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CENTRO ITALIANO STUDI CONTAINERSYEAR XVI - Number 2/98 - FEBRUARY 1998

Conferences and Meetings

Il trasporto marittimo di linea: economie di scala o di campo d'azione?

Secondo Theodor Prince, vice presidente anziano e dirigente operativo capo della K Line America, i beni patrimoniali più importanti sviluppati oggi dal settore del trasporto marittimo di containers non sono rappresentati dalle navi, dai terminals o da altre infrastrutture, bensì dalle informazioni. "La nostra attività consiste tanto nel fornire informazioni circa la situazione attuale dei prodotti del caricatore quanto nella vera e propria fornitura del servizio di trasporto" ha dichiarato Prince nel contesto di una relazione tenuta ad "Intermodal 97", un convegno svoltosi recentemente ad Amburgo.

La relazione presentata da Prince, intitolata "Il futuro dell'impresa di trasporto marittimo", ha cercato di demolire gran parte delle sicurezze presenti nel settore in ordine alle economie di scala ed alle alleanze, sebbene i suoi commenti circa la necessità di essere concentrati sul cliente vengano condivisi diffusamente dai principali dirigenti in tutto il settore. "Il trasporto marittimo a lungo raggio non è più una questione di concorrenza tariffaria, dal momento che i clienti hanno capito di poter ottenere più o meno qualsiasi prezzo essi vogliano. Perciò, bisogna adattarsi a praticare prezzi bassi ed elevata qualità di servizio, perché i clienti li cercano, li chiedono e li ottengono senz'altro" asserisce Prince.

Partendo dalla premessa che il settore della navigazione di linea è di fatto deregolamentato poiché i clienti si comportano come se lo fosse, è opinione di Prince che una delle maggiori contraddizioni nell'ambito del settore del trasporto marittimo sia il concetto di "scala contro campo d'azione". Egli ha sottolineato che, al momento attuale, è consuetudine del settore costruire navi sempre più grandi che necessitano di terminals anche più grandi e più sofisticati, supportati da infrastrutture dotate di tecnologie sempre più avanzate. Per quanto ciò possa sembrare impressionante, tale approccio caratterizzato dalla presenza di ingenti beni patrimoniali condurrà solamente a costi fissi più alti ed all'incapacità di sopravvivere nell'odierno ambiente commerciale concorrenziale e di fatto deregolamentato. "La scala è un'opportunità d'investimento, ma bisogna domandarsi se poi questi investimenti pagheranno" ha riflettuto Prince.

In particolare, Prince ha richiamato l'attenzione sulla fissazione del settore per le grandi navi da 5.000 e 6.000 TEU, avendo avuto cura di sottolineare come le navi più grandi della K Line raggiungono solo i 3.500 TEU. Egli ha sostenuto che "l'ingannevolezza delle grandi navi" ha comportato il fatto che i costi invece di diminuire sono aumentati, mentre il servizio non è migliorato ma piuttosto per certi versi si è degradato. Ad esempio, le navi ci mettono di più a girare e navi più grandi comportano l'utilizzazione di scali-nodo e di sistemi a raggiera, sebbene molti clienti desiderino servizi diretti. Così, al fine di soddisfare le loro esigenze, sono stati inseriti nelle rotte - quali porti diretti di scalo - porti di raccordo tradizionali, il che costituisce una contraddizione. "I clienti non si curano affatto delle dimensioni delle navi" afferma Prince, sottolineando anche come a loro non importi nulla nemmeno del colore del fumaiolo della nave.

Alludendo all'esperienza della US Line di più di 10 anni fa, Prince ha previsto: "Ci aspettiamo che in un futuro non lontano finiscano per esserci un mucchio di navi in vendita a buon prezzo, dal momento che le linee di navigazione che hanno investito in tali navi hanno scoperto di non essere in grado di mantenerle".

In luogo dell'accennata fissazione con le economie di scala, Prince ha suggerito alle compagnie di navigazione di concentrarsi sull'incremento del raggio d'azione delle proprie reti, migliorando la propria flessibilità operativa e dando la priorità al servizio al cliente: in altre parole, passando alle economie di obiettivo. Ha fatto notare Prince: "Una delle questioni in ordine alla quale i vettori sembrano confondersi si pone allorquando essi parlano di economie e solitamente essi usano il termine economie di scala, ma in realtà non intendono proprio quel concetto. Esistono economie di campo d'azione ed economie di scala. Il termine economie di campo d'azione sta a significare vado dove ho bisogno di andare? Il cliente può caricare quel contenitore o semirimorchio, o qualsivoglia altra unità, senza preoccuparsi dal momento che sa che il vettore è in grado di servire qualsiasi punto in cui abbia esigenza di recarsi?

Prince non si è dilungato circa il futuro delle alleanze marittime, commentando: "Alla K Line, in verità riteniamo che ciò non abbia molto senso... poiché non soddisfa realmente ciò che il cliente richiede". Si dovrebbe rammentare che la K Line non fa parte di nessuno dei principali raggruppamenti globali di alleanze, sebbene essa affitti spazi-containers da varie linee di navigazione.

