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CENTRO ITALIANO STUDI CONTAINERSYEAR XVII - Number 2/99 - FEBRUARY 1999

Ports

Un'indagine sui nodi portuali americani

Il divario tra i volumi di carico e la domanda di mercato nel Nordamerica e le infrastrutture portuali continua a crescere. Nel Canada, negli Stati Uniti e nei Caraibi, le autorità portuali e gli operatori terminalistici stanno attrezzandosi per rispondere a tali carenze. Ma si sta facendo abbastanza per far fronte alle esigenze della prossima generazione di portacontenitori super-post-panamax? La International Container Review ha indagato sulle attuali potenzialità dei porti di questa regione e ha tracciato un quadro degli sviluppi programmati.

Le linee di navigazione e le autorità governative hanno incrementato la pressione sui porti ed i terminals containerizzati. La Maersk Line ha introdotto in servizio la Regina Maersk in due tratte che servono i porti situati lungo entrambe le coste del Nordamerica. A settembre, poi, Rodney Slater, ministro dei trasporti statunitense, in occasione dell'inaugurazione del Global Gateway North Terminal della APL a Seattle, ha invocato nuove iniziative di sviluppo infrastrutturale in tutto il Paese.

Le navi da 6.000 TEU a pieno carico come la Regina Maersk richiedono almeno 50 piedi di pescaggio nel canale e presso il terminal al fine di poter navigare ed effettuare le operazioni di carico/scarico in sicurezza. Anche le baie naturali profonde come quelle di Halifax e del Porto Franco delle Bahamas, che offrono fino a 60 piedi di pescaggio, comportano esigenze precise in termini di attrezzature e di trasbordo per l'hinterland che complicano la situazione.

Dragaggio pazzo

Tutti i porti che hanno risposto all'indagine sono impegnati in progetti di dragaggio, nello sforzo di attirare le navi con un pescaggio maggiore.

Halifax, Long Beach, Seattle ed il Porto Franco hanno già dragato fino a 50 piedi e più, mentre il porto di New York & New Jersey viene subito a ruota con un pescaggio di 40 piedi. Sia il porto di New York & New Jersey che quello di Filadelfia porteranno il dragaggio fino a 45 piedi. Vancouver già accetta navi con pescaggio di 42 piedi e ha in corso un progetto di dragaggio ventennale. ll porto di Long Beach sta rendendo più profonda (69 piedi) l'entrata del canale principale in vista del 1999. Questi lavori potranno essere estesi sino ad ampliare la profondità del canale principale, che è già di 76 piedi, per l'inizio del 2000.

Altri porti presi in considerazione nell'indagine sono in grado di movimentare pescaggi che spaziano da 31 a 36 piedi. L'Autorità Portuale di Trinidad & Tobago ha in programma il dragaggio della Baia di Port of Spain fino a circa 40 piedi (12 metri), intensificando la concorrenza nei Caraibi. Sia Palm Beach che Montreal sono pronti a dragare i canali fluviali di altri 3 metri; Palm Beach, inoltre, si è premurata di ampliare il canale fluviale al fine di renderlo ancora più sicuro; tutto ciò dovrebbe essere portato a compimento il prossimo anno.

PortoVolumi 1997
(TEU)
Capacità massima
nave (TEU)
Pescaggio
massimo
(piedi)
Porto Franco BahamasCapacità fase I: 560.000
capacità fase II: 950.000
6000 +50
Port of Spain
(Trinidad & Tobago)
2086662.000 +32
Halifax4591766.000 +60
Montreal870368280036
Vancouver7241546.000 + (Deltaport)52
Baltimora4760005.500 (circa)42
Boston148073450045
Long Beach3504603550050
New York & New Jersey24568864.000 panamax40
Palm Beach183400100031
Filadelfia145211400035
Seattle1360308600050

Prendendo il pescaggio di 50 piedi quale punto di partenza, l'indagine dimostra come non vi siano allo stato programmi atti a far sì che aumenti il numero dei porti in grado di servire navi con questo pescaggio nei prossimi cinque anni.

