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Mega ships in mega alliances boosts demand for feeders
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CLEAN LNG-powered feeders with good reefer capacity are enjoying a resurgence to meet rising European demand for perishables, reports IHS Media.
Maersk's short-sea Seago Line recently launched the first of seven of the world's biggest ice-strengthened containership designed to serve Russian and Baltic ports.
The new 3,600-TEUers sport 600 reefer plugs to capitalise growing volumes of citrus fruit, tomatoes, and potatoes on these routes.
"This new class of vessel plays a vital role in our strategy of growing with our customers and building on our market leadership position with transport of refrigerated cargo," said Copenhagen-based Seago Line CEO Soren Castbak.
Unifeeder, a leading pan-European short-sea operator, began operating the world LNG-powered box feeder between Rotterdam, Poland and Baltic ports.
"Larger vessels tend to result in a reduction of service frequency in the major trades. However, this leads to a situation in which less frequent service depends on more feedering," said maritime research house SeaIntel.
Feeders are much in demand at Europe's rival northern range ports anxious to attract and retain ocean carriers with smooth transshipment service, a rivalry made keener by the advent of carrier alliances.
Feeder demand is also strong in the Mediterranean, particularly in Algeciras, Piraeus, Spezia, Malta Barcelona, which was last year's' fastest growing continental port, soaring 33 per cent year on year to 2.97 million TEU, with transshipments rocketing 137 per cent.
Unifeeder last year set up three new regional centres "to face two market trends that are getting progressively significant," said CEO Jesper Kristensen.
Feeder market growth is enlarging short-haul container shipping, already expanded by a worsening truck driver shortage, said Hong Kong’s Hutchison Ports UK chief Clemence Cheng.
Maersk's short-sea Seago Line recently launched the first of seven of the world's biggest ice-strengthened containership designed to serve Russian and Baltic ports.
The new 3,600-TEUers sport 600 reefer plugs to capitalise growing volumes of citrus fruit, tomatoes, and potatoes on these routes.
"This new class of vessel plays a vital role in our strategy of growing with our customers and building on our market leadership position with transport of refrigerated cargo," said Copenhagen-based Seago Line CEO Soren Castbak.
Unifeeder, a leading pan-European short-sea operator, began operating the world LNG-powered box feeder between Rotterdam, Poland and Baltic ports.
"Larger vessels tend to result in a reduction of service frequency in the major trades. However, this leads to a situation in which less frequent service depends on more feedering," said maritime research house SeaIntel.
Feeders are much in demand at Europe's rival northern range ports anxious to attract and retain ocean carriers with smooth transshipment service, a rivalry made keener by the advent of carrier alliances.
Feeder demand is also strong in the Mediterranean, particularly in Algeciras, Piraeus, Spezia, Malta Barcelona, which was last year's' fastest growing continental port, soaring 33 per cent year on year to 2.97 million TEU, with transshipments rocketing 137 per cent.
Unifeeder last year set up three new regional centres "to face two market trends that are getting progressively significant," said CEO Jesper Kristensen.
Feeder market growth is enlarging short-haul container shipping, already expanded by a worsening truck driver shortage, said Hong Kong’s Hutchison Ports UK chief Clemence Cheng.