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COUNCIL OF INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONSULTANTSYEAR XXII - Number 6/2004 - JUNE 2004

Progresso e tecnologia

Nuove ro-ro ad alta velocità

Secondo la società di progettazione navale BMT Nigel Gee and Associates, con sede a Southampton, le strade europee, assai congestionate, faranno sì che il continente batta sul tempo il resto del mondo in relazione all'introduzione di navi ro-ro più veloci dell'ultima generazione.

"Ritengo che assisteremo alla comparsa di un sacco di navi ro-ro in più in Europa" afferma Nigel Gee. "Ci sono numeri evidenti di fronte a noi. Quello più importante ci conferma che, a meno che non vi siano clamorosi cambiamenti, avremo il 50% in più di traffico merci sulle strade dell'Europa nel giro dei prossimi 10 anni di tempo".

A parte la pressione da congestionamento sulle strade europee, vi sono certe rotte - come quella dalla Spagna all'Italia - che a giudizio di molti operatori del trasporto possono essere meglio servite dalle ro-ro, e quindi hanno cominciato ad essere introdotte nuove navi e nuovi servizi.

Gee afferma che la questione in ordine alla necessità che queste navi siano veloci o meno è strettamente correlata alla lunghezza del viaggio ed agli orari. Aggiunge poi che tutte le linee vorrebbero orari razionali e che la BMT, una consociata della British Maritime Technology, ha scoperto un certo numero di operatori cui piacerebbe di riuscire a coprire 640-800 km al giorno.

Ciò comporta l'esigenza di navi che corrano a più di 35 nodi, cosa secondo la società di consulenza impossibile con una nave convenzionale monoscafo.

"Se si prende una ro-ro convenzionale di 120-150 metri e si prova a farla andare ad oltre 27-28 nodi, il consumo di carburante va fuori scala" dice Gee.

L'idea che debba esservi un modo migliore per far sì che una nave vada più veloce, è ciò che ha indotto la società a sviluppare il suo lungo e sottile scafo Pentamaran, in grado di sostenere velocità superiori a 40 nodi, aggiunge.

La concezione Pentamaran, per la quale uno scafo slanciato viene stabilizzato da due paia di strutture laterali del tipo a pinna, realizza un'ampia area per il trasporto dei carichi per gran parte della lunghezza della nave.

Essa promette altresì buone proprietà di tenuta del mare ed il mantenimento della velocità in altomare ed in condizioni difficili, quali quelle sperimentate in zone come la Baia di Biscaglia.

"Si tratta di una scienza molto semplice: non vi è assolutamente dubbio che, se si vuole andare più veloci, allora lungo e sottile è la risposta" afferma Gee.

Ma ogni nuova nave deve invece tenere bassi i costi sia di acquisto che operativi, afferma Gee, sostenendo poi che i bassi costi di acquisto si conseguono utilizzando uno scafo convenzionale di acciaio, mentre quelli operativi si tengono bassi bruciando carburante denso.

Secondo Gee, molte delle alternative di trasporto merci veloce si basano sugli attuali modelli di traghetti di auto veloci. Questo tipo di nave non presenta una stazza lorda molto elevata e presenta altresì costi operativi elevati, dal momento che tendono ad utilizzare per la propulsione turbine sia diesel per alte velocità sia a gas, afferma.

"La lezione da apprendere è che una progettualità non decollerà mai se il costo è troppo alto", dichiara Gee, il quale ammette che l'industria della marina mercantile è molto conservatrice e che il cambiamento relativo alle grandi navi è stato lento.

Ciononostante, la BMT Nigel Gee ha parlato con diversi dei principali operatori ro-ro e ro-pax d'Europa in ordine alla possibilità di introdurre le proprie navi veloci e ha ricevuto un'accoglienza assai favorevole.

Gee afferma che essi credono in tale progettualità ma ha aggiunto che nessuna delle parti interessate vorrebbe essere la prima a procedere all'acquisto di una nave. "Un sacco di gente ci ha detto: "quando ne avrete costruito una, verremo a provarla". Stando alle mie esperienze, si tratta di un problema comune a qualsiasi cosa nuova, ma noi speriamo di convertire presto l'interesse in vendite".

Allo scopo di tenere bassi i costi di costruzione, Gee suggerisce che gli armatori cerchino di costruire le proprie nuove flotte veloci in Europa Orientale e in Estremo Oriente: entrambe le zone sono in grado di eseguire lavori in acciaio di qualità molto alta.