Movimentare capacità

I volumi portuali inerenti al 1997 mostrano la crescente pressione sui movimentatori di carichi, che comporta un andirivieni di navi. Gli operatori terminalistici, se vorranno restare competitivi, dovranno adattare le proprie operazioni e far salire le tariffe; per non dire dell'esigenza di assicurare adeguate infrastrutture di magazzinaggio lungobanchina.

Undici dei 12 porti interpellati stanno effettuando investimenti in attrezzature, mediante la sostituzione di quelle esistenti ovvero l'ampliamento delle proprie dotazioni. L'articolo di maggior successo nelle liste della spesa è rappresentato dalle gru super-post-panamax, le quali consentono di far fronte alle necessità che le navi da 5.000 e più TEU comportano. Nella Grande Bahama, la Freeport Harbour Company ha in corso un notevole programma di acquisizioni. Entro il prossimo mese di ottobre la Compagnia sarà entrata in possesso di tre gru da banchina super-post-panamax e di 12 straddle carriers. Essa inoltre sta realizzando nuovi edifici operativi e laboratori in ambito portuale.

L'Autorità Portuale di Trinidad & Tobago ha in programma l'acquisto di due nuove gru RTG e quattro barre telescopiche, una gru a cavaliere bordo-costa e 12 nuovi trattori; anche tutte queste attrezzature dovrebbero essere disponibili entro la fine del 1999.

Il porto di Long Beach ha effettuato un'ordinazione relativa a tre gru a cavaliere bordo-costa che dovrebbero essere installate nei primi mesi di quest'anno; altre tre di loro sono già state consegnate, per un costo pari a 6,2 milioni di dollari USA ciascuna. Anche Seattle, che costituisce uno dei tre maggiori scali della costa occidentale unitamente a Long Beach ed a Vancouver, ha acquistato lo scorso anno tre gru super-post-panamax da 165 piedi. Infine, la Vancouver Port Corporation sta investendo in equipaggiamento nell'ambito del proprio Progetto Sviluppo Centerm, che prevede l'estensione delle rotaie delle gru all'Ormeggio 5 ed il miglioramento delle attuali rotaie presso gli Ormeggi 5 e 6; essa è altresì in procinto di ricevere in consegna quest'anno una nuova gru per contenitori.

Sulla costa atlantica, Halifax ha investito 6 milioni di dollari USA in gru post-Panamax, mentre altri 11 milioni di dollari sono stati destinati a vari progetti inerenti l'impiego di capitali. New York & New Jersey per quest'anno ha in corso ordinazioni non meglio identificate, mentre Palm Beach ha acquisito attrezzature per le movimentazioni intermodali e sta migliorando il proprio materiale relativo alle movimentazioni ferroviarie. Anche Baltimora ha in corso il miglioramento delle proprie gru nell'arco dei prossimi 12 mesi. Nel contempo, nel Canada orientale, la CP Ships ha aggiunto due nuove gru a cavaliere da banchina presso le proprie infrastrutture dei terminals Cast e Racine di Montreal.

Miglioramenti piuttosto che espansione

Gli investimenti sopra descritti mostrano una tendenza di fondo verso il miglioramento delle capacità delle infrastrutture esistenti ed una minore insistenza sulla costruzione di nuovi terminals. Tuttavia, la diffusione di nuovi progetti in tutta la regione comporterà un incremento generale del numero delle infrastrutture dedicate ai containers. Ad esempio, Baltimora sta migliorando i terminals con discreta continuità, investendo in infrastrutture strategiche. Il programma Centerm della Vancouver Port Corporation congiungerà il terminal al migliorato Molo Ballantyne, integrando i due terminals operati dalla Cosco in una sola grossa infrastruttura.

