Black Sea container terminals of Ukraine, Romania, Russia, and Bulgaria handled 2 610 623 TEU in 2014, including empty containers, excluding transshipment.  This review observes only full containers of the region - 1 854 623 TEU. Total growth reached by these five countries for the period is 0,56% compared to the same period last year.

Black Sea region turnover, 2014 and 2013, TEU, full





















The largest increases were in Georgia and Romania. Ukraine had a decrease of turnover in the first half of 2014 and after third and fourth quarters of 2014 its turnover still was decreased compared to 2013.   




Full containers turnover by countries, TEU













During this period, 58,51% of the full containers handled were imported, with 41,49% of the volume being exported. It is estimated that 71,04% of the containers were full and 28,96% were empties.

58,51% of Black Sea volumes is import
Export volumes from the aforementioned countries increased by 7,85% relative to 2013. The highest export growth was reached by Georgia – 32,16% and Russia – 16,17%. In Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine there was a slight increase. Imports to the region decreased by 4,04%, mainly because of Ukrainian import volume drop -24,44%. Import volumes for the period increased almost in all countries except Ukraine and Russia.  

Georgia had a record increase of full export volumes – 32,16%
Thus the percentage of volume handled by each country distributed as follows:  Ukraine – 29,78%, Russia (Black Sea) – 25,65%, Romania – 22,42%, Georgia – 13,80%, Bulgaria – 8,35%.

Black Sea countries shares by full containers turnover, 2014
 






























The top-five container terminals of the region in 2014 changed their positions in total volumes handled: DPW (Constanta, Romania) still was on the first place, HPC Ukraine (Odessa, Ukraine) moved from the second to the fifth position, APMT Poti (Georgia) moved from the third to the second position, Novoroslesexport (Novorossyisk, Russia) and NUTEP (Novorossiysk, Russia) took third and fourth place respectively.  All of them showed drop with the exception of DPW (Constanta, Romania) and APMT Poti (Georgia).
Black Sea Container Terminals shares by total turnover, 2014
 































As for the Lines in the region, the leaders remained the same: MSC, Maersk Line, CMA CGM, ZIM and ARKAS. CMA CGM took the third place in 2014 and ZIM became fourth, while in 2013 CMA CGM was fourth and ZIM was third. Mentioned carriers control 71,58% of this market.

MSC, Maersk Line, CMA CGM, ZIM and ARKAS control 71,58% of Black Sea market

Lines’ shares in the Black Sea region by full containers turnover, 2014
 































Starting from the middle of 2014 the service of former G6 was re-built (Hapag Lloyd, OOCL, MOL, NYK, HMM, APL).  Thus, OOCL moved to ABX service (ZIM) and G6 alliance became G5. In 2013 G6 members controlled 10,11% of total market share, however in 2014 G5 members controlled only 6,22% of total market share.
Source: Informall