BTJ 5/2011 - Baltic Press

ReportMap 1. Ro-ro & con-ro lines serving container traffic on the Baltic Seaone quarter of Baltic feeder capacity carried one quarter of thecargo which crossed the Skaw and Kiel Canal. All data show thatin 2010 an average Unifeeder vessel made 35 round voyages carrying50,000 TEU and made 200 calls at ports. These figures seemto be valid also for vessels of other operators – so, the whole Balticcontainer fleet made at least 5,200 round trips (about 100 perweek) and 30,000 calls at ports (about 580 per week).Following these data one could say that feedering containershipsare the real workhorses of the Baltic Sea.Marek BłuśSee the full Baltic Sea container network in the tables on pgs. 29-32,also graphically depicted in the attached map poster and CD.28 | Baltic Transport Journal | 5/2011