"Se si devono costruire navi molto complesse, quali le ro-pax o i traghetti da crociera, occorre rivolgersi ad uno dei ben noti principali cantieri europei. Ma una ro-ro o una portacontainers sono navi molto semplici".

Pertanto, come fa la società di consulenza a sapere che le proprie ro-ro veloci funzionano?

Come accade per tutte le nuove navi, la società effettua un sacco di analisi numeriche e poi si serve della vasca di collaudo per diverse settimane con un modello a relativamente grande scala (lungo 7,6 metri e pesante oltre una tonnellata) al fine di condurre test di resistenza, autopropulsione e manovra.

Allo scopo di conseguire uno spettro operativo completo, essa espleta i collaudi rispetto a varie condizioni di mare, secondo una gamma di velocità ed in relazione a diverse condizioni di carico.

Il passo finale è quello di passare dall'analisi e dal modello ad una nave a scala piena.

In Europa ci sono parecchie navi monoscafo da 27 o 28 navi, mentre in Giappone ve ne sono alcune che operano in certi traffici a circa 31 nodi.

"In realtà, non vi sono grossi rischi nel realizzare ciò che stiamo suggerendo, cioè la costruzione di una nave da 35 nodi, se si parte dal presupposto di avere condotto rigorose analisi ed un serio collaudo in vasca" afferma Gee.

Il primo dei due traghetti veloci progettati da Nigel Gee per la Alaska Marine Highways System ha iniziato le operazioni ad aprile.

In grado di trasportare 250 passeggeri e 35 auto - ovvero una combinazione di merci e di auto - le nuove navi di alluminio dispongono di una velocità massima di 38 nodi, sebbene nelle prove si sia ottenuta una velocità di oltre 42 nodi.

Il primo traghetto di questo tipo è in servizio sulla rotta Juneau/Sitka di 216 km, mentre il secondo, attualmente in costruzione, sarà introdotto sulla rotta Cordova/Valdez alla fine dell'anno.

Entrambe le navi sono state costruite presso i cantieri navali Derecktor di Bridgeport, nello stato statunitense del Connecticut; si tratta dei primi traghetti veloci di veicoli costruiti negli U.S.A.

Gee è molto fiero di aver ottenuto questo contratto, specialmente perché esso è stato conseguito nei confronti di una concorrenza durissima.

C'è un certo numero di imprese che sono specializzate in naviglio ad alta velocità, ma quasi tutte sono al servizio di un settore specifico del mercato.

Gee afferma che, al momento della costituzione della sua società nel 1986, lo aveva fatto sul presupposto che si sarebbe trattato di una ditta dedita alla progettazione di unità ad alta velocità che, come tale, avrebbe tenuto conto delle esigenze dell'operatore e gli avrebbe procurato le migliori soluzioni.

A differenza di molti dei suoi rivali, Nigel Gee non ha alcun legame di partecipazione azionaria con qualche cantiere navale in particolare. Il gruppo BMT, che ha acquisito la società di consulenza alcuni anni fa, conservandone però la denominazione, si tiene cara la sua indipendenza.

Gee ritiene che i mercati dei traghetti passeggeri e per auto siano prossimi al punto di saturazione, con l'eccezione di qualche opportunità nei mercati di nicchia, ma egli ravvede un potenziale per una nave veloce appropriata in grado di trasportare un gran numero di camion.

"Non c'è, al riguardo, un mercato con una sua tradizione, perché non c'era nessuno in grado di realizzarlo, mentre io sono convinto che un mercato di questo tipo possa esistere. E' un po' come andare indietro di 10 anni, quando la Incat aveva fatto da pioniere con il suo catamarano d'alluminio da 74 metri, che trasportava automobili. Nessuno ne aveva mai sentito parlare, ma, appena uscito dal tavolo da disegno, riuscirono a venderne sei alla Sea Containers. E, appena la gente comprese che era possibile, assistemmo all'entrata in operatività di 130 traghetti veloci per auto nel giro di un decennio.

"Ho pensato che la stessa cosa stia per accadere con i trasporti veloci di merce. La domanda c'è, e noi dobbiamo essere così bravi da mostrare che siamo in grado di fornire le navi.

Ci vuole solo che un'impresa faccia il primo passo, e poi dovrebbe conseguirne un effetto domino. Deve trattarsi di un'attività che piace ai pionieri" aggiunge.