Ad Halifax, i terminals del Molo A Oceano sono stati risviluppati, assicurando un ulteriore ormeggio a lungo raggio ed un'area aperta alle rinfuse ed ai carichi containerizzati. Palm Beach spenderà 70 milioni di dollari USA nei prossimi 18 mesi in progetti tra cui: un nuovo piazzale per il deposito di contenitori; l'ampliamento della zona franca; il miglioramento dei magazzini centrali portuali; infine, l'aggiunta di altri 1.500 piedi di spazio destinato agli ormeggi.

A Seattle, la New World Alliance ha costruito un nuovo terminal presso il T-5, mentre il notevole ampliamento del T-18 dovrebbe essere portato a termine quest'anno. La costruzione di un nuovo terminal da 200 acri presso l'ex base navale di Long Beach inizierà questa primavera. Infine - ma non ultima - la Freeport Harbour Company sta costruendo un altro ormeggio da 1.200 piedi per il traffico containerizzato, il cui completamento dovrebbe essere ultimato nel prossimo mese di ottobre.

Treni per i mercati statunitensi del Midwest

Nei casi in cui i porti stanno migliorando la capacità di movimentazione delle infrastrutture esistenti, ovvero stanno ramificandosi mediante la realizzazione di nuovi terminals, tali programmi sono infruttuosi in assenza degli investimenti atti a far fronte alle connessioni richieste per l'hinterland. La tendenza in auge in America è quella dell'estrema attenzione alle connessioni ferroviarie da e per i porti.

In Canada, in particolare, la CN (Canadian National) e la CP (Canadian Pacific) stanno effettuando notevoli investimenti al fine di migliorare i collegamenti ferroviari nello sforzo di fronteggiare il trasbordo alla volta dei mercati del Midwest attraverso gli Stati Uniti. Il sessanta per cento del traffico containerizzato terrestre originato dal Porto di Montreal viene trasportato via rotaia dalla CN e dalla CP. Questa direttrice-chiave ha costituito il punto focale dell'investimento da 6 milioni di dollari USA in infrastrutture ferroviarie, in costruzione di nuovi binari e nella messa a nuovo delle connessioni esistenti. Il tunnel St.Clair della CN, a servizio di Halifax, ha consentito la realizzazione di un collegamento ferroviario con il Midwest statunitense, unitamente al nuovo terminal "porta d'accesso" della CN a Harvey, nell'Illinois.

Negli Stati Uniti, i porti sia orientali ed occidentali stanno migliorando le proprie connessioni ferroviarie. Il Porto di Palm Beach sta aggiungendo due miglia di binari in ambito portuale ed è intenzionato a costruire un corridoio multimodale strada/rotaia dedicato dalle banchine alla I-95. Nel contesto di un'iniziativa finalizzata al miglioramento degli accessi stradali, la SR-710 sarà rintracciata attraverso la vecchia autostrada che passa nel porto.

Presso il Porto di New York & New Jersey, la Express Rail sta ampliando le proprie tratte dirette ai mercati del Midwest. Il programma da 23 milioni di dollari USA dell'Autorità Portuale per lo scalo marittimo di Staten Island comprenderà la riattivazione della ferrovia di Staten Island. Anche sulla costa orientale, presso il porto di Filadelfia, la CSX e la NS stanno costruendo infrastrutture per il trasferimento intermodale. CSX e NS sono altresì impegnate in un programma di acquisizioni presso il Porto di Baltimora.

Nel contempo, a Seattle il terminal T-18 sta per essere sottoposto ad un notevole ampliamento, che includerà miglioramenti ferroviari e stradali. Il Porto di Long Beach partecipa al progetto da 2 miliardi di dollari finalizzato alla costruzione della tratta di 20 miglia sulla Direttrice di Alameda allo scopo di migliorare i collegamenti ferroviari tra i terminali marittimi e ed i piazzali ferroviari interni.

