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B)I TRAFFICI MARITTIMI
B1 L'EVOLUZIONE DEI TRAFFICI MARITTIMI
Le principali merceologie
Una previsione
B2 I TRAFFICI PETROLIFERI
Gas naturale liquefatto
B3LE RINFUSE SOLIDE
I minerali di ferro
Il carbone
I cereali
B4 I TRAFFICI CONTAINER
B5 CROCIERE
B6 TRAGHETTI E CABOTAGGIO
B7 I TRASPORTI MARITTIMI IN ITALIA


B3 LE RINFUSE SOLIDE

I traffici rinfuse seguono logiche differenti dai traffici di linea, contenitori in particolare, e sono principalmente legati alla situazione contingente delle singole tipologie di prodotto da trasportare, sia esso carbone, minerale di ferro o cereali.

Il trasporto rinfuse non è legato alle rotte commerciali, ma al prodotto ed ai suoi paesi di origine; la domanda è oscillante in base al mercato del prodotto specifico ed è molto influenzata da fattori geo-politici.

La struttura del settore è più tradizionale, in quanto di solito il vettore è responsabile esclusivamente del trasporto via mare e di rado esistono, su vasta scala, operatori privati che gestiscono terminal bulk in conto terzi: la gestione dei terminal ed il trasporto via terra vengono spesso oggi organizzati direttamente dal cliente proprietario del carico.

Le strutture portuali per lo sbarco ed imbarco di carbone e rottame ferroso sono di norma di proprietà od in gestione alle centrali elettriche od alle industrie connesse alla produzione dell'acciaio destinatarie del carico, e così è anche per alcune strutture di trasporto tipo nastri trasportatori od impianti funiviari. In alcuni casi i terminal si trovano direttamente nell'area degli impianti di provenienza o destinazione del carico (ovvero all'interno od in prossimità di acciaierie, centrali, siti estrattivi).

In questo settore, a differenza di quanto accade per i trasporti containerizzati, non esiste una filosofia distributiva tipo "hub" attraverso centri di smistamento, se non in quei paesi in via di sviluppo ove le infrastrutture portuali non consentono l'ormeggio delle grandi navi bulkcarrier e quindi le operazioni di imbarco e sbarco devono avvenire mediante servizi di spola eseguiti di norma con chiatte di minori dimensioni.

Anche i processi di concentrazione che si stanno evidenziando per gli operatori di linea, in questo campo sono meno accentuati. Secondo l'OCSE ("Maritime Transport") mentre i 18 maggiori vettori intermodali controllano il 50% della capacità mondiale di trasporto container, i 50 maggiori proprietari di navi cisterna controllano poco meno della metà della flotta mondiale ed i 50 maggiori trasportatori di rinfuse secche rappresentano circa un terzo della flotta.

In generale nel 1996 i volumi trasportati via mare di carichi secchi alla rinfusa si sono mantenuti stabili, dopo i forti aumenti registrati nel 1994 e 1995.

Nella prima metà dell'anno si è rilevata una diminuzione dei trasporti delle materie prime connesse al ciclo dell'acciaio (in particolar modo se si confrontano i dati con le buone performance dell'anno precedente) a seguito di una minore domanda per un calo della produzione industriale; tali bassi valori sono stati comunque mitigati dall'andamento soddisfacente della seconda metà dell'anno.

Anche il trasposto di grano ha registrato una lieve contrazione a seguito di un peggioramento dei raccolti americani. E' invece aumentato il trasporto di carbone per impieghi energetici.

Dal punto di vista dei noli il 1996 non verrà sicuramente ricordato come un anno di particolari soddisfazioni per gli armatori: infatti dopo alcuni anni di crescita le rate sono scese a valori analoghi a quelli degli anni ottanta.

La crescita dell'offerta (in termini di tonnellate di capienza è previsto un aumento del 3,3 % nel 1997) che ha ridotto i noli, insieme ai crescenti oneri che il settore armatoriale si trova ad affrontare, porteranno ad ulteriori riduzioni dei profitti nel settore.

Anche in questo settore si registra un aumento della competizione e della complessità del mercato:

gli importatori tendono a garantirsi la sicurezza delle forniture utilizzando una varietà di fonti,

gli armatori hanno l'esigenza di limitare i viaggi a vuoto e cercano di programmare rotte concatenate o triangolazioni, sfruttando le diverse possibilità di carico, per minimizzare i costi,

le oscillazioni della domanda non sono facilmente prevedibili e sono legate a fenomeni congiunturali e geo-politici.

