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CENTRO ITALIANO STUDI CONTAINERSYEAR XVII - Number 6/99 - JUNE 1999

Intermodal Transport

Passato, presente e futuro della Amtrak

"Credo fermamente nella teoria delle 100 scimmie, secondo la quale se 100 scimmie fanno la stessa cosa, allora ci sarà un cambiamento. Tutto ciò che serve è che 100 scimmie siano d'accordo, anche se queste 100 vengano prese in un contesto di 10.000 scimmie" ha dichiarato E. E. (detto Ed) Ellis, vice presidente della Mail & Express della Amtrak Intercity, nel descrivere le proprie speranze per il futuro della Amtrak Mail & Express.

Quando si pensa alla Amtrak, si pensa solo alla posta ed ai passeggeri? Beh, non del tutto. La Mail rappresenta gran parte dei carichi merci movimentati dalla Amtrak, ma il trasporto di passeggeri continuerà a restare l'attività principale della società. Tuttavia, la società ferroviaria per il trasporto di passeggeri intercity Amtrak è ora un'impresa alquanto diversa, con una meta chiara ed a breve termine: essere autosufficiente dal punto di vista finanziario entro il 2002.

La Amtrak è stata costituita nel 1971 quale fornitore di servizi di trasporto passeggeri a lungo raggio, con esclusione dei servizi di trasporto merci, dal momento che il governo federale statunitense aveva deciso che i due tipi di trasporto dovessero rimanere distinti. Proprio al fine di incoraggiare le imprese in questo senso, il Congresso degli Stati Uniti aveva approvato la concessione di finanziamenti destinati a sostituire i proventi derivanti dal trasporto passeggeri.

Allo scopo di conseguire l'autonomia finanziaria, nel 1995 la Amtrak ha elaborato un business plan strategico, il quale prevede l'utilizzazione della forza imprenditoriale dei servizi della Mail & Express quale componente-chiave. Essenzialmente, ciò ha significato l'uso delle proprietà commerciali, quali stazioni e magazzini, unitamente alle infrastrutture per le riparazioni, al fine di ingenerare proventi derivanti da attività di supporto. Tuttavia, si è dovuti poi passare ad una fase ulteriore (e ciò è avvenuto quando Ellis è entrato in scena nel 1996, v. la scheda sugli eventi-chiave della Amtrak Mail Express) che è stata quella di sviluppare sino al pieno potenziale le attività della Mail & Express allo scopo di controbilanciare le perdite comportate dalle operazioni di trasporto passeggeri. Ellis ha dichiarato di essere fiducioso circa il conseguimento di tale obiettivo. "Sviluppare le attività della Mail & Express entro il 2002 in modo da poter fare a meno dei finanziamenti statali non è un periodo di tempo troppo breve. Si può fare, e sarà fatto. La crescita delle attività è un indicatore-chiave del perché ciò si possa fare" ha affermato Ellis.

Pertanto, cosa sta facendo la Amtrak Mail & Express dal punto di vista dell'intermodalismo, e perché Ellis è fiducioso? Secondo Ellis, la Amtrak offre un prodotto intermodale veramente unico. La compagnia ferroviaria movimenta le merci agganciando diversi carri intermodali in coda ai convogli passeggeri che viaggiano a 79 miglia all'ora sulla maggior parte delle linee, e sino a 90 miglia all'ora in certi punti, e rispettano rigorosamente l'orario.

L'equipaggiamento intermodale della Amtrak consiste in una flotta di 456 unità RoadRailer, in otto carri ReeferRailer ed in otto carri refrigerati da 70 tonnellate da poco ristrutturati.

I RoadRailer sono stati immessi in servizio nel 1997 nell'ambito del disegno della Amtrak di massimizzare l'attività di trasporto merci della Mail & Express. Il servizio Trailerload Express utilizza le proprie unità bimodali ed è operativo da stazione a stazione, con accesso alle infrastrutture della Amtrak gestite sia dalla Amtrak stessa che da terzi.

