The port of Genoa counts the ships that it loses without the sixth dry dock



Before still to decide as making it and where to place it, the president of the Harbour Authority of Genoa, Luigi Merlo, it wants to understand if a sixth dimension, dry dock useful to under construction receive the greatest ships in exercise and, servant indeed to the maintenance and the development of the industrial activity of the port. It is a question mark that in the capital of Liguria is set to us until from the next day to that in which, to half 1997, the floating superbasin, still incomplete, it left genoese the port because substantially considered uneconomical ( on 28 July 1997).

To tell the truth from years the genoese harbour community, and in particular the attache's of the branch of the naval repairs, evidences unanimous the necessity to equip the port of a basin of dimensions such to allow the job on the cruise ships and portacontainer of last and next generation. It demands the new pushed to happened naval gigantism with the boom of the marine transport.

Currently the greatest dry dock in the area of the naval repairs of the port of Genoa is number 4, one of the five in concession to the society Agency Srl Basins controlled from the Harbour Authority, that it has a dimension outside all of 277 meters and width of 40 meters. Nowadays many ships exceed the 300 meters of length and the 40 meters of width and these units could carry out to Genoa operations of maintenance, restructure, preparation and restyling only if the port were equipped of a sixth basin that, second the progettuali proposals of maximum, must have a length of about 360 meters and a width of about 65 meters.

We said that the representatives of the section of the naval repairs of Genoa for a long time wish the realization of the sixth basin. The Harbour Authority has entrusted own to Agency Basins the task to draft a study on the perspectives of the activity of the naval repairs to Genoa that the society has commissioned to the RINA. Discounted the outcome of the analysis: the sixth basin appears indispensable.

Introducing this afternoon the study Merlon it has emphasized that "all the institutions are aware of the importance of the naval repairs". However the positioning of a basin so great dimensions in a limited area as that of the naval repairs is difficult and, evidently, the president of the Harbour Authority wants to have of an ulterior "cloth of support" that it confirms the impellenza to realize the work.

That the sixth basin represents a profitable investment for the attache's of the naval repairs has confirmed it the managing director of Agency Basins, Luigi Aligata: "the basin number 4, our the largest one - it has explained - generates 40% of the revenues of the society". The representatives of the RINA have illustrated the study that she emphasizes as the current dimensioning of the genoese dry docks precludes the access to 47% of the container vessels and 62% of the fleeting ships that potentially could choose the district for the activity of naval repair.

The study, of which we publish a sunto below, specifies that today the demand for income in dry dock to Genoa is of about 150 ships the year and that, because of the current dimensional constraints, every year are about 20 the ships that potentially could demand the income in basin but that they cannot be received in the five bathtubs of careening of the port. With the sixth bathtub the possibility of income in basin would be only excluded to 11% of the fleet of portacontainer and would be possible to receive almost the totality of the fleeting ships.

When it will be succeeded in to establish if the sixth basin is necessary, in case of positive answer it will have to characterize the area that will accommodate it. Merlon has confirmed that not sussisteranno impediments if such positioning will be online with the dispositions of the harbour town development plan, while in case contrary it will have given the starting signal to a varying procedure of that anticipates the same one iter of approval of a new harbour town development plan, than of norm it only lands to the green light definitive after 4-5 years.

Speaking about harbour town development plan Merlon it has moreover confirmed that it is intention of Port Authority to introduce that new one within this year. If the decisional phase of the project of the sixth basin does not seem next, also that of the harbour town development plan - interpreting the declarations of Merlon - appears far: "my intention - it has explained - is not to introduce "a which blocked" plan, but a series of various scenes". Already we see ourselves around the same table of the Room of the Protecting ones of Saint George Palace, between two or three years, to note down of the different opinions on the various scenes shown from the new harbour town development plan…

B.B.



Synthesis project

Sixth bathtub of the Agency Basins
Results of the analysis of market to support of the decisions on the realization

The field of the marine transports

In the past decade, the field of the marine transports is characterized mainly by the search of economies of scale. The result of this tendency has been manifested in a progressive evolution of the mercantile and fleeting fleets towards always increasing ships of dimensions, operated from managers or brand with more and more numerous fleets.

World-wise, the question of marine transport has grown of beyond 50% in last the 20 years. The section that mainly has contributed to this increase is that of the transport of goods unitizzate, with a annual increment in the order of 10%. An other section that during the last few years has received an impulse much fort is that of the ships from passengers. The market of the cruises, in fact, in solo 2010 has grown of 7%, reaching the considerable number of 18,4 million transported passengers.

In order to support the increase of the traffics, in last the 5 years, the world-wide fleet is increased of 13% in terms of number, while the tonnage total has grown of 32%.

The market of the naval repairs

Faced from the point of view of the market of the naval repairs, these factors are carrying to an always increasing question of services of inspection and repair for fleets of ships of elevated dimensions and remarkable quality and technological complexity, which the cruise ships and them door containers of the last generations, of length very often advanced to i 300 m.

In the Mediterranean and the bordering zones the offer of the repairs is articulated through a total of about 170 dry docks. Of these 45% are fixed basins under to the 270 meters of length (maximum current capacity for the basins of Genoa) and 38% floating docks under the 270 meters. In all the area 28 fixed basins and a floating dock (to Tuzla) in a position to accommodating ships of advanced length to the 270 meters are counted.

Currently the District of the Genoese Naval Repairs is able to offer a service of recognized quality to still competitive costs, limited but to ships of inferior length to the 270 meters and inferior width to the 40. This limitation involves a risk of contraction of the market shares, because of displacements of entire fleets on able areas of services which extended to all the ships managed from an operator.

Determination of the objective market

The types of ships that make reference to the Genoa basins are mainly the fleets of shipowners that operate in from Liguria ports. Draft of ships fundamentalally specialized, with elevated technological contents, which cruise ships, carry containers, ferries.

