quarta-feira, 24 de outubro de 2018

CONTAINERS THROUGHPUT IN BRAZIL AND WORLDWIDE








CONTAINERS THROUGHPUT IN BRAZIL AND WORLDWIDE


According to UNCTAD maritime review, edition 2018, the world container throughput reached a level of 752 millions TEUs in 2017(tweenty equivalent unity). The Asian continent responding to 63%, Europe 16%, North America 8% and Developing America with 6% of volumes moved.


Shanghai ports,  achieved the best performance with an average of 40.2 million TEUs in throughput/moved. The vessels time staying in port (loading/discharging operations) has enhanced to 31.2 hours in port, rather than 33.6 the last 2016 year. Bearing in mind that we are talking about mega containers ships of 15.000 to 18.000 unities for loading and unloading operations.


Regarding to the seaborne trade Market, there has been an increase of 6.2 per cent in 2017 with the carrier CMA-CGM heading the list of best revenues reach 32.1 percent, followed by the Maersk carriers with almost 15% revenues and an enticed EBITDA, mainly after the aquisition of Hamburg Sud and Mercosul Line ( a coastal/ feeder shipowner) in Brazil.


Important to point out that these throughput and figures improvement has been supported by the merger and acquisitions and the alliances of the top five main liners carriers, held in 2017 and responding to 50 per cent of the containers Market share. Namely:  Maersk, MSC(Mediterranean Shipping and Co), CMA-CGM, China Ocean Shipping Company(COSCO) and Happag Lloyd.


These five leading containers companies has consolidated their monopoly in  three majors alliances of containers liners worldwide as follows: 2M, The Ocean Alliance and the Alliance. Therefore, who is who in this consolidation? Let´s see hereafter:
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2M: MSC and Maersk Line
ü  Ocean Alliance: CMA-CGM, China Ocean Shipping company(COSCO) and Evergreen.
ü  The Alliance: Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming and Orient Network Express(ONE)



These three alliances altogether, canvassed around 93 percent of tradelane east-west route in containers movements transported.


Well, and how about the Brazil? According to the Antaq (Agencia Nacional de Transportes Aquaviario) figures depictured in site : http://portal.antaq.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Boletim-Informativo-1%C2%BAT2018_Vers%C3%A3o_-Publica%C3%A7%C3%A3o.pdf.  The best performance achieved by the Brazilian ports last 2017 year, reached almost 10 million containers moved.


These figures mean less than 25% per cent of handled in Shanghai port, (40.2 million) containers throughput same year 2017. Should the Brazil intend to be a prominent global logistic player, urge to undertake necessary infrastructure reforms and revise its logistical and ports policy to embrace the new era of digitalized and autonomous ports, especially in the container Market segment.


We hope the new President, ministers and lawmakers emerged from the ballot box, may reinforce the PPP´s (Private Public Partnership) instruments to allow new and Strong long-term foreign investment,  seizing the opportunity of Chinese boom in Belt & Roads projects already deployed in China, South Asia and even in Europe. This private capital, can be achieved by South américa, mainly, the Brazilian ports with transparency, enviroment care and sustainability. 


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Author full details:
Paulo Sergio Silvano de Oliveira
lawyer - Consultant
Extension in maritime law (shipping, oil & gas, loss and averages, etc.)
"Expertise" in ports - having worked for 10 years in VALE ports;
Maritime ships repairs, Ships Agency, Charterers and Trading companies.
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