|
|
|
March 15, 2011
|
|
- The port of Genoa has a population of ships lost without the sixth dry dock
- Due to the present limits of size, today rejected a dozen ships - highlights a study commissioned by the Authority Reservoirs RINA - but it will be many more in the future
 Before deciding how to do and where to place it, the president of the Port Authority of Genoa, Luigi Merlo, wants to see if a sixth of the dry dock, a useful size to accommodate the largest vessels in operation and under construction, really serves to maintain and development of the industrial port. A question that arises in the Ligurian capital there from the day following that on which, in mid-1997, superbacino float, still unfinished, left the port of Genoa since basically considered uneconomic (  of 28 July 1997).
- Actually, for years the port community of Genoa, and in particular the employees of the branch of ship repair, highlights the need for unanimous agreement to provide the port basin of a size sufficient to allow work on cruise ships and container ships of the latest and next generation. This requires new impetus to naval gigantism occurred with the boom in shipping.
- Currently, the largest dry dock ship repair in the port of Genoa is the number 4, in a concession to the five companies controlled by the Port Authority Docks Ltd, which has an overall dimension of 277 meters and a width of 40 meters. Today, many ships over 300 meters long and 40 feet wide, and these units could perform in Genoa maintenance, renovation, redesign and construction only if the port was equipped with a sixth basin, according to the project proposals in principle, should have a length of about 360 meters and a width of about 65 meters.
- Said that representatives of ship repairs in Genoa for a long time advocate for implementation of the sixth basin.The Port Authority has given his body to the docks to draw up a study on the scope of ship repairs in Genoa that the company commissioned to RINA. Assume the outcome of the analysis: the sixth basin is essential.
- By submitting this afternoon Merlo study stressed that "all institutions are aware of the importance of ship repairs." However, the placement of a pool of so large an area as limited as that ship repair is difficult and, obviously, the president of the Port Authority wants to have an additional "supporting evidence" that confirms the urgency of carry out the work.
- The sixth basin represents a profitable investment for those involved in ship repair was confirmed by the CEO of Authority Reservoirs, Luigi Aliga 'the basin number 4, our largest - said - generates 40% of company revenue '. The representatives of the RINA have shown that the study underlines that the current size of the dry docks of Genoa forecloses access to 47% of container ships and 62% of passenger vessels that could potentially choose the district for the ship repair activities.
- The study, which we publish below a summary, states that to date the application for entry in dry dock in Genoa is about 150 ships a year and that because of existing limits of size, every year there are about 20 vessels that could potentially request entry in the pelvis but can not be accepted in the five tanks at the port docks. The sixth tank the possibility of entry in the basin would be excluded only 11% of the fleet of container ships and it would be possible to accommodate nearly all passenger ships.
- When it comes to determining whether the sixth basin is necessary in case of positive answer we must identify the area that will host. Merlo has confirmed that there were no grounds if the placement will be in line with the provisions of the Port Master Plan, but otherwise must give way to a process variant has the same approval process for a new port development plan, which lands pursuant to the final go-ahead only after 4-5 years.
- Speaking of port development plan Merlo also confirmed that it is the intention of the Port Authority to submit the new one this year.If the decision-making phase of the project does not appear next to the sixth basin, including that of the port plan - Interpret statements Merlo - seems remote, "my intention - he explained - is not present a plan" locked ", but a series of different scenarios. " Already we see around the same table in the Hall of protectors of Palazzo San Giorgio, in two or three years, to take note of the different opinions on the various scenarios presented by the new port master plan.
- BB
- .
- Project Summary
- Reservoirs of The Sixth bath
- Results of the market to support decisions on the deployment
- The shipping industry
- Over the past decade, the maritime transport sector has been characterized mainly by the search for economies of scale. The result of this trend is manifested in a gradual change in the merchant fleets of ships and passengers to ever-increasing size, operated by managers or brand fleets with more and more.
- Worldwide, the demand for sea transport has grown by over 50% in the last 20 years. The sector that has most contributed to this growth is the unitization of freight transport, with an annual increase of around 10%. Another sector that in recent years has received a strong impetus is that of passenger ships. The cruise market, in fact, in 2010 alone grew by 7% to reach a considerable number of 18.4 million passengers.
