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« River Danube grain logistics in Serbia »
Association Serbia Grains Ms. Sunchica Savovich Danube Pan-Eu ropean Corridor VII Overv iew of the waterways in the Danu be region
Agro‐logistics forum ”Dnieper‐Danube‐Black Sea ” DANUBE WATERWAY in SERBIA
• Navigable for vessels up to 1.500 t in total length of 588 km
•Upstream from Belgrade waterway class VI c: navigable by 2-lane and 3-lane 6-unit convoys. •Downstream from Belgrade •waterway class VII (hig hest c lass acc. to UNECEClifii classification) : navigable by 9-unit convoys some subsections for even larger convoys.
• No. of ports : 11
• All Danube river ports in Serbia average loading norm : 31.000 t daily Danube ports in Serbia
1. BOGOJEVO 2. APATIN 3. BACHKA PALANKA 4. BEOCHIN
5. NOVI SAD 6. BEOGRAD 7. PANCHEVO
8. SMEDEREVO 9. PRAHOVO
Agro‐logistics forum ”Dnieper‐Danube‐Black Sea ” Total storage capacity FOR GRAINS on Danube/Serbia 224.000 tons
PORT / GRAIN STORAGE CAPACITY
1. Bogojevo 40.000 t 2. Beochin 24. 000 t 3. Novi Sad 65.000 t 4. Beograd 40.000 t 5. Panchevo 50. 000 t 6. Prahovo 5.000 t Ports that use ONLY direct manipulation • Apatin • Bačka Palanka • Smederevo
Agro‐logistics forum ”Dnieper‐Danube‐Black Sea ” Export of grains and oilseeds from Serbia
3.000.000 in tons / mark eti ng year 2016/17
2.52 mill. t
2.500.000
2.000 .000 1781,78 mill.t
1.500.000.500.000 1241.24 mill. t
1.000.000
500.000 0.38 mill. t 196 th. t 135 th. t 158 th. t 142 th. t 42. th. t 40 th. t
0 CORN WHEAT SOYBEANS SUNFLOWER RAPESEED SEED Total Serbia exports 2.520.033 1.240.562 196.542 158.763 42.224 Export via Danube 1.779.121 386.449 135.800 142.200 39.820 SERBIAN EXPORT WHEAT QUALITY
PROTEIN PROTEIN PROTEIN FEED Parameter content content content wheat 12,5 % 12 % 11,5 % TEST WEIGHT kg/h min 78 78 76 72 Hagberg falling no. sec min 250 240 230 / Gluten % min 25 24 23 / Moisture content % max 14 14 14 14 W min min 180 180 150 / Foreign matters % max 2222 Bug damage % max 1 1 1 /
Association Serbia Grains SERBIAN EXPORT YELLOW CORN QUALITY Acc. to the Law applicable from 2009. Serbia is exclusively producing NON‐GMO grains/oilseeds
MOISTURE 14% max
Pesticides, herbicides, toxins, heavy metals as per latest EU FOREIGN MATTERS 2% max regulation Aflatoxin B1 : 10 ppb max
DAMAGED KERNELS BROKEN KERNELS 5% MAX 5% max ( incl. 3% max heat damagg)ed)
Association Serbia Grains Lar gest mont hly loading quaquatnti ti es of gagrain s in Serbian Danube ports
November 2014 381.178 t
December 2014 346.259 t
March 2017 326.248 t
November 2016 303.348 t
December 2016 288.350 t
• Loading norm in Danube ports varies from 1000 t to 5000 t daily per port • Most common way of loading is direct manipulation / truck to barge River transport on the Danube in SerbiaSerbia:: Companies providing logistics & water transport services
I. Domestic Domestic (headquartered in Serbia) 47 registered in total / not all actively working including : a. 5 bigger companies with own fleet or working as agents for other river transport companies b. Other / small companies ththatat at best have 2 vessels
II International companies: AAnothernother 16 international companies are present in the transport of grains on Danube in Serbia from:
• Germany
••SlovakiaSlovakia
• Austria
• Bulgaria
••RomaniaRomania
••UkraineUkraine
Together all companies present on the Danube in Serbia can transport between 600,000 and 650,000 tons of grainsgrainson monthly basis. Main obstacles for increasing transport of commodities on Danube in Serbia : x Complicated procedures for obtaining permits for construction in ports; x Lack of investments in ports x Disorganized Danube waterway x Port taxes and fees x Old river fleet x Differences between port scales and gauze - losses x Truck flow through the port area
Agro‐logistics forum ”Dnieper‐Danube‐Black Sea ” Main constraints for investment in Danube gragraiinn storage and logisticsistics/ex/export develo pment in Serbia:Serbia:
• Unclear relationship of ownership and ports management; • Complicated procedures for obtaining permits for construction in ports; • Port taxes and fees; • Disorganized Danube waterway. Reasons for investment in SSeerbiarbia Danube graigrainn storage and logistics development:
Growth of export quantities from year to year. NON GMO grains and oilseeds wanted in the world. Need for construction of new grain terminals. Possibility of transport from the Black Sea to the North Sea due to Pan‐European corridor VII .
Agro‐logistics forum ”Dnieper‐Danube‐Black Sea ” PRIORITY OBJECTIVES:
To simplify and speed up to the maximum licensing process for investment in ports
To separate termilinals in ports
River fleet renewal
To organize Danube waterway in Serbia
To start an international initiative for regulation of the Danube waterway on the 568th kilomet er : Luta (Romania) ‐ Dunavica (Bulgaria)
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