SEMINAR - La Spezia, October 13th 2000

TERMINAL OPERATORSTERMINAL OPERATORS

and GLOBALISATIONand GLOBALISATION

Giorgio MUSSOLerici, October 13th 2000

FEPORT - Federation of European Private Port Operators

TARROS’ TARROS’

EXPERIENCEEXPERIENCE

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DOOR TO DOORCONTAINER CARRIER

DEDICATED TO TRAFFIC IN THE MEDHOME PORT: LA SPEZIA

TRAFFIC 2000: more than 100.000 TEUS

TARROS

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• CARE about CUSTOMER’S NEED

• EXPAND the VALUE CHAIN in the

TRANSPORTATION CYCLE

• UNDERSTAND the CRUCIAL

ITEMS in the DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM

In the GLOBALISATION ERA

what should

a LOCAL OPERATOR

do to SURVIVE

The TRANSPORTATION The TRANSPORTATION CHAINCHAIN

?? VESSELS VESSELS ??It’s EASIER TO BUILD aIt’s EASIER TO BUILD a

100.000 tons capacity VESSEL100.000 tons capacity VESSELthan an APARTMENTS BUILDINGthan an APARTMENTS BUILDING

The ship market is soThe ship market is soplentiful and cheapplentiful and cheap

that the vessels do not seem to be that the vessels do not seem to be in the near future a crucial itemin the near future a crucial item

RECEIVERSHIPPER

WHERE ARE THE CRUCIAL ITEMSWHERE ARE THE CRUCIAL ITEMS

IN OUR BUSINESS IN OUR BUSINESS ??

?? CONTAINERS CONTAINERS ??Same as aboveSame as above

?? ORGANIZATION & ORGANIZATION &

LOGISTIC LOGISTIC ??It is just a matter of

GOOD MANAGEMENT:

it is NOT an EXTERNAL FACTOR 3

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?? PORTS PORTS ??There is no general ruleThere is no general rule

In some places in the world In some places in the world

(Far East - Northern Europe - North (Far East - Northern Europe - North

America)America)

ports are ports are INCREASINGINCREASING every year in every year in

CAPACITY & EFFICIENCYCAPACITY & EFFICIENCY::

NO LIMIT to growNO LIMIT to grow

is foreseen in the near futureis foreseen in the near future

Other places just allow a Other places just allow a

LIMITED GROWTHLIMITED GROWTH::

NOT ENOUGHNOT ENOUGH to keep up to to keep up to

the pace of the pace of TRAFFIC GROWTHTRAFFIC GROWTH

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some comments on Italyand north Tyrrenian ports

In the Mediterranean sea tradeOUR COUNTRY alone participates to

about 50% of the total SHARE

The Italian SEATRADE in CONTAINER is more than DOUBLED in the last 10

YEARS(transhipment excluded)

85% of Italian tradeORIGINATES (from/to) in

NORTHERN ITALY(including Toscana and Marche)

TWO PORT AREASare dedicated to this trade:

NORTH ADRIATIC PORTS(from Trieste to Ancona)

NORTH TYRRENIAN PORTS(from Savona to Livorno)

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TRAFFICfrom January till July 2000:

• NORTH ADRIATIC PORTS : 280.000 teus

• NORTH TYRRENIAN PORTS : 1.720.000 teus

14%

86%

PORTOSAID

GIBILTERRA 1.925 miglia

+ 359 miglia+ 1.051 miglia

+ 7 miglia

+ 73 miglia

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Are NORTH TYRRENIAN PORTS

able to

INCREASE

CAPACITY AND EFFICIENCY

in the NEAR FUTURE?

NO NEW PORT is FORESEEN in the

Piano Generale

dei Trasporti e della Logistica(July 2000)

What about EXISTING PORTS ?

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SAVONASAVONAslight possibilities of

growth of the container traffic

GENOVAGENOVAlimited possibilities

of growth, both in the old port and in Voltri (due to

geographical and morphological limitations to terminals and quays; besides a bottleneck

situation in road and rail access to inland)

LIVORNOLIVORNOport growth limited by

structural (shallow waters and limited piers) and commercial

problems (distance from industrial areas)

LA SPEZIALA SPEZIAport growth limited by

environmental problems (the last PRP refused by the city,

struggling now to reach a compromise with strong restrictions to the port

expansion)

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……. and concluding. and concluding

HOME PORT IN OUR TRADEHOME PORT IN OUR TRADE

IS CRUCIALIS CRUCIAL

We, as MEDITERRANEAN OPERATORS

mainly oriented on the Italian market,

are convinced that

a DEDICATED TERMINAL

in the NORTH TYRRENIAN SEA

is ESSENTIAL

to SURVIVE.

WAYS OF ACCESS

TO THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL AREA of our

country

will be BOTTLENECKED in the near future

by

NORTH TYRRENIAN PORT

LACK OF CAPACITY