Maersk Line and Hapag-Lloyd have re-launched services to major Black Sea ports, including Ukraine, since the Russian invasion, according to UK shipping-related websites.
Hapag-Lloyd has launched a sea service between Constanta and Chernomorsk, while Maersk has launched its first container service to Ukraine in co-operation with Iteris, the news said.
As for MSC, it plans to relaunch its near-ocean service to the port of Odesa, with the first call scheduled for mid-June this year.
According to the information, Hapag-Lloyd is launching a new sea transport service between Ukraine and Romania, connecting the fishing port terminal in Chernomorsk with the Dubai Global Ports Group terminal in Constanta, which will run every five days from now on. Advantages of this connection include: flexible schedules, ensuring freshness of cold chain cargoes and the ability to avoid highly congested inland waterways, as well as easing weight restrictions on land traffic, smoothing the movement of goods and reducing local red tape and costs at the Port of Constanta.
Maersk has announced the resumption of its container transport services since the invasion of Ukraine. Maersk has teamed up with Ukrainian offshore line operator Iteris to use a container ship with a capacity of more than 1,100 TEU between the ports of Chernomorsk and Constanta, a service that will help to revive trade in ports in the Black Sea region that had been disrupted.
Daniil Melnychenko of Odessa-based consultancy InformallBG said that the number of vessels sailing the Black Sea could double in the coming months as more shipping companies become involved and more ships are added, helping to facilitate the direct transport of goods from Turkey and Egypt to Ukraine, bypassing Romania.
MSC is also planning to resume the Odessa port's near-ocean service in June this year, which will operate between the ports of Tekirdag and Odesa, with the first call scheduled for mid-June. MSC will be the first international liner to resume its Odessa service since the full-scale Russian invasion.
Analysts said that before the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Mediterranean Shipping Company operated two near-ocean routes to Odessa, for the Ukrainian port of container transport to make a significant contribution.
In addition, Turkish shipping company Akkon, a company that has continued to serve the port of Izmir since the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war, has also launched a near-ocean service to Chernomorsk, and it may use its existing operations to further restore Ukraine's disrupted trade by transferring large volumes of cargo to larger container ships.
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