In the within of the crocieristica industry, the Liguria has seen a decided increase of the traffic. In the 2010 from Liguria ports they have enlivened 1,68 million crocieristi, with an increase of 225% on 2000 while in the section of the containers, the TEU enlivened in Liguria in the 2010 have been 3,24 million against the 2.41 of 2000, with an increment of 34%.

On the base of the quantification of the ships that operate in from Liguria ports, the objective question of the District of the genoese naval repairs is determined, through a segmentation of the customers to pocketbook and prospect and identifying the following types:
Synthesis project

Sixth bathtub of the Agency Basins
Results of the analysis of market to support of the decisions on the realization


The field of the marine transports

In the past decade, the field of the marine transports is characterized mainly by the search of economies of scale. The result of this tendency has been manifested in a progressive evolution of the mercantile and fleeting fleets towards always increasing ships of dimensions, operated from managers or brand with more and more numerous fleets.

World-wise, the question of marine transport has grown of beyond 50% in last the 20 years. The section that mainly has contributed to this increase is that of the transport of goods unitizzate, with a annual increment in the order of 10%. An other section that during the last few years has received an impulse much fort is that of the ships from passengers. The market of the cruises, in fact, in solo 2010 has grown of 7%, reaching the considerable number of 18,4 million transported passengers.

In order to support the increase of the traffics, in last the 5 years, the world-wide fleet is increased of 13% in terms of number, while the tonnage total has grown of 32%.


The market of the naval repairs

Faced from the point of view of the market of the naval repairs, these factors are carrying to an always increasing question of services of inspection and repair for fleets of ships of elevated dimensions and remarkable quality and technological complexity, which the cruise ships and them door containers of the last generations, of length very often advanced to i 300 m.

In the Mediterranean and the bordering zones the offer of the repairs is articulated through a total of about 170 dry docks. Of these 45% are fixed basins under to the 270 meters of length (maximum current capacity for the basins of Genoa) and 38% floating docks under the 270 meters. In all the area 28 fixed basins and a floating dock (to Tuzla) in a position to accommodating ships of advanced length to the 270 meters are counted.

Currently the District of the Genoese Naval Repairs is able to offer a service of recognized quality to still competitive costs, limited but to ships of inferior length to the 270 meters and inferior width to the 40. This limitation involves a risk of contraction of the market shares, because of displacements of entire fleets on able areas of services which extended to all the ships managed from an operator.


Determination of the objective market

The types of ships that make reference to the Genoa basins are mainly the fleets of shipowners that operate in from Liguria ports. Draft of ships fundamentalally specialized, with elevated technological contents, which cruise ships, carry containers, ferries.

In the within of the crocieristica industry, the Liguria has seen a decided increase of the traffic. In the 2010 from Liguria ports they have enlivened 1,68 million crocieristi, with an increase of 225% on 2000 while in the section of the containers, the TEU enlivened in Liguria in the 2010 have been 3,24 million against the 2.41 of 2000, with an increment of 34%.

On the base of the quantification of the ships that operate in from Liguria ports, the objective question of the District of the genoese naval repairs is determined, through a segmentation of the customers to pocketbook and prospect and identifying the following types:

Local shipowners in pocketbook and society of management of from Liguria yachts from charter and Montecarlo for which the breaking in basin of beyond 100 ships per year for operations of inspection and maintenance is estimated;

International operators of cruise ships and ships carry containers, for which the breaking in basin of about 20 ships per year for operations of inspection and maintenance is estimated;

Occasional customers, for which the breaking in of 25/30 ships is estimated per year as a result of occasional events during the operations in from Liguria ports.

To light of the exposed appraisals, the total objective question is quantifiable in about 150 ships that, to various title, demand the income in basin every year.


Dimensional analysis

Al fine to confront the objective question and the offer guaranteed from the genoese basins, is executed a dimensional analysis of the fleets of the operators to pocketbook and prospect, considering the ships today in exercise and the new constructions with delivery within the first half of 2014, period in which could be operating the new basin. The analysis has placed in evidence how much follows:

For the ships the current dimensional limit carries containers excludes the breaking in basin for 47% of the ships. A basin with length pairs to 360 meters would exclude the possibility of income in basin of 11% of the objective fleet;

For the cruise ships, also of forehead to a by far inferior number of ships to that of the door containers, the current limit of length in fact precludes the access to 62% of the ships of the considered shipowners of cruise. However a basin with length pairs to 360 meters would allow the access with almost the totality of the ships objective.

Afterlives of the length, ulterior constraints of breaking in are given by the current maximum width. Based on the data published from the Harbour Authority of Genoa, to the Terminal Oils of Multedo it is unloaded 1,5 million tons of raw oil to the month. Every week they unload in average 3 oil tankers with capacity of 100.000 DWT and width pairs to 42 - 43 meters, disabled to approach in the current basins.

Consequently it is possible to quantify that, because of the current dimensional constraints, are not today immissibili in the basins of Genoa about twenty or so ships of the objective fleet every year.


Conclusions

To light of the analyses carried out about the perspectives that today characterize the Mediterranean market, it can be reached the following conclusions:

The objective market of the District of the genoese naval repairs, represented from the marine carriers of companies that carry out traffics in from Liguria ports, has recorded an important increase, is in numerical terms, is in dimensional terms;

Today, a meaningful part of the market of the naval repairs is not servibile from the Basins of Genoa because of the dimensional limitations;

A basin of dimensions adapted to the most recent dimensional tendencies of the market would allow to serve almost the totality of the ships that operate in from Liguria ports.

Such conclusions are supported by the fact that the analysts of the field preview an ulterior dimensional increase of the marine carriers in period 2015 - 2020.