DCN October Edition 2019

More documents

Recommendations

Info

LINER TRADES TO THE AMERICAS 6.1 % The first quarter of 2019 saw exports from Australasia to North America grow a not-insubstantial 6.1%, from 113,900 TEU in the first half of 2018 to 120,800 TEU intersecting services in the region: “It’s never our intention to drop calls and no-one wants to tell customers they’ll have to wait a week [or fortnight] but we can usually cover in a matter of days using our network.” WEST COAST RE-WORK On the west coast, 2019 has been all about bedding down and then fine-tuning the ‘new’ format introduced by what was previously known as the OVSA (Oceania Vessel Sharing Agreement) at the end of 2018. Group membership remains the same – ANL, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk (in Hamburg Süd guise) and despite much palaver at the time, the combined service structure of one weekly loop and one fortnightly loop, each largely mimicking the old PSW and PNW, was little changed (although each member’s participation is now standardised across each loop). The revitalisation was underpinned by a shift to fewer but larger ships – from 4 x 2500-2700 TEU on PNW and 7 x 3500-5000 TEU on PSW – to a reasonably uniform fleet of 8 x 3800-4500 TEU, with four allocated to each string. MSK/HSD has just replaced one of the two remaining 3800s with a 4250 and will likely replace the other soon. Alas, the four plus four didn’t quite work out operationally, with the old bugbear of delays on the fortnightly service causing Adelaide calls to be dropped too many times and schedule integrity to blow out. As one insider says, “there just weren’t enough buffers in the schedule, especially on the northwest run. If we were just a day late maybe we could catch up by speeding up – and burning expensive fuel – but if it was any more than that we were at the mercy of missed windows compounding, and that meant we were faced with port omissions, transhipment costs, unhappy customers and so on. [The new format] worked on paper but there were just so many knock-on issues.” Vancouver – where one ship waited six days – Long Beach, Auckland and Sydney were regular problem ports. In August the carriers took the decision to bite the bullet and add a ninth ship, the ANL-operated 4253 TEU Debussy, which enables all ships to alternate between the loops and brings the service levels up to those promised, albeit some northbound transits have elongated to certain customers’ dissatisfaction. “We’re looking at that at the moment and we think we’ll have a solution soon,” a representative says. “We just couldn’t continue the way we were,” he says. “Adelaide was missing out too often as dropping it was the only real way of We’ve got to be mindful that we can’t be running ships at full speed, especially with IMO 2020 looming. getting ships back on time at this end, and that’s no good for a fortnightly service, it means a month between calls. We could cover that via Melbourne but that’s not really a solution and just adds costs and inconvenience. We’ve also dropped the Sydney double calls, which were also suffering. “We’ve got to be mindful that we can’t be running ships at full speed, especially with IMO 2020 looming on 1 January and whoknows-what fuel costs, and we have to be able to offer shippers the certainty they require. “The ships are the right size: they’re allocated out at about 3100 TEU and I think we’re averaging about 2900 TEU – southbound we’ve been running at close to 95% utilisation for most of the year. A couple of recent sailings have even had to roll 300-400 containers. Replacing those last two MSK/HSD 3800s will work well. “The ninth ship has solved the schedule problems and overall I think the service is working pretty well. “I certainly count the west coast re-work as a success.” Long Beach, California, USA HAPPY CAMPERS As regular readers will know, it can be hard to find happy campers in liner trades. With the ANZ-North America routes ticking most boxes this year, executives are preferring to ignore any possible snags in the meat trades and enjoy the (wine) glass half full. As a trade manager told DCN: “I’m certainly not presenting losses to my bosses every week, so one really can’t ask for more … other than a pay rise!” Ungureanu Catalina Oana 30 October 2019 thedcn.com.au
See further and manage shipments faster with LIVE The end-to-end track and trace platform from Containerchain LIVE by Containerchain offers a complete, real-time view of your cargo movement from ship to shore. Seamlessly book transport jobs from point to point. Reduce manual processing. Proactively manage issues before they arise. And spend much less time chasing information from within the supply chain. • BOOK transport jobs • TRACK container movements • VIEW connected transport & devices in real-time • ACCESS digital documents • SOLVE problems and issues proactively • REDUCE inefficiency and the cost of the unknown www.containerchain.com
Page 1 and 2: First published in 1891 October 201
Page 4 and 5: XXXXXX Contents 32 24 FEATURES 24 3
Page 6 and 7: First published in 1891 October 201
Page 8: WORD FROM THE MINISTER Victoria del
Page 11 and 12: Report released into Brisbane dedic
Page 13 and 14: Hirohito Takada Safety processes da
Page 15 and 16: You wouldn’t accept overbooking i
Page 17 and 18: Helping economies grow and customer
Page 19 and 20: INDUSTRY OPINION Removing road bloc
Page 21 and 22: WOMEN IN MARITIME Svitzer Australia
Page 24 and 25: LINER TRADES TO THE AMERICAS The li
Page 26 and 27: LINER TRADES TO THE AMERICAS Contai
Page 28 and 29: LINER TRADES TO THE AMERICAS 27 % A
Page 32 and 33: PORT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & DREDGIN
Page 34 and 35: PORT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & DREDGIN
Page 36: PORT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & DREDGIN
Page 39 and 40: Weathering seasons Major ports in S
Page 41 and 42: BRINGING THE PORT TO THE PRODUCT T-
Page 43 and 44: equipment has been installed, inclu
Page 45 and 46: ARDENT OCEANIA A leading marine ser
Page 47 and 48: local barge sourced by the Southern
Page 49 and 50: speed and channel bathymetry. This
Page 51 and 52: TMC Marine Stages of autonomous shi
Page 53 and 54: TMC’s Captain Roger King When dis
Page 55 and 56: Ian Ackerman been unsuccessful as t
Page 57 and 58: Image supplied Alexis Cahalan, prin
Page 59 and 60: WINTER CROP PRODUCTION AND AREA, AU
Page 61 and 62: THE 24TH ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN Shipping
Page 63 and 64: Roger King and Neil Lawson at PIANC
Page 65 and 66: INDUSTRY OPINION Traxens’ role in
Page 67 and 68: SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Stay up to date wi

DCN October Edition 2019

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?