E' opinione di Prince che il giorno del giudizio sia prossimo per le alleanze, dal momento che esse non indicano ai propri membri gli obiettivi primari necessari a procurare ai clienti il servizio che essi domandano. Prince suggerisce che i vantaggi più propagandati delle alleanze, come il maggior numero di partenze, i "tempi di viaggio più rapidi", la razionalizzazione dei terminals e degli equipaggiamenti ed il risparmio sui costi, sono belli in teoria ma spesso oscurati in realtà dalle limitazioni inerenti agli accordi di alleanza. "Il risparmio sui costi è illusorio" riflette Prince, alludendo alle inefficienze burocratiche, ai costi di pianificazione ed a quelli infrastrutturali. "E' nostra sensazione che non solo non vi siano risparmi sui costi derivanti da queste alleanze, ma esistano con tutta probabilità costi aggiuntivi risultanti dalla necessità di mantenere questa struttura con le altre linee di navigazione" asserisce il dirigente della K Line.

Prince parte dal presupposto che la maggior parte dei clienti sia in grado di caricare solamente una o due volte alla settimana, per asserire che essi non hanno bisogno di più di una partenza giornaliera in centri come Hong Kong. Allo stesso modo, sebbene i tempi di viaggio rapidi siano importanti, la maggior parte dei caricatori si preoccupa di più dell'affidabilità, vale a dire della consegna al momento stabilito. Quanto alla razionalizzazione dei terminals e dell'equipaggiamento, Prince ha suggerito che è difficile ottenerla quando gli interessi dei membri dell'alleanza sono paralleli e non complementari. "Non ho visto chiudere nessun terminal in conseguenza degli accordi sulle quote di navi" ha fatto notare.

"Le alleanze mancano di flessibilità" afferma Prince, sottolineando come la flessibilità del servizio e del raggio d'azione delle reti diminuisca ogni volta che i singoli membri con obiettivi concorrenziali tentano di spartirsi il controllo. La risposta alle esigenze della clientela ne risulta rallentata, di modo che "nel momento in cui qualcuno ottiene il consenso, uno dei suoi concorrenti è già riuscito ad accaparrarsi l'affare, avendo dimostrato di possedere le caratteristiche richieste".

La risposta invece, secondo Prince e la K Line, consiste in "soluzioni procedimentali basate sulle esigenze dei clienti" ed in una maggiore concentrazione sulle alternative alla proprietà patrimoniale. "I vettori marittimi dovrebbero riconoscere che il cliente ha bisogno di sapere dov'è il carico e qual è la consegna finale attesa, scendendo quindi a livello di dettaglio più preciso, addirittura fino al punto della misura delle scarpe contenute nel pallet o nel container" sottolinea Prince, affermando l'importanza dell'informazione diretta al settore del trasporto marittimo oggi. "Dobbiamo ammettere che le cose stanno proprio così e fornire ai nostri clienti le informazioni di cui hanno bisogno" ha dichiarato Prince, rammentando che, nel caso che i vettori non riuscissero a soddisfare tale necessità, interverrebbero i terzi intermediari (come in effetti fanno).

Quale alternativa alla proprietà patrimoniale ed alla partecipazione ad alleanze, Prince propugna il noleggio di spazi-containers poiché esso metterebbe i vettori marittimi in grado di soddisfare alla svelta e con minimi investimenti tutta una serie di esigenze della clientela. "Se sei nel giro e devi eseguire un appalto globale, e sei in grado di offrire con le tue navi solo quattro delle sei direttrici di traffico previste, mentre le altre due riesci a procurarle con altri mezzi, sei un vettore globale a dispetto di altre eventuali definizioni. Questa è la cosa importante: dobbiamo tirarci fuori dal tradizionale approccio basato su intensivi investimenti patrimoniali" ha rimarcato Prince. Tuttavia, nella discussione seguita alla sua relazione, Prince ha precisato che la K Line non ha messo in programma l'abolizione del possesso o la cessazione delle acquisizioni di veicoli, riferendosi - al riguardo - alle due navi da 3.500 TEU che ha ordinato e ha in consegna entro quest'anno.

"Questa (= il noleggio di spazi-containers) è la strategia che stiamo perseguendo" suggerisce Prince, puntualizzando come con l'eccedenza di naviglio che ne risulterebbe i vettori marittimi potrebbero noleggiare spazi-containers a prezzo minore di quanto costerebbero se essi adoperassero navi proprie. "Di modo che, nel caso si debba riciclarsi quale vettore globale, si potrebbe mettere assieme una rete di svariati spazi-containers, rivolgendosi così alla clientela in veste di impresa globale".

In questo contesto, Prince ha rivelato che la K Line sta "trattando una serie di spazi-containers che ci farà apparire come se disponessimo di sei, sette o nove partenze transpacifiche". Accordi simili sono previsti nell'ambito dei traffici europei, "ma si tratterà di 300 TEU alla settimana su questa nave e di 200 TEU alla settimana su quell'altra nave" spiega Prince. Tuttavia, egli si è rifiutato di rivelare quali vettori vi sono coinvolti. Si può rammentare che la K Line già affitta spazi dalla Yangming e dalla Cosco nell'Europa/Asia e nei traffici transatlantici, e dalla Yangming nel Pacifico. "Allo scopo di supportare i nostri clienti in specifici mercati, ad esempio Corea del Sud o Cina o Sudamerica, ci stiamo apprestando a cercare spazi da noleggiare per sostenere il servizio".

(da: Containerisation International, gennaio 1998)

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FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
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In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
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