Inoltre, per concludere l'analisi del settore, è necessario menzionare anche un aspetto tecnico: recentemente l'International Association of Classification Society (IACS) ha dichiarato che, per venire incontro a nuovi standard di sicurezza richiesti dall'IMO, tutte le bulk carrier più lunghe di 150 metri e con più di 15 anni di età dovranno soddisfare nuovi standard di sicurezza per quanto riguarda le paratie e la corrosione nei doppi fondi (standard in funzione della densità del carico e della tipologia di carico delle stive).

L'analisi del settore compiuta dall'IACS ha come conclusione che la maggior parte delle 4.200 bulk carrier di più di 150 metri in circolazione dovrà subire sostanziali lavori di modifica/rafforzamento entro i prossimi cinque anni se vorrà restare in servizio e continuare a trasportare anche carichi ad alte densità, con un incremento dei costi per gli armatori tale da poter causare variazioni rilevabili dal mercato.

I minerali di ferro

I minerali di ferro sembravano negli anni '80 aver raggiunto un notevole grado di maturità, con i traffici stabilizzati intorno ai 300 milioni di tonnellate annue. Invece negli anni '94 e '95, grazie alla ripresa della produzione siderurgica internazionale (compresa quella europea), si è assistito ad un incremento di tali traffici superiore alle attese, che ha portato il movimento di minerale di ferro ai 400 milioni di tonnellate annue.

Nel 1996 i primi dati, in contro tendenza rispetto alle previsioni dell'Ocean Shipping Consultants riportate nel grafico, parlano di una contrazione dei traffici in seguito al calo nella produzione di acciaio verificatosi soprattutto in Europa ed in Giappone.

Le previsioni fino al 2000 dell'OSC parlano di una tendenziale stabilità intorno ai valori odierni, con una flessione legata al ciclo dell'acciaio, che dovrebbe raggiungere il valore minimo intorno al 1998.


TRAFFICI MONDIALI DI MINERALE DI FERRO

(milioni di tonnellate)

Fonte Ocean Shipping Consultants

Per il minerale di ferro le zone di origine sono l'America del Sud (36% dei traffici), l'Australia (31%) e l'Asia (9%).

Le aree di destinazione sono principalmente il Giappone e gli altri paesi dell'Estremo Oriente (rispettivamente 28% e 22% dei traffici), seguiti dal Nord Europa (25%) e dagli altri paesi europei (10% tra Mediterraneo e altri paesi).

Le tre rotte principali, che coprono quasi il 60% dei traffici, sono quelle che vanno dall'Australia al Giappone e agli altri paesi dell'Estremo Oriente (26%), dall'America del Sud al Giappone e Estremo Oriente (17%) e dall'America del Sud all'Europa (16%).

MINERALI DI FERRO
Porti di imbarco
Porti di sbarco
Sud America 153 36% Giappone 120 28%
Australia 133 31% Estremo Oriente 92 22%
Asia 37 9% Mare del Nord 107 25%
Nord America 26 6% Mediterraneo 22 5%
Africa 34 8% Altri Europa 22 5%
Scandinavia 16 4% USA 15 4%
altri 3 1% altri 24 6%
Totale 402 100% Totale 402 100%

MINERALI DI FERRO - PRINCIPALI AREE DI ORIGINE E DESTINAZIONE

Fonte: Fearnleys, Confitarma

Il carbone

Il carbone ha proseguito il trend di crescita che già aveva caratterizzato gli anni '80. I traffici di carbone sono passati dai 188 milioni di tonnellate nel 1980 agli oltre 400 milioni di tonnellate nel 1995.

Per il 60% circa essi sono costituiti da carbone per impieghi energetici e per il restante 40% da carbone per cokeria.

Il carbone per gli impieghi energetici mostra i trend di crescita più consistenti: le stime di Ocean Shipping Consultants mostrano una previsione di crescita del 28% entro il 2000.


TRAFFICI MONDIALI DI CARBONE

(milioni di tonnellate)

Fonte Ocean Shipping Consultants

Per il carbone le zone di origine sono l'Australia (32% dei traffici), il Nord America (25%) ed il Sud Africa (14%).