Porte d'accesso migliorate

I tempi previsti per il completamento di questi progetti spaziano dalla fine del 1998 al 2004. Di modo che, mentre le ordinazioni relative alle nuove attrezzature e gli impegni di spesa per i miglioramenti portuali ammontano a decine di miliardi di dollari, ci vorrà qualche tempo perché tali miglioramenti filtrino attraverso le linee di navigazione ed i loro clienti caricatori.

Si noti che alcuni dei principali porti containerizzati non sono presi in considerazione dall'indagine; quest'ultima, in effetti, potrebbe essere considerata una ricerca sulle linee di tendenza regionali, piuttosto che un censimento completo.

I porti stanno effettuando investimenti finalizzati a movimentare navi più grandi e, di conseguenza, acquistano attrezzature postpanamax e dragano i canali. Prevedendo un aumento dei volumi dei carichi, i porti e gli operatori di reti e servizi interni stanno investendo al fine di assicurare connessioni intermodali che possano far fronte a questa domanda ed alla concorrenza, allo scopo di servire nel miglior modo possibile i mercati del Midwest statunitense.
(da: International Container Review, autunno/inverno 1998)

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Attack on a ship in the middle of the Persian Gulf
Southampton
The UKMTO reported that several projectiles caused casualties among the crew members.
Gioia Tauro: Addendum to the updated Port Plan approved
Gioia Tauro
The analysis will allow us to evaluate the Port Agency's employment and staffing needs.
Ships queuing, fuel wasted: how waiting at anchor can save you money.
Copenhagen
The Global Maritime Forum publishes Cargill's test results on 16 real-world voyages. Slowing down and arriving when the berth is free reduces fuel consumption and emissions.
ZIM raises full-year 2026 guidance
Haifa
Adjusted EBITDA and EBIT expected to be $2.7 billion/$3.0 billion and $1.4 billion/$1.7 billion
Gabriele Sangiorgi appointed acting secretary general of the Ravenna Port Authority.
Ravenna
Fabio Maletti's term has expired
Port of Genoa: Messina Terminal workers strike for one hour for a month
Genoa
The company reports that one of the union members did not show up at the last meeting as part of the cooling-off procedure provided for by the National Collective Labour Agreement.
Port of Taranto, agreement to participate in the development of the Valbasento Interporto in Ferrandina.
Matera/Taranto
A logistical-functional masterplan will be developed within 180 days
Attica, the deficit is reduced thanks mainly to capital gains and coverage
Kallithea
First half of the year with fewer crossings and slightly increasing revenues
Since the beginning of the year, passengers and goods on GNV ships have increased by +2% and +5%
Marrakech
Three-year strategic partnership with the Office National Marocain du Tourisme
Escola Europea - Intermodal Transport celebrates its 20th anniversary
Barcelona
A Mediterranean sea voyage between Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Palermo, and Genoa.
Filt Cgil, recognize maritime and port work as arduous
Rome
The union is calling for a clear provision to be included in the next budget law.
Tanker attacked in Hormuz
Southampton
The unit continued its navigation regularly
FS Logistix and Interporto Bologna presented the first Italian experimental DAC train
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
Sanilog launches a special cancer prevention campaign.
Rome
Three new areas dedicated to the prevention of head and neck and oral cavity cancers and the assessment of vascular risk
Contract awarded for dredging and completion of the electrification of the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Gioia Tauro
They will be carried out respectively by Dravo and RTI Saet-Suardi
Student Naval Architect Award Awarded in Genoa
Genoa
The d'Amico Group and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects recognize excellence in naval engineering.
Freight transport is more expensive for Malta: €35 million per year between ETS, FuelEU and BAF
Zebbug
The hauliers' association calls on the government to challenge a European policy designed for the continent.
CMA CGM has finalized the acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain.
Marseille/Atlanta
With the transaction, CEVA Logistics' presence in North America has tripled.
Contships to order 10 feeder vessels with options for a further 10+10
Athens
Letter of intent with China's Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group Co.