AMTRAK MAIL & EXPRESS
Eventi-chiave
1971Costituzione della Amtrak come impresa di trasporto passeggeri a lungo raggio. Ricezione di finanziamenti dal governo federale.
1994Riduzione dei finanziamenti federali.
1995Destinazione di immobili commerciali e di infrastrutture per le riparazioni alle attività che contribuiscono a ingenerare proventi. Sviluppo dell'attività della Mail & Express.
1996Assunzione di E. E. (Ed) Ellis allo scopo sviluppare le attività della Mail & Express.
1997Introduzione del prodotto RoadRailer.
1997Entrate della Mail & Express pari ad 83 milioni di dollari. Secondo Ellis, crescita di mercato attorno al 19%.
1998Inizio dei servizi refrigerati. Inaugurazione del servizio intermodale da Filadelfia a Chicago. Primo servizio a raggiera su Chicago. Registrazione di una crescita a due cifre rispetto al 1997.
1999Annuncio di un programma di miglioramento dell'equipaggiamento della flotta.
2002A seguito della cessazione dei finanziamenti governativi, dovrà essere conseguita l'autosufficienza operativa.
Fonte: Amtrak Mail & Express

La Amtrak ritiene che l'unità RoadRailer sia il veicolo intermodale ideale a causa della sua bassa tara e della sua configurazione flessibile. L'equipaggiamento intermodale convenzionale consiste in un semirimorchio intermodale od in un container su pianale, che pesano dalle 35 alle 50 tonnellate. Tuttavia, una unità RoadRailer pesa solo 27 tonnellate. Ciò significa, come suggerisce la Amtrak, che essa è in grado di accogliere in modo ancora efficace le spedizioni di dimensioni tipo quelle dei semirimorchi senza compromettere la velocità od i tempi di viaggio dei treni passeggeri cui sono agganciati.

Oltre alla flotta RoadRailer, la Amtrak adopera altresì otto unità ReeferRailer per le merci che richiedono una temperatura controllata.

Nel contesto del programma di miglioramento della flotta portato a termine questa primavera, la Amtrak ha ristrutturato otto carri espressi refrigerati, di modo che possano essere utilizzati in coda ai convogli passeggeri. Le otto unità, che sono entrate in servizio nel corso del 1998, da settembre scorso vengono adoperate ad un tasso di utilizzazione prossimo al 100%.

Pertanto, la Amtrak dispone di una flotta di equipaggiamento intermodale più estesa e maggiormente flessibile. Ma quali nuovi servizi ferroviari può offrire? Ellis sostiene che "un numero in rapida crescita di caricatori sta traendo vantaggio dal servizio della Amtrak che va da Chicago a Los Angeles, il quale offre una consegna garantita in quattro giorni, per quattro giorni alla settimana. Inoltre, per la prima volta nella storia della Amtrak viene offerto un nuovo servizio negli stessi giorni da Filadelfia a Chicago. Sostiene ancora Ellis che il traffico è garantito poiché "la domanda per l'attività intermodale della Mail & Express su questa direttrice continua a crescere".

Tuttavia, non sono proprio i servizi nuovi a far registrare la crescita. La Amtrak ha assistito all'aumento della propria capacità terminalistica. Essa offre servizi terminalistici in 10 importanti città statunitensi tra cui Chicago, Los Angeles, Jacksonville (in Florida), Albany (New York) e Portland (nell'Oregon). Inoltre, ha fatto registrare un impressionante incremento del trasporto merci presso i propri magazzini di Dallas, nel Texas.

A luglio del 1997, la Amtrak ha movimentato meno di 15 carri carichi (ciascuno equivalente a tre carichi di semirimorchi), ma, alla fine del 1998, questa cifra era aumentata a più di 200 carri al mese. Ellis ritiene che ciò è stato dovuto ai caricatori che hanno tratto vantaggio dal suo servizio con consegna garantita ogni quattro giorni da Chicago a Los Angeles.

I magazzini di Dallas, gestiti dalla MCC Transport, società attiva nell'autotrasporto e nell'intermodalismo, erano in origine un'infrastruttura per la distribuzione di carichi inferiori ad un autocarro completo. Adesso Dallas è in grado di trasbordare simultaneamente sino a 14 carri al giorno.