Le aree di assorbimento, analogamente a quanto visto per il minerale di ferro, sono principalmente il Giappone e gli altri paesi dell'Estremo Oriente (rispettivamente 30% e 22% dei traffici), seguiti dal Nord Europa (17%) e dagli altri paesi europei (18% tra Mediterraneo e altri paesi).

In conseguenza di ciò le rotte principali sono quelle fra Australia e Giappone e altri paesi dell'Estremo Oriente (25%), fra Nord America ed Estremo Oriente (10%), fra Nord America ed Europa (9%), fra Sud Africa ed Europa (8%) ed infine fra Australia ed Europa (6%).

CARBONE
Porti di imbarco
Porti di sbarco
Australia 137 32% Giappone 127 30%
Nord America 104 25% Estremo Oriente 94 22%
Sud Africa 61 14% Mare del Nord 71 17%
Sud America 23 5% Mediterraneo 25 6%
Cina 29 7% Altri Europa 50 12%
Europa Orientale 16 4% Sud America 21 5%
Russia 15 4%    
altri 38 9% altri 35 8%
Totale 423 100% Totale 423 100%

CARBONE - PRINCIPALI AREE DI ORIGINE E DESTINAZIONE

Fonte: Fearnleys, Confitarma

I cereali

I cereali sono cresciuti nel corso degli anni '60 e '70, ma a partire dagli anni '80 hanno mantenuto una sostanziale stabilità intorno a 200 milioni di tonnellate annue trasportate. Ciò è probabilmente dovuto, secondo le considerazioni sviluppate da più parti, al raggiungimento dell'autosufficienza alimentare da parte di alcune tradizionali aree di assorbimento (o quantomeno al ridimensionamento del deficit).

Anche se nel 1996 non si è ancora ritornati ai livelli ante 93, l'Ocean Shipping Consultants prevede una leggera crescita da qui al 2000, nell'ordine del 5-7%.


TRAFFICI MONDIALI DI CEREALI

(milioni di tonnellate)

Fonte: Ocean Shipping Consultants

Per i cereali i principali produttori sono di gran lunga gli Stati Uniti, che da soli danno origine al 63% dei traffici mondiali, seguiti da Canada e Sud America con il 10%.

Le aree di destinazione sono più frazionate. Prevalgono i paesi dell'Estremo Oriente ed il Giappone (rispettivamente con il 29% ed il 16%) seguiti dall'America Latina (15%), dall'Africa (13%) e dall'area dell'Oceano Indiano (8%).

CEREALI
Porti di imbarco
Porti di sbarco
USA 124 63% Estremo Oriente 57 29%
Canada 19 10% Giappone 31 16%
Sud America 19 10% Americhe 29 15%
Australia 8 4% Africa 26 13%
   Europa Orientale 3 2%
   Oceano Indiano 15 8%
   Mare del Nord 13 7%
   Mediterraneo 13 7%
altri 26 13% altri 9 5%
Totale 196 100% Totale 196 100%