Nel frattempo, la BMT Nigel Gee sta progettando una nave ro-pax molto grande e molto veloce - basata sul suo scafo Pentamaran - che trasporterà 150 camion a 42 nodi lungo la costa orientale degli Stati Uniti.

Gee dichiara che si tratta di un grosso lavoro per la società e che esso al momento attuale è alla fase del modello in vasca. Si dovrebbe riuscire ad avere il progetto completo attorno a settembre.

La Seabridge vorrebbe che la nave operasse dal New England alla Florida al fine di alleviare il congestionamento camionistico sulle autostrade interstatali.

La nave potrebbe accogliere qualcosa come 155 semirimorchi da 30 tonnellate su due ponti, assicurando da 1.400 a 1.500 posti per passeggeri.

Con i suoi 300 metri, il Seabridge è il più lungo dei progetti BMT Pentamaran annunciato finora.

Quanto ai ro-ro veloci a lungo raggio, Gee ritiene che potrebbero anche esserci un giorno, ma al momento pensa che i servizi veloci a corto raggio rappresentino il primo caposaldo, seguito dai servizi veloci per containers.

Questo, però, non vuol dire che i giganti specializzati nel trasporto di automobili non stiano introducendo nuove navi.

La (MOL) Mitsui OSK Lines, ad esempio, ha fatto registrare ad aprile presso l'Ufficio Brevetti Giapponese un nuovo progetto finalizzato alla riduzione della resistenza al vento per i vettori di auto puri (PCCs).

La compagnia di navigazione afferma che la forma dei vettori di auto convenzionali li rende "molto suscettibili" all'azione del vento, il che causa lo scarroccio, cioè una deriva laterale della nave.

Le principali caratteristiche del nuovo progetto, sviluppato unitamente alla Universal Shipbuilding, sono:

  • la prua della nave è aerodinamicamente arrotondata e smussata lungo la linea di prora per ridurre la pressione controvento;
  • il ponte superiore ha uno spazio di carico, denominato ponte garage, al fine di massimizzare la capacità di carico. La nave dispone altresì di diversi livelli, con sezioni d'angolo squadrate lungo le fiancate della nave in cima al ponte garage, che contribuiscono ad alleviare la pressione del vento laterale;
  • il progetto riduce effettivamente lo scarroccio dovuto alla pressione del vento. Di conseguenza, ne risultano migliorati il consumo di carburante e la velocità, mentre vengono ridotte le emissioni del motore.

Fino ad oggi, la MOL ha lanciato sei PCCs che prevedono questa nuova progettualità. La Corageous Ace, varata a marzo del 2003, è stata la prima della serie.
(da: International Freighting Weekly, 24 maggio 2004)




