New report, Ukraine Shipping Report Q1 2010, predicts steep drop in demand

PR Log (Press Release) – Dec 14, 2009 – The shipping industry entered 2009 in a state of crisis. All shipping sectors had been hit hard, with the dry bulk sector struggling to recover from a plunge in November 2008 that took the Baltic Dry Index to a nine-year low. Rumours persisted that containers were being shipped for a little as US$200 and that the only thing keeping the liquid bulk sector afloat was that tankers were being used for floating storage rather than the actual transport of oil. It is in the climate of uncertainty that  BMI has launched a new set of reports to its portfolio the   BMI Shipping Reports.  BMI's research and analysis of the shipping sector indicates the global economic downturn and constriction of trade is set to impact upon Ukraine's shipping sector in 2009. This can be seen in our forecasts for the Ukrainian shipping sector, where we have used measurements of throughput at the country's main ports of Illichivsk and Odessa as an indicator of how much demand there is for shipping. In 2008 these ports handled 18.9mn and 34.6mn tonnes respectively. In 2009 we predict that through port at the port of Illichivsk will fall by 13% whilst at Odessa it will decline by 16.2%. Container throughput at the facilities are set to witness a steeper decline with container volumes forecast to fall by 28% to 481,921TEUs at Illichivsk in 2009 and to decrease by a predicted 30.5% to 397,725TEUs at Odessa.  BMI's  Ukraine Shipping Report offers data from previous years of its port throughput, which has been used along with our forecasts of the country's imports and exports to predict throughput trends for the next five years (2009-2013) as well as detailed analysis to explain our assumptions behind these forecasts. The  BMI  Ukraine Shipping Report offers in-depth analysis into the three main shipping sectors of container, bulk dry and bulk liquid and detailing the strategy that major shipping companies in these sectors have so far implemented to protect themselves against the downturn. We also offer analysis of other tactics that we feel operators in these sectors could use over 2009 as trade continues to contract. The report offers an overview of country's main ports of Odessa and Illichivsk with analysis of the ports' facilities, expansions and developments that are already under way at the ports or planned to increase the ports working capabilities as well as details of multi-modal links from the ports to the rest of the country's transport network. Finally the  Ukraine Shipping Report offers an in-depth overview of 11 of the main global shipping companies (China Shipping, CMA CGM, COSCO, Evergreen, Hanjin, Hapag Lloyd, Maersk, MOL, MSC, NOL, NYK.)  BMI analyses the firms' vital financial statistics, the companies' different operating sectors and their most recent activity. On top of this, the  Ukraine Shipping Report offers a country specific overview on Maersk and CMA CGM's shipping operations in the country. SWOT Analysis

Report Table of Contents:

Executive Summary

- SWOT Analysis

- Ukraine Shipping SWOT

- Global Overview

- Container Market Overview

Table: H109 Container Carried Results

- Dry Bulk Overview

- Liquid Bulk Sector Overview

- Market Overview

- Odessa Commercial Sea Port

- Overview

- Terminals, Storage And Equipment

- Expansions And Developments

- Multi-Modal Links

- Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk

- Overview

- Terminals, Storage And Equipment

- Expansions And Developments

- Multi-Modal Links

- Industry Forecast

Table: Major Port Data

Table: Trade Overview

Table: Key Trade Indicators

Table: Main Import Partners

Table: Main Export Partners

- Company Profiles

- A.P. MØLLER-MAERSK

- Mediterranean Shipping Company

- CMA CGM

- Evergreen Line Overview

- China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) Overview

- Hapag-Lloyd- Q409

- Neptune Orient Lines (& APL)

- China Shipping (CSCL)

- Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK)

- Hanjin Shipping

- Mitsui OSK Lines

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