DP World signs agreement to develop deepwater port in Nigeria's Ogun State.
Dubai
The project includes approximately four kilometers of docks
New port regulations for Civitavecchia, Fiumicino, and Gaeta have been approved.
Civitavecchia
The procedural agreement with Interminal in Gaeta has been approved.
Kotug Acquires Majority Stake in Vortex Offshore
Rotterdam
The Dubai-based company provides maritime services to the offshore industry in the Middle East.
Over €1.9 billion in Spain to improve road and rail connections between ports
Madrid
Port authorities will contribute 875.1 million euros
Attica Holdings sold the ro-pax vessel Levka Ori for €8.3 million.
Kallithea
The ferry was built in 1987
DFDS's Trieste-Damietta ro-ro service will become bi-weekly in mid-October
Copenhagen
Inserting a second vessel into the route
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy increases cooperation with the Port of Durres.
Genoa
A memorandum of understanding has been signed
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
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
On Thursday, the Unione Interporti Riuniti will present the ELODIE project at the Chamber of Deputies.
Rome
The aim is to create a digital federation of interports
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
A volume on the history of the Tuscan port system will be presented in Livorno on Friday.
Livorno
A comparison of the key players in the port sector: from the reforms of the 1990s to the challenges of the future.
Suardiaz takes delivery of a 5,000-car LNG-powered car carrier
Madrid
A second PCTC vessel is expected in mid-2027
Hapag-Lloyd raises its 2026 outlook further
Hamburg
Strong demand and rising spot freight rates are pushing the company to significantly increase its EBITDA and EBIT forecasts.
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
Tarros and Nurminen Logistics launch new Scandinavian-Mediterranean intermodal service
La Spezia/Helsinki
The land route connects Örebro, Parma and La Spezia
Pilot project for the production and use of green hydrogen at the port of Savona
Savona
Paroli (Western Ligurian Port Authority): a port area has been identified for work.
The first caisson of the breakwater protecting the regasification plant off the coast of Ravenna has been laid.
Ravenna
The maritime work will be approximately 900 metres long
Fincantieri and PT PAL sign agreement for the modernization of an Indonesian Navy vessel
Trieste
This is the "Kri Sriwijaya" unit (formerly "Giuseppe Garibaldi")
In Italy, the blue economy is worth 225 billion, and the nautical industry alone exceeds 10 billion in exports.
Rome
SACE's Focus On presented at the Genoa Boat Show
Fire aboard the Blue Star Ferries ro-ro vessel Blue Carrier 2
Kallithea
The 29 people on board were evacuated
Costs and timescales for the reconstruction of the four US Navy shipyards are rising exponentially.
Washington
If in 2018 21 billion dollars and 20 years of work were expected, today the estimate is 200 billion and at least 50 years.
Shipping faces its triple challenge: decarbonization, geopolitics, and the new geography of the automotive industry.
Chaff
At the Euromed Convention in Grimaldi, the sector is dealing with new environmental regulations, increasingly exposed routes and the shift of automotive production towards Southeast Asia.
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signs a €3.7 billion contract for two destroyers
Trieste
The "Domenico Millelire" PPA has been delivered to the Navy.
Livorno: The Supreme Court of Cassation overturns the convictions in the Darsena Toscana docks affair.
Rome
The appeal ruling overturned the court's acquittal and convicted three defendants of ideological forgery.
The Port of Rijeka expects to close 2026 with a record container traffic of 800,000 TEUs.
River
With the new terminal on the island of Krk, traffic could rise to 1.7 million TEUs
Offshore wind energy funding: Pichetto reassures Taranto, but Taranto demands certainty.
Taranto
The 2026 funding for the Apulian port drops to €13.9 million. Gugliotti hopes for a formal confirmation of the remaining resources in 2027.
Port reform: The majority pushes ahead with Porti d'Italia SpA
Rome
The Chamber's Transport Committee rejects the opposition's suppressive amendments.
Gela's Porto Rifugio has received a favorable opinion for dredging the port's waters.
Palermo
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