Alphaliner Newsletter no 19

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Volume 2015 Issue 19
06.05.2015 to 12.05.2015
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4.7%
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14.0%
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-8.4%
5.6%
16.7%
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11.7%
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ALPHALINER
Vietnam ports make big gains as China’s growth slows
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Top 30 ports
35
12.1%
2013
33.62
32.58
23.28
22.35
17.35
17.69
15.52
15.50
13.64
14.60
13.01
11.62
10.35
9.94
10.02
9.30
8.58
8.01
7.63
6.04
5.39
5.83
5.47
5.30
6.21
5.49
4.31
4.86
4.35
4.12
5.6%
2014
35.29
33.87
24.04
22.23
19.45
18.68
16.62
16.63
15.25
15.16
14.05
12.30
10.95
10.56
10.13
9.78
8.98
8.57
8.52
6.58
6.29
5.80
5.77
5.77
5.69
5.01
4.91
4.89
4.55
4.47
Top 30 Container Ports : 2014 Throughput and Annual Growth %
3.3%
Port
Shanghai
Singapore
Shenzhen
Hong Kong
Ningbo
Busan
Qingdao
Guangzhou
Dubai
LA/LB
Tianjin
Rotterdam
Port Kelang
Kaohsiung
Dalian
Hamburg
Antwerp
Xiamen
Tg. Pelepas
Laem Chabang
HCMC/Cai Mep
Bremerhaven
NY/NJ
Yingkou
Jakarta
Lianyungang
Colombo
Tokyo
Algeciras
Nhava Sheva
40
-0.6%
Rank
1 (1)
2 (2)
3 (3)
4 (4)
5 (6)
6 (5)
7 (7)
8 (8)
9 (10)
10 (9)
11 (11)
12 (12)
13 (13)
14 (14)
15 (15)
16 (16)
17 (17)
18 (18)
19 (19)
20 (21)
21 (25)
22 (22)
23 (24)
24 (26)
25 (20)
26 (23)
27 (31)
28 (27)
29 (29)
30 (32)
Throughput in TEU Millions
Top 30 container Ports
5.0%
Chart of the week
1
Service Updates
3
OOCL to add a third Asia-USEC service
via Suez
Hamburg Sϋd and CSCL in FE-USEC
slot swap
NYK to join Hapag-Lloyd on AX4
COSCO boosts Adriatic & Black Sea
feeder presence
Swire to boost presence on North Asia
-PNG trade
AAL and Peter Döhle team up in
breakbulk and project cargo sector
Evergreen swaps FE-Australia slots
with TSL/Hanjin
Evergreen to add a China-StraitsSurabaya loop
KMTC adds a Korea-Haiphong link
TSL to strengthen Haiphong presence
Idle Fleet/Charter Market Updates
9
Larger sizes come under pressure
Panamaxes still in need of a boost
Deliveries/Vessel Updates
13
May deliveries
Maersk initiates new 20,000 teu
program
OEL & Arkas continues to buy containerships
Case study - private equity investments in containerships
The top 30 container ports in the world handled a combined volume of 370
Mteu in 2014, for an annual increase of 5.3%. Throughput growth improved
from 2013, when the same ports reported total volumes of 351 Mteu, for a
growth of 3.3%. The volume handled at these 30 ports account for over half of
the total global container throughput, estimated to have reached 700 Mteu in
2015.
Chinese ports (including Hong Kong) accounted for 11 of the Top 30 spots, but
their combined growth of 4.9% fell below the average of the main global ports.
Growth at the key Chinese ports slowed slightly from the 5.0% recorded in
2013. The 2014 growth rate was the second lowest annual growth rate on record for Chinese ports.
Amongst the main ports, the highest growth was chalked up by Vietnamese
ports, with volumes at Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and its deep water gateway of
Cai Mep growing by 16.7% to reach 6.39 Mteu. The North Vietnamese port of
Haiphong also recorded a 14.3% growth rate to reach 3.45 Mteu.
Vietnam’s impressive growth is set to continue in 2015, with HCMC terminals
recording a 12.6% increase in volumes handled in the first quarter of this year.
HCMC has attracted 11 new intra-Asia services launched since January this
year, resulting at berth congestion at the main Cat Lai terminal in HCMC. The
Tan Cang-Hiep Phuoc terminal, which only opened in December 2014, has al-
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