1. Maritime Transportation from CIS Countries Vitaliy Smilyk Head of Maritime Research Department, Metal Expert 5th Annual Dry Bulk Shipping Market Outlook Conference, 9th and 10th September 2008, Crown Plaza London

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3. Report`s structure: 1.Main cargoes handled in ports of CIS and Baltic States 2.Largest cargo owners of Russia and Ukraine and ports they work with 3.Major destinations of Russian and Ukrainian exports 4.Freight markets of the CIS and Baltic countries

4. Part 1 Main cargoes handled in ports of CIS and Baltic States - coal (83mt); - steel (57mt); - fertilizers (38mt); - grain (25mt); - iron ore (18mt); - timber (16.5mt); - construction cargoes (10.5mt incl. 5mt of clay); - scrap (9mt); - pig iron (7mt); - sulphur (6.5-7mt); - nonferrous metal ores (5mt); - nonferrous metals (4mt); - sugar (4mt – import and export); - coke (1mt)

5. Demand for vessels for cargo transportation from CIS

6. Coal Baltic Sea ports – 31.5mt Azov and Black Sea ports – 21.8mt Far East ports – 18.3mt Northern ports – 11.2mt

7. Steel Azov and Black Sea ports – 38mt Baltic Sea ports – 8.3mt Caspian Sea ports – 5.5mt Far East ports – 4.8mt

8. Fertilizers Baltic Sea ports – 20mt Azov and Black Sea ports – 14mt Northern ports – 2.8mt Far East ports – 1mt

9. Grains Traditionally, main volumes of grain cargoes are shipped from Azov and Black Sea ports (20mt in 2007). Ports of Baltic Sea basin worked 6.1mt.

10. Iron ore Ports of Black Seas handled 17mt of iron ore in 2007, while Baltic and Northern ports – only 1mt. Kovdor GOK is boosting iron ore transportation through Murmansk; above 1mt will be shipped from this port in 2008.

11. Timber Baltic Sea ports – 7.8mt Far East ports – 4.5mt Northern and Caspian ports – 0.5mt each

12. Construction cargoes (including clay) Azov and Black Sea ports – 8.5mt Baltic Sea ports – 2mt

13. Scrap Last year, CIS and Baltic ports handled some 9mt of scrap: Baltic Sea ports – above 4mt; Azov and Black Sea ports – some 3-4mt; Far Eastern ports – 1mt.

14. Pig iron Azov and Black Sea ports – 4.7mt Far East ports – 1.1mt Baltic Sea ports – 1mt

15. Sulphur Main volumes of sulphur exported from CIS are handled in Azov and Black Sea ports – 6.5mt out of total 7mt.

16. Nonferrous metal ores Azov and Black Sea ports – 3mt Far East ports – 1mt

17. Nonferrous metal Baltic Sea ports – 1.7mt Azov and Black Sea ports – 1.5mt Far East ports – 0.8mt

18. Sugar Ports of CIS and Baltic States handled above 4mt of sugar (incl. export and import). Main volumes were shipped from Azov and Black Sea ports (3.5mt).

19. Summary 1 part

20. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling coal: Vostochny Port – 16mt Murmansk SMP – 11.2mt Riga Free Port – 10.5mt Rosterminalugol (Ust-Luga) – 6mt Yuzhny SMP – 4mt Tallinn Port – 3.7mt Mariupol SMP – 3.7mt

21. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling steel: Mariupol SMP – 8.4mt Odessa SMP – 5.8mt Novorossiysk Sea Merchant Port (SMP) – 5.3mt Port of Saint Petersburg – 4.3mt Nakhodka SMP – 3.6mt Illyichevsk SMP – 3.3mt Astrakhan Ports – 3.2mt

22. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling fertilizers: Port of Saint Petersburg – 6.5mt Klaipeda State Sea Port – 5.3mt Yuzhny SMP – 3.6mt Ventspils Free Port – 3.3mt Transinvestservice (Yuzhny SMP) – 2.1mt Murmansk SMP – 2.1mt

23. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling grain: Novorossiysk Sea Merchant Port (SMP) – 6mt Rostov Port– 2.4mt Odessa SMP – 2.2mt Transinvestservice (Yuzhny SMP) – 1.7mt Special Economic Zone Liepaya– 1.2mt Klaipeda State Sea Port – 1.2mt Azov Sea Port (SP) – 1.1mt Kherson SMP – 1mt

24. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling iron ore: Yuzhny SMP – 4.5mt Izmail SMP – 3.1mt Illyichevsk SMP – 2.7mt TIS-Ruda (Yuzhny SMP) – 1.2mt

25. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling timber: Riga Free Port – 3mt Khabarovsk Territory Ports – 2.8mt Port of Saint Petersburg – 2.5mt Novorosleseksport – 2mt

26. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling construction cargoes: Mariupol SMP – 3.3mt (clay) Kherson SMP – 1.7mt Feodosiya SMP – 1mt (clay) Klaipeda State Sea Port – 1mt

27. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling scrap: Port of Saint Petersburg – 2.5mt Rostov Port -1mt Esteve (Tallinn) – 0.7mt Klaipeda State Sea Port – 0.6mt

28. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling pig iron: Yuzhny SMP – 1.8mt Nakhodka SMP – 1mt Odessa SMP – 0.6mt Kaliningrad Sea Fishing Port – 0.6mt

29. Largest ports of CIS and the Baltics handling sulphur: Buzan-port – 1.9mt Kerch SMP (roads) – 1.6mt Mariupol SMP – 1.1mt Ust-Donetsk SMP – 1mt

30. Part 2 Largest cargo owners of Russia and Ukraine and ports they work with

31. Russia’s exporters Coal

33. Ukraine’s exporters Coal

34. Russia’s exporters Steel semi products

37. Ukraine’s exporters Steel semi products

39. Russia’s exporters Finished steel products

41. Ukraine’s exporters Finished steel products

43. Russia’s exporters Fertilizers

44. Ukraine’s exporters Fertilizers

45. Russia’s exporters Iron ore

46. Ukraine’s exporters Iron ore

47. Russia’s exporters Pig iron

48. Ukraine’s exporters Pig iron

49. Russia’s largest grain exporters in 2006-2007

50. Ukraine`s largest grain exporters in 2006-2007

51. Part 3 Major destinations of Russian and Ukrainian exports

52. Russian coal exports in 2007

53. Ukrainian coal exports in 2007

54. Russian steel semis exports in 2007

55. Russian finished product exports in 2007

56. Ukrainian steel semis exports in 2007

57. Ukrainian finished product exports in 2007

58. Russian fertilizers exports in 2007

59. Ukrainian fertilizers exports in 2007

60. Geography of Russian grain deliveries in 2006/07 MY

61. Geography of Ukrainian grain deliveries in 2006/07 MY

62. Iron ore Ukraine and Russia – 11mt of iron ore to China

63. Pig iron Russian - 2mt of pig iron to the USA

64. Part 4 Freight markets of the CIS and Baltic countries

65. Azov-Black Sea Basin

66. Freight rates for 70,000-tonne shipment of iron ore concentrate from Yuzhny port to northern Chinese ports, $/t

67. Traffic handling cost of 70,000-tonne shipment of iron ore concentrate from Yuzhny Port to northern Chinese ports, $/t

68. Freight rates for 3,000-tonne shipment of steel scrap from Rostov-on-Don to Marmora Sea ports, $/t.

69. Traffic handling cost of 3,000-tonne shipment of steel scrap from Rostov-on- Don to Marmora Sea ports, $/t

70. Freight rates for 3,000-tonne shipment of grain from Azov to Alexandria, $/t

71. Traffic handling costs of 3,000-tonne shipment of grain (Azov- Alexandria), $/t

72. Baltic and Northern Sea basin

73. Freight rates for 70,000-tonne shipment of coal from Murmansk to Liverpool, $/t

74. Freight rates for 3,000-tonne shipment of steel products on route Saint Petersburg – eastern British ports, €/t

75. Handling cost of 3,000-tonne steel product shipment (Saint Petersburg – eastern British ports), €/t

76. Freight rates for 3,000-tonne steel scrap shipment (Saint Petersburg – northern Spanish ports), €/t

77. Handling cost for 3,000-tonne shipment of steel scrap shipment (Saint Petersburg – northern Spanish ports), €/t

78. The Caspian Sea

79. Freight rates for 3,000-tonne shipment of steel products from Astrakhan to Anzali, $/t

80. Traffic handling cost of 3,000-tonne shipment of steel products from Astrakhan to Anzali, $/t

81. Far Eastern basin

82. Freight rates for 70,000-tonne shipment of coal from Vostochny to Japan, $/t

83. Freight rates for 3,000m3 shipment of plank timber from Nakhodka to the western ports of Japan, $/m3

84. Traffic handling costs of 3,000m3 shipment of plank timber from Nakhodka to the western ports of Japan, $/m3

85. Conclusion

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