Bharatbook.com presents report on Transhipment & Feedering - Trades, Operators, Ships

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 14, 2008 – This September 2007 report “Transhipment & Feedering - Trades, Operators, Ships” builds on the previous publication (as well as various updated presentations by the author, Mr. Dirk Visser), and completed with recent in-depth analyses of all aspects of the worldwide transhipment and feedering markets. The reader is offered an insight into a huge port activity and maritime industry that lubricate the modern container liner trades and without which globalisation could not reach the out-of-the-way places of this world. Contrary to the general perception, the common feedership is still not much larger than 700 TEU on average - those deployed by dedicated operators are still under 1,200 TEU only. Together, they lift a huge volume, which is out of the official statistics, but can be estimated at well over 35 million TEU worldwide in 2006.The publication contains five main sections:


TRANSHIPMENT

Setting the report’s framework:

Definitions; mainline services concepts; hub-and-spoke; relay and interlining; hub port selection criteria; dominant transhipment ports; hubs versus gateways, etc.


FEEDERING

Looking at the industry from a more strategic and general view:

Definitions; types of feeder operators; size, speed, design of feeder ships; industry consolidation; mainline developments affecting feedering; scaling-up; hub port issues; organisation of the feeder move; new hub-and-spoke projects; conclusions


TRADES

Five chapters on the main feeder markets (Europe, Mediterranean, all Asia, Latin America, Others) and their catchment regions; who-hubs-where; connections from the main ports; 5-year hub and regional port statistics; regional transhipment-related port projects

OPERATORS

Extensive biographies on more than 20 common feeder carriers (corporate background, recent developments, services, fleet details); short profiles of another 15 (niche) operators; ranking overviews including average feedership size by operator; carryings; the World’s Top 5 Feeder Operators; extensive overview of the largest non-operating owners

SHIPS

Feeder ship design and requirements; pictures and plans of representative vessels in various size categories; new concepts and projects; overview of non-operating owners

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