CEREALI - PRINCIPALI AREE DI ORIGINE E DESTINAZIONE

Fonte: Fearnleys, Confitarma

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MSC installs Jotun's proactive hull cleaning system on MSC Daniela
Sandefjord
Combines advanced antifouling technology with robotic inspection and cleaning
Wan Hai Lines reports a 965.6% increase in quarterly profit
Taipei
The company orders six new 11,000 TEU containerships
In the second quarter, cargo traffic in Montenegrin ports decreased by -5.8%
Podgorica
Cargoes to and from Italy dropped by -40.6%
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Grande Pacifico
Naples
The vessel is the first of five new sister PCTCs with a capacity of 9,800 ceu
In 2025, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues amounted to 1.9 billion euros (-11.5%)
Genoa
Net profit of 20.0 million euros (-3.0%)
Maurizio Longo, Secretary General of Trasportounito, has passed away.
Rome
He passed away in Rome after a long illness.
Terminal Investment Limited abandons Tercat acquisition
Brussels
It provided for joint control of the Barcelona terminal with Hutchison Ports
Work has been completed to activate cold ironing at the Porto Corsini cruise terminal in Ravenna.
Ravenna
Acceleration of the redevelopment process for the former CIVAM area in the port of Vibo Valentia Marina
Vibo Valentia
The area will be transformed into new yards for commercial logistics
Maersk Group sells Maersk Training and Maersk H2S Safety Services
Copenhagen
They will be sold to the US Open Gate Capital, specialized in industrial carve-out operations
In the April-June quarter, the port of Venice handled 6.3 million tons of goods (-1.2%)
Venice
Cruise passengers down by -15.3%
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna recorded a sharp increase of +10.9%
Ravenna
In the first six months of 2026 the increase was +5.9%
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 conference "EU-Mercosur Agreement: The Role of the Maritime Economy" will be held in Genoa on July 1st.
Genoa
It is organized by the Casa America ETS Foundation and the Western Liguria Port Authority
The Federagenti assembly will be held in Civitavecchia on July 3rd.
Rome
Pessina: We will not discuss regulations, community relations, or the pursuit of theories and bureaucracy, but rather the challenges of Italian port infrastructure.
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Ends Joint Venture Plan for Block Factory with India's Cochin Shipyard
(Maeil Business Newspaper)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
DP World acquires six GXO logistics sites in the UK
Dubai
186,000 square meters and 2,000 employees change hands: this is the transfer imposed by the British Antitrust for the acquisition of Wincanton
DHL soars in the second quarter, but not everywhere
Bonn
Revenue and EBIT in double digits. Express performed well, while Supply Chain and Post & Parcel Germany fared less well.
Global Ship Lease reports record quarterly and half-year revenues
Athens
Rising costs impact profits
DP World to build temperature-controlled logistics hub in the port of Antwerp
Dubai/Kallo
GNV will activate a third maritime service to Algeria on Saturday
Genoa
The Civitavecchia-Annaba line will complement the existing routes from Sète to Algiers and Bejaia.
Danaos Corporation reports quarterly revenue growth of 4.7%.
Athens
The containership segment remains stable. Bulk carriers continue to contribute.
A bulk carrier hit by a shell in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/London
One crew member is reportedly missing.
This year, 800,000 cruise passengers are expected in Messina.
Messina
Passengers make a direct expenditure of almost 16 million euros in the city
Container traffic at the Port of New York grew by 1.6% in the second quarter
New York
In the first six months of 2026, 4.43 million TEUs were handled (+0.2%)
HZ Cargo and Railtrans form joint venture for intermodal transport
Zagreb
The aim is to activate a traffic of over 500 thousand tons between the ports of Croatia and the markets of Central Europe.
ICTSI posts record net income of $363 million (+24.2%) in the second quarter
Manila
Another GasLog vessel hit while leaving the Persian Gulf
Piraeus/Southampton
Damage to the engine room
Spinelli Group approves 2025 sustainability report
Genoa
Production value grew by 5%. New hires increased by 48%.
Finnlines reports record quarterly revenues
Helsinki
In the April-June period, net profit was 42.9 million euros (+64.7%)
Fabrizio Marilli will be the new secretary general of the Central Adriatic Sea Port Authority.
Ancona
The Management Committee has approved the institution's budget adjustment
The Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has adopted the 2026-2028 Port Plan.
Genoa
Projections for 2028 indicate an increase of approximately 150 employees in the ports of the system
The Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority has approved the budget adjustment change.
Gioia Tauro
It records higher revenues and higher expenses of 1.69 million euros
One and a half million euros for training in Tuscan ports
Livorno
The Northern Tyrrhenian Port Authority has presented its 2026-2028 training plan.
Terminali Italia will manage the Orte intermodal terminal starting next year.
Rome
It has approximately 96,000 square meters of yards and three tracks
Italy and Tunisia sign a collaboration agreement in the transport and logistics sector
Rome
Another Saudi-owned Bahri ship attacked by Houthis in the Red Sea
Southampton/Sana'a/Riyadh
Yemeni militants' spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack on the chemical tanker "NCC Ghazal"
The final breakthrough of the two main tunnels of the Brenner Base Tunnel was achieved today.
Bolzano
The two construction sites are connected approximately 1,400 meters below the Brenner Pass
UPS revenues increased 7.6% in the second quarter
Atlanta
Net profit amounted to $604 million (-52.9%)
In 2025, the revenues of the Italian logistics company Nord Ovest grew by +13.6%
Wedge
Net profit down 8.3%
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