Romania Case Study: Eastern Shipping SRL

25th April 2013

Eastern Shipping SRL in Romania have been approved as a registered PCN representative. With offices located in Constanta & Midia and with 12 staff, the company are strong in the energy & power sector. Their services include:

Break bulk and project cargo transportation as well as related port activities
Sea freight for containerized cargo (import & export) LCL, FCL & breakbulk
Rail Freight including trans-shipments for wagons to trucks and a door-to-door delivery or pick up of goods by truck followed by charging the goods in wagons
River freight (time charter barges), sea freight &air freight
Custom clearance
Port handling & port agency

Mr Alex Teseleanu (Business Development Manager) states; "Eastern Shipping, with operational offices in the port of Constanta and port of Midia (Black Sea), was founded in 2011. We have a very experienced staff and close cooperation with port operators in Constanta and the Agigea Area, trucking companies, container shipping lines etc. Eastern Shipping operates in wide variety of sectors including oil & gas, mining, pulp & paper, automotive, construction, power & energy, military & aid cargo. Our focus is always on safety, running very strict HSSE procedures on any project move. We also offer budgeting studies, survey / feasibility studies,multi-modal transport, special equipment transport and procurement & supply services. We understand the need for privacy and offer full confidentiality for the projects inquired and equal treatment to all requests.

An important reference in this respect is Europe's largest onshore wind park developed in Fântânele-Cogealac by using GE’s 2.5MW wind turbines. Our services consisted in part river/sea shipping, all port handling, part trucking, maintenance and other auxiliary services provided mostly by our sister companies. We are cargo agents for different types of bulk cargo for which we arrange inland transportation, handling & seafreight. Our satisfactory performances helped us to obtain unlimited running contracts for:

70,000 mts per year of scrap export
50,000 mts per year of fertilizers imported in bulk and logistics for distribution in big bags
40,000 mts per year of clinker imported
Livestock exported from Romania - around 200,000 heads annually

We consider our strongest service to be the door-to-door delivery of heavy cargo projects. In recent years, Romania has been deeply involved with wind projects and we became a great option for the big players in the market. As a result, in less than six months since the company was founded, we managed to build a strong and reliable portfolio of clients such as:

GE Wind Energy GmbH - Services provided: port agency, port handling, customs clearance, door-to-door forwarding and project management. We shipped blades from Turkey and towers from the Czech Republic & Turkey for their biggest windmill park in Europe located in Cogealac, Romania. We also have projects with them in 2013 projects counting around 120MW.
Marway Group (big local fertilizer trader for which we act as port agents, freight forwarders and customs brokers) – We act as shipping brokers for about 70,000 mts per year imported to Romania ex FOB different ports up to DAP customer's yard.
Gamesa Eolica–48MW in 2011 and 20MW in 2012.
Siemens Wind Power – port handling for Zephyr I (195MW) and Zephyr II (105 MW).
Cargill BV – We acted as port agents and shipping brokers for their steel export cargo from Romania.
Enercon – Port agents & port handling for their projects: Casimcea (85MW), Casimcea II (42MW) and Stejaru (42M)

Eastern Shipping is part of the Eurotranzit Group of companies, whose mother company is our closest partner: Eurotranzit 2000 SRL - www.eurotranzit2000.ro. Eurotranzit 2000 srl was founded in 1998 and its main activity is a port operator in the Port of Midia, Black Sea.Situated in the North part of Constanta, the terminal offers a quick access among the urban traffic of the City of Constanta. The terminal exploits berth no. 5, 6, 7 and 8, all with operational draft of 8m. The total quay length is 250 meters and the storage area is 130,000 sqm with possibilities for extension. The terminal has also access to railway, while the entrance and exit roads for trucks are separate in order to avoid any congestion. The company owns cranes which can be allocated for different cargo types as follows:

1 Kobelco crawler crane of 250 to swl
1 Sennebogen crawler crane of 180 to swl
2 Liebherr LR1160 crawler cranes of 160mt swl each
1 Liebherr LTR1030 mobile crane of 30mt swl
1 AT50 mobile crane of 50mt swl
2 mobile cranes of 8mts to swl
4 forklifts of 15mt capacity

The terminal has been transformed into a custom bonded warehouse 'A type'. Starting in October 2011, Eurotranzit 2000 became a certified custom broker in order to ease the release of the cargo with the most efficiency. Custom broker officers were chosen directly from the head customs offices having years of experience and being able to recommend the best customs solutions.

We therefore believe that we are well equipped to offer professional management of any cargo."

The photos below show recent shipments handled by Eastern Shipping for some of the above mentioned customers.