals of the Strategy are complementary to the development plans of the partnership between the ports of Constantza and Rotterdam. "If the Danube Strategy will be a success, the importance of Rotterdam and Constantza ports will grow even more for until 2020 the Danube traffic will increase by 20%. Especially the obstacles for navigation must be removed, the passenger transport between the main cities must be encouraged, but also the tourism must be promoted by the creation of a brand for Danube.", said the Minister Anca Boagiu. During the visit in the Netherlands, the Minister of Transports and Infrastructure, Anca Boagiu, participated in a series of meetings with Dutch businessmen. "The common Romanian-Dutch studies shows that until 2020, the Port of Constantza will generate over 150 thousand jobs in the Romanian economy and incomes of 10.7 billion in gross domestic product."

[joce23]

Originally Posted by Cadîr

In case you didn't watch it, very useful info:

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Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries


Constanta port sails on despite infrastructure issues

When it comes to logistics, Constanta has the most favorable geographical position in Eastern Europe. Its location, next to the Black Sea, near the Danube Channel and with connections to two Pan-European transport corridors, should have made it the second biggest maritime hub and logistics development in the European Union. But while the volume of cargo is growing annually, developers’ reservations have left ambitions for the port all at sea.

[unknown0408]

Latest deliveries of newbuilding vessels to owner - Offen Claus-Peter Reederei -by Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries

Originally Posted by unknown0408

MSC CORUNA - January 2012





MSC VIGO - February 2012







Techincal Data of 5500 TEU container ship

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[Le Clerk]

China Shipping expands container transport capacity to 5,668 TEUs vessels
APRIL 4TH, 2012 AT 9:00 PM

China Shipping (Romania) Agency Co. Ltd. SRL, the exclusive agent in Romania of China Shipping Container Lines, a company dealing in container shipping affiliated with China Shipping (Group) Company, celebrated Tuesday the increase of the transport capacity of the Asia-Black Sea Express (ABX) service between the ports of Shanghai and Constanta, from 4,200 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) to 5,668 TEUs per vessel.


The event, organised at the Constantza South Container Terminal (CSCT) of the Constanta South port, was attended by H.E. Huo Yuzhen, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Romania, by Luo Zhongming, Managing Director of China Shipping (Romania) Agency, by Petre Catalin, General Manager of China Shipping (Romania) Agency, along with many Romanian and Chinese diplomats and trade representatives, local and port authorities. “I am proud to declare that China (Romania) Agency evolution has been remarkable even against the background of the global economic crisis. In only six years we managed to double the volumes as well as the values in terms of turnover and earnings (…)I am sure that China Shipping decision to upgrade the ABX service will give satisfactions to all relates partners”, Luo Zhongming added.“

ABX (Asia Black Sea Express) Service connects the most important China ports with Constanta. Service’s full rotation takes 56 days and the main ports and the direction are: Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Kelang – Piraeus – Istanbul – Constanta – Ilyichevsk – Port Kelang – Shanghai”, Petre Catalin said in the opening of the event. China Shipping vessels call CSCT terminal, the most modern container terminal in East Europe, by which China Shipping (Romania) Agency offers prompt, efficient and high quality services to the clients.

The ambassador emphasised that this upgrade is a new major step in the development of trade relation between China and Romania. “In 2011, commercial exchanges between China and Romania, as provided by our internal data, reached a total of USD 4.4 bln, up 17 pc against 2010, while imports to our country amounted to approximately USD 1 bln. In their turn, exports to the country advanced by 15 pc against 2010. China thus becomes the first source country of Romanian imports outside the EU,” the Chinese diplomat added.

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[joce23]

A lot of interesting data in this 279 pages .pdf file ...

Robin Martens (Archicom): Empowering Romania as the East Gate Trade Hub of Europe

[unknown0408]

[...]Despite CSAV's deteriorating bottom line and poor prospects for container lines this year after bumper results in 2010, London-headquartered Zodiac Maritime is reported to have fixed a series of wide-beamed 9,000 teu ships to the Chilean carrier for eight years at rates in the region of $44,000 a day. Zodiac, which resumed its ordering activity last year with a series of 13,000 teu ships, is said to have ordered four 9,000 teu units from Daewoo Mangalia in Romania, with options for another four, along with a quartet of 6,600 teu ships from Hanjin Heavy Induistruies that have not yet been fixed.[...]

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Last month was launched, by Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries, one of the largest container ship - 9000 TEU - built in the Black Sea

Originally Posted by unknown0408

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[KOSTYK]

Let's hope that the will build more of yhis type of vessels.

[Radu CORNESCU]

Era sa sar repede-n masina citind titlul, apoi m-am linistit citind si textul de sub el. Titluri de jurnalisti gaozari... (!)