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Gioia Tauro
It records higher revenues and higher expenses of 1.69 million euros
One and a half million euros for training in Tuscan ports
Livorno
The Northern Tyrrhenian Port Authority has presented its 2026-2028 training plan.
Terminali Italia will manage the Orte intermodal terminal starting next year.
Rome
It has approximately 96,000 square meters of yards and three tracks
Italy and Tunisia sign a collaboration agreement in the transport and logistics sector
Rome
Another Saudi-owned Bahri ship attacked by Houthis in the Red Sea
Southampton/Sana'a/Riyadh
Yemeni militants' spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack on the chemical tanker "NCC Ghazal"
The final breakthrough of the two main tunnels of the Brenner Base Tunnel was achieved today.
Bolzano
The two construction sites are connected approximately 1,400 meters below the Brenner Pass
UPS revenues increased 7.6% in the second quarter
Atlanta
Net profit amounted to $604 million (-52.9%)
In 2025, the revenues of the Italian logistics company Nord Ovest grew by +13.6%
Wedge
Net profit down 8.3%
Quarterly freight traffic increased at the ports of Algeciras and Barcelona. Valencia saw a decline.
Algeciras/Barcelona/
Valencia
Increase in containers at the Catalan port
Fincantieri signs agreement with NextGeo's reinvesting partners
Trieste
The operation is part of the development strategy in the diving segment
The update to the DPSS of the ports of Sardinia has been adopted.
Cagliari
Resolution of the Management Committee of the Port System Authority
ICTSI acquires the ATU12 and ATU18 bulk terminals at the Brazilian port of Aratu.
Sao Paulo/Manila
They will be sold by SIMPAR for approximately 355 million dollars
Konecranes reports decline in quarterly financial performance as orders increase
Helsinki
The value of orders relating to port equipment grew by +17%
Fourteen regions are in favor and five are against the bill on port governance reform.
Rome
Rixi: Let's now continue the institutional process with the aim of achieving a balanced reform.
Kuehne+Nagel's net sales increased by 8% in the second quarter.
Schindellegi
Performance improved markedly in the air freight segment
Assagenti's management team has been renewed.
Genoa
The composition of the executive committee and the chairmen of the commissions
DP World signs preliminary agreement to build two terminals at Fujairah Port
Dubai
VIO - Vado Ligure Interport Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
Pierangelo Olivieri has been appointed president
Kalmar's turnover increased by 14% in the second quarter
Helsinki
New orders value stable
Saipem wins new offshore drilling contract off Ivory Coast
Milan
It was awarded by Eni Côte d'Ivoire
DSV's quarterly performance continues to grow, boosted by the Schenker acquisition.
Hedehusene
Net profit of DKK 2.6 billion (+11.5%) was recorded in the April-June period of 2026.
Falteri (Federlogistica) has been co-opted into the Board of the European Logistics Association
Genoa
International collaboration protocol on integrated logistics with ACLI Terra
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The conference "EU-Mercosur Agreement: The Role of the Maritime Economy" will be held in Genoa on July 1st.
Genoa
It is organized by the Casa America ETS Foundation and the Western Liguria Port Authority
The Federagenti assembly will be held in Civitavecchia on July 3rd.
Rome
Pessina: We will not discuss regulations, community relations, or the pursuit of theories and bureaucracy, but rather the challenges of Italian port infrastructure.
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Ends Joint Venture Plan for Block Factory with India's Cochin Shipyard
(Maeil Business Newspaper)
Empire buys back: After Tata, Adani can rewrite India's colonial past
(The Economic Times)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
GCC urges international community to protect maritime transport against Houthi threats
Riyadh
Reaction to the announcement of a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia
Fincantieri signs agreement in Qatar for operational management of the Training and Simulation Centre.
Trieste
The center is intended for the training of naval personnel of the Qatari Navy.
Over 770 kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Vado Ligure
Savona
Once released on the market, the drug would have ensured criminal organizations profits of 250 million euros.
Wärtsilä records sharp increase in new order value in second quarter
Helsinki
Net turnover decreased by -2%
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build six 13,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
Contract valued at over $1.2 billion
The toll of attacks on ships in the Black Sea worsens
Odessa
Ten dead on board a ship leaving the port of Odessa
Today a new attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
The product tanker Kavomaleas of the Greek company Dynacom Tankers Management caught fire
Confitarma disappointed by the Commission's proposal to revise the EU ETS
Rome
Zanetti: The notable absentee is the competitiveness of the Italian and European shipping industry.
ALIS: Commission's proposals on the EU ETS are positive, but serious issues remain.
Rome
MIT adopts cold ironing guidelines
Rome
The aim is to ensure clear, uniform and transparent criteria for all Port System Authorities.
In the first half of the year, cruise traffic at GPH port terminals grew by +10.1%
Istanbul
In the second quarter alone the increase was +2.8%
Western Liguria Port Authority approves 2026 budget update
Genoa
Assiterminal clarifies its doubts about the responsibilities assigned to Porti d'Italia Spa.
Genoa
ABB buys British Rotork
Zurich/London
The Bath-based company specializes in flow control and industrial automation.
Central Adriatic Port Authority refinances €100 million from the Infrastructure Decree
Ancona
The funds concern seven strategic interventions of the port system
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles increased by 3.4% in the first half of 2026.
Los Angeles
In the second quarter, growth was +11.5%
IMO and ITF call for an end to attacks on seafarers and transport workers
London
Resurgence of incidents in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and the Strait of Hormuz region
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2026.
Hong Kong
An increase of +6.5% was recorded in June
Uiltrasporti is strongly opposed to the establishment of Porti d'Italia Spa
Rome
Verzari and Gulli: the AdSPs must be coordinated by a public body that can protect port workers
CMPort sets new monthly, quarterly and half-yearly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the first half of 2026, 78.3 million were moved (+4.6%)
In the first half of this year, the port of Singapore handled 22.7 million containers (+4.7%)
Singapore
Historic record for half-year bunker sales
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach increased by 10.3% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
Growth of +1.7% was recorded in the first half of 2026
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