- To support the increase in traffic over the past five years, the world fleet has increased by 13% in terms of number, while the total tonnage grew by 32%.
- The market for ship repairs
- Tackled from the point of view of the ship repair market, these factors are leading to a growing demand for inspection services and repair for fleets of ships of very large and of considerable quality and technological complexity, such as cruise ships and container port of recent generations, very often a length of 300 m.
- In the Mediterranean and the surrounding areas offer repair is divided by a total of about 170 dry docks. Of these 45% are fixed in the river to 270 meters in length (maximum current capacity for the river of Genoa) and 38% floating docks in the 270 meters. Throughout the area there are 28 basins fixed and a floating dock (Tuzla) that can accommodate vessels longer than 270 meters.
- Currently, the District of Ship Repair Genovesi is able to offer a service of recognized quality and cost are still competitive, but limited to vessels less than 270 meters in length and width of less than 40. This limitation poses a risk of decline in market share, due to movements of entire fleets to areas capable of extended services to all ships operated by an operator.
- Determination of the target market
- The types of ships that refer to the Genoa River are mainly the owners of fleets operating in the Ligurian ports. Basically these specialized vessels with high technological content, such as cruise ships, container port and ferries.
- As part of the cruise industry, Liguria has seen a marked increase in traffic. In 2010, the Ligurian ports have handled 1.68 million cruise passengers, an increase of 225% on 2000 while in the area of ​​containers, TEU handled in Liguria in 2010 were 3.24 million against 2.41 in 2000, an increase of 34%.
- Based on the quantification of vessels operating in the ports of Liguria, was determined by the objective application of the District of Genoese ship repairs, through a segmentation of customers and prospect portfolio and identifying the following types:
- Local shipowners and companies in the portfolio management of charter yachts in Monaco and Liguria which was evaluated for the dry-docking of more than 100 ships a year for inspection and maintenance;
- Operators of international cruise ship port and containers, which evaluated the dry-docking of about 20 ships a year for inspection and maintenance;
- Occasional customers, for which an assessment was made of 25/30 placing ships a year as a result of occasional events during the operations in the Ligurian ports.
- In light of the evaluations show, the overall objective demand estimated at 150 vessels, for various reasons, require input in the basin each year.
- Dimensional analysis
- In order to objectively compare the demand and supply guaranteed by the docks of Genoa, analysis was performed by size of fleet operators in the portfolio and prospects, considering the vessels now in operation and new buildings for delivery in the first half of 2014 , a period which could be operational in the new dock. The analysis has highlighted the following:
- For ships, container port the current size limit rules out the dry-docking for 47% of the vessels. A basin with a length of 360 meters would exclude the possibility of entry into the basin 11% of its goal;
- For cruise ships, despite facing a number of vessels much smaller than the container port, the current length limit of fact preclude access to 62% of the owners of cruise ships in question. However, a basin with a length of 360 meters would allow access to almost all target vessels.
- Apart from the length, placing further constraints are given by the maximum width. According to data published by the Port Authority of Genoa, the Petroleum Terminal Multedo is downloaded 1.5 million tonnes of crude oil per month.Every week on average 3 discharge capacity of 100,000 DWT tankers and a width of 42 to 43 feet, unable to enter in the existing basins.
- It is therefore possible to quantify that, because of the current size constraints are not present in the basins of Genoa procedur about a dozen ships in the fleet goal every year.
- Conclusions
- In light of the analysis undertaken of the issues that now characterize the Mediterranean market, can lead to the following conclusions:
- The target market of ship repair Genoa District, represented by companies engaged in maritime transport traffic in the ports of Liguria, has registered significant growth, both in terms of numbers, both in terms of size;
- Today, a significant part of the ship repair market is deployable from Genoa to ponds because of size limitations;
- A basin of adequate size with the latest trends of the market size would serve almost all the ships into the ports of Liguria.
- These conclusions are supported by the fact that analysts are predicting a further increase in size of ocean carriers in the period 2015 to 2020.
. |
|
|
- Piazza Matteotti 1/3 - 16123 Genoa - ITALY
phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail
|
