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Contship Italia doubles Milan-Zurich intermodal rail services
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TAIWAN's Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp says it has secured charter agreements with Shoei Kisen Kaisha for five 11,000-TEUers and another five 12,000-TEUers from Costamare. The vessels are to be delivered from the second quarter 2020 through to the third quarter the following year, reports Bunkerspot of Adderbury, Oxfordshire. Said the Yang Ming statement: "With respect to the enforcement of the upcoming IMO rule in 2020 concerning environmental protection, the vessels are designed in compliance with the regulations calling for efficient bunker consumption." The chartered newbuilds will emit less carbon, use fuel oil containing limited sulphur, and will be equipped with a more efficient ballast water treatment system, said the company. Yang Ming operates a fleet of 106 containerships of 600,000 TEU. To reduce operating costs and mitigate the environmental impact of older ships, the company has an ongoing fleet renewal programme to replace such ships upon the expiry of their charter agreements. |
MAERSK Line has announced rate increases of US$80 per TEU and $100 per FEU from September for all contract rates expiring on August 31 on cargo from the US and Canada to the Far East. But shipments bound for Cagayan de Oro (Phillipines), Jakarta (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia), and Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), will increase on August 1 as previously announced. The remainder of bound for Far East destinations will postpone increases until September 1, equal to the amounts communicated previously. Maersk Line will send out contract documents to sign in order to secure this new rate. If Maersk Line does not receive written agreement before the expiry of the applicable rate (August 31, 2018), then shipments tendered shall be charged at a higher rate until Maersk Line is able to obtain your written agreement, and has sufficient time to file that agreement with the US Federal Maritime Commission, the company said. |
MAERSK's and the Mediterranean Shipping Co's (MSC) 2M Alliance plans to suspend one of its loops on the Asia-North Europe trade in September, but resume it in December when business picks up, reports American Shipper. Of the three major ocean carrier alliances, the 2M Alliance has the strongest presence on the Asia-to-North Europe trade, according to data from BlueWater Reporting. The 2M Alliance currently operates six loops on the Asia-to-North Europe trade, deploying 68 vessels totalling 1.21 million TEU. The OCEAN Alliance follows closely behind, operating six services from Asia to North Europe of 65 vessels totalling 1.04 million TEU. THE Alliance only operates five loops from Asia to North Europe with 52 vessels of 712,853 TEU. Asia-Europe spot rates have suffered in the last year. July rates from Shanghai to Europe were US$881 per TEU, down 10 per cent. Meanwhile, the WCI said Thursday that spot rates from Shanghai to Rotterdam totalled $1,661 per FEU while July Rotterdam-Shanghai rates fell 39 per cent year on year to $826 per FEU newbuilds in 2018. |
SPENDING on new ships is starting to slow after what could be called a spree in the first half of 2018 with US$10 billion being committed in the first quarter, reports the American Journal of Transportation. If orders remain between the $4 billion and $8 billion level through rest of the year it should support the asset values of younger ships as well, said Analysts VesselsValue (VV) of the Isle of Wight. "Ordering trends in the start of the year were highest in the markets that were seeing the highest returns. This includes the dry bulk and LNG carrier markets, while interest in the low earnings environment tanker markets was softer," they said. In one sense this highlights the short-term view that some investors take of the market. It still appears to be easier to secure financing for ships in a strong market as opposed to those that are suffering in the doldrums. Rising asking prices from shipyards are partially to blame in the downturn in new orders, said the report. Higher steel prices, smaller workforces, and less willingness by the yards creditors to accept low margins are contributing to lower buyer interest. "The slowdown in newbuilds is an encouraging sign that over-ordering may not be a significant issue. Some of the market segments have a large outstanding orderbook, but most of these are offset by an equal number of ships on the water which are equal to their recycling value," they said. |
IRANIAN President Hassan Rouhani says that Iran could disrupt the flow of oil from the Gulf, while an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander explicitly stated; "If they want to stop Iranian oil exports, we will not allow any oil shipment to pass through the Strait of Hormuz." Such a disruption would result in a monumental shift in oil transportation markets, McQuilling Services said in a blog, reports London's Tanker Operator One third of global crude exports would be removed from the market, sending crude prices well over US$100 per barrel into uncharted territory. Worldwide refiners will look to alternative regions for feedstock requirements after severe drawdowns of existing inventories. This would result in a significant fall in tanker demand as Arabian Gulf tanker exports account for well over five trillion tonne/miles annually, McQuilling concluded. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has criticised OPEC for the recent rise in fuel prices, claiming that the US pays for defence for many of the groups' members. As a result, OPEC should make an effort to increase crude supply to pressure global pricing, he said. The closing of the Straits has been threatened many times before, especially during the two Israel/Arab conflicts in the 1960s and 1970s. This resulted in the shutting of the Suez Canal and the Shatt el Arab, plus the Iran/Iraq war in the 1980s when tankers ran the gauntlet of missile attacks when shuttling crude from Kharg Island to Hormuz Island. |
CONTSHIP Italia has doubled its intermodal rail services between Milan and Zurich, with plans for expansion into the Bavarian market by September, reports London's Loadstar. Since 2013, volumes have grown to 13,000 TEU a year. "Our ultimate aim is to secure five to 10 per cent of Swiss container volumes - that's 50,000 TEU annually," said Contship marketing chief Daniele Testi. "This won't be easy, but we added a new service from Milan to Zurich on July 2, and from September will have three round trips a week into Munich,?said Mr Testi, adding that his aim is to secure five to 10 per cent of the Swiss container market. Mr Testi said work was under way to boost capacity at the Port of La Spezia. "Our plans at the port will see capacity increase from the current 1.4 million to two million TEU. This is a long project but we hope to have the full thing finalised by 2023." Today, 35 per cent goes by rail, with 65 per cent by truck with the 2023 objective is to have the modal split 50:50. "Even at 35 per cent, this is still three times more rail-to-port traffic than seen across the rest of Italy - this shows our focus is not just on speeding quay times," he said. "This requires increased train sizes; we presently run 550-metre trains, which handle 1,200 TEU, but we need 700-metre trains and we are working on this." But Mr Testi said there was a need to upgrade security once the containers were on the train and moving. "We have had issues with containers being opened - mainly for theft - once they've left the port," he said. "Even if the attempted theft fails, once the seals have been broken the containers need to be returned. "But in general, our customers are happy with the way we are progressing. We will never be able to compete with the likes of Rotterdam but that is not our intention. We are focused on a very specific market and we are working towards achieving these aims." |