Con l'espansione della flotta relativa all'equipaggiamento intermodale, e con l'aggiunta di altri servizi ferroviari a complemento dei suoi servizi passeggeri a lungo raggio da costa a costa, nonché con l'espansione terminalistica, Ellis confida che vi sia abbastanza crescita futura nel mercato intermodale. In relazione a tutta l'annata commerciale 1998, che è terminata il 30 settembre scorso, i proventi complessivi della Mail & Express sono stati pari a 83 milioni di dollari , con un incremento del 19% rispetto alla cifra di 73 milioni di dollari del 1997. Inoltre, l'attività di trasporto merci del 1997 ammontava a circa 40.000 carichi di semirimorchi completi, i quali di conseguenza nel 1998 sono aumentati a 87.000 carichi. Per il 1999, Ellis prevede che i proventi della Mail & Express possano crescere del 29% sino a 107 milioni di dollari, sebbene egli ammetta come "sia estremamente difficile mantenere una crescita al ritmo del 20% in una società che fondamentalmente è ancora molto burocratica".

Tuttavia, secondo Ellis, la questione è: "Quanto alla svelta può crescere la Amtrak per riuscire a riempire l'ulteriore capacità che è stata realizzata?".

La società ha già confermato che l'importante società statunitense agricola e di marketing Sunkist Growers sta programmando di utilizzare cinque dei suoi recentemente migliorati carri refrigerati allo scopo di trasportare agrumi freschi dalla Costa Occidentale degli Stati Uniti alla Costa Orientale sulla base di orari regolari.

Infatti, il mercato delle merci deperibili rappresenta un settore che la Amtrak intende "seguire con tenacia". La società ha dichiarato che questo mercato ingenera 15 miliardi di dollari di soli costi di trasporto ogni anno. "Le derrate deperibili e sensibili ai tempi costituiscono l'obiettivo primario a lungo termine della Amtrak poiché esse rappresentano uno dei trasporti a più lungo raggio possibile in tutti gli Stati Uniti" dice Ellis sull'argomento. Egli ha riferito che gli Stati dell'Unione produttori primari di merci deperibili sono il Texas e la Florida, mentre il principale mercato di consumo di questi prodotti è la Costa Orientale degli U.S.A. "Occorre far coprire una lunga distanza ad un prodotto che ha una vita molto breve" ha continuato Ellis.

La Amtrak sta inoltre mirando a prodotti più ingenti, quali arance, patate, carote, pompelmi e pere poiché "essi non richiedono molto spazio in termini di volume dentro un semirimorchio, il che significa che tre carichi di semirimorchi riempiono un carro Amtrak".

Un altro settore che a detta di Ellis potrebbe trarre particolare vantaggio dal servizio dell'Amtrak è quello del pollame fresco, che viene prodotto nel Maryland e nel Nord-Est degli Stati Uniti ma che dispone di un grosso mercato di consumo sulla Costa Occidentale U.S.A.

Ellis ha altresì confermato che la Amtrak è interessata allo viluppo della concezione FastShip. Una società con sede a Filadelfia sta proponendo un servizio transatlantico con navi in grado di viaggiare a 38 nodi al fine di assicurare un servizio sette giorni su sette da porta a porta dagli U.S.A. a città europee. Egli ha dichiarato che, dato che la Amtrak movimenta merci da costa a costa attraverso gli Stati Uniti in 66 ore, la combinazione della velocità della Amtrak lungo il continente americano con la velocità delle FastShip lungo il Nord Atlantico vorrebbe dire che le derrate deperibili e sensibili ai tempi potrebbero essere movimentate dalla Costa Occidentale U.S.A. al continente europeo nell'ambito del loro breve periodo di vita.

Non vi sono dubbi circa il fatto che il trasporto passeggeri resti l'attività principale della Amtrak. "La Mail & Express è intenzionata a fare un buon lavoro per l'attività passeggeri del gruppo, e sosterrà finanziariamente tale attività in futuro" ha detto Ellis. Un treno passeggeri della Amtrak è in grado di movimentare merci rapidamente e rispettando rigorosamente gli orari sulle lunghe distanze. Avvicinandosi il 2002, e data la necessità per la Amtrak di essere autosufficiente dal punto di vista finanziario, si vedrà presto se la Amtrak ha avuto successo in questa iniziativa.
(da: Containerisation International, maggio 1999)

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Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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 Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
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