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UK leading ports
Grimsby & Immingham 66.3 Mt London Tees and Hartlepool Southampton Forth 52.7 Mt 49.8 Mt 43.8 Mt 36.7 Mt
Felixstowe, the leading container port, handled 2.1 million containers (3.3 million TEU), a 10 per cent increase on 2006. Phase 1 of the London Gateway = 1.7m
Fuel costs Road tolls WTD Congestion Environmental Driver shortages Governmental support
So short sea operators are well positioned, arent they?
Well.......
Short sea operators are at the bottom of the food chain
New sulphur limits agreed at the International
Maritime Organization Government support? Not necessarily cheaper Port hinterland/access road/rail Customer reluctance
concept Deepsea operators do their own feedering Existing networks are well established with significant investment (terminals and road/rail connections) Trend increasing for deepsea operators to own their own terminals Most deepsea operators have no interest in setting up in new ports
Some examples
Maersk 7 Asia/N. Europe services
calling Rotterdam (6), Bremerhaven (4) Fstowe (3), Hamburg (3), Le Havre (2) Zeebrugge (2)
Evergreen 3 Asia/N. Europe services
calling at Rotterdam (3), Hamburg (2),Le Havre(2) Bremerhaven, Thamesport , Fstowe, Ston & Zeebrugge (1) calling at Fstowe/Rotterdam/Antwerp or Le Havre/Hamburg/Bremerhaven
Significant Investment
Terminal
ECT Euromax London Gateway Northern Gateway
Capacity pa
2.3m teu 3.5m teu 1.5m teu
Cost
$550m $2700m $539m
Conclusions
Short sea trade volumes will increase but largely as a
result of trade growth EU moves to develop Motorways of the Sea will be limited Short sea operators may loose out to the deepsea operators Global recession may have a major impact on the viability of some carriers UK particularly requires significant investment in road/rail port access
Conclusions
Demand for port based logistics/distribution centres
will grow Small ports can only challenge the main ports if the importers lead the charge, but who will cover the investment and will the deepsea carriers follow? In the short term port congestion will disappear and this will help the status quo
Channel Tunnel
Channel Tunnel freight services have failed to meet initial expectations. Rail freight on through services has declined by 45 per cent since 2000. In 2006 1.6 million tonnes of rail freight were carried on the Channel Tunnel The amount of road freight carried through the tunnel has risen by 16 per cent from 14.7 to 17 million tonnes over the last five years