National Taiwan Ocean University
Department of Transportation and Navigation Science
Introduction to Liner Shipping
Instructor: Eric Ting
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We are the world.
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1. Introduction to Liner Shipping
•Head Quarter SIN HKG
•Subsidiaries RTM
•Fleet KEL
•Branch OfficesFXT •Containers TYO
•Route, Schedule
BRV
•Space (Slots) NGO
•Ports of call
•Agents LEH
•Cargo UKB
•Forwarders HKG KHH
•Direct Accounts
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An Example for Service Route: Asia/N. Europe
Westbound
RTM SIN HKG
KEL
FXT
TYO
NGO
BRV
UKB
LEH HKG KHH
Eastbound
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An Example for Service Route: Asia/N. Europe
BRV
FXT
RTM
LEH TYO
NGO
KEL UKB
KHH
HKG
SIN
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Service Networks
Trailer CHS
MIA LIS
Calling ETB ETD Buffer
Rail CHS
MIA
HST CHS HST
RTM
HST
MIA
Calling
CHS
MIA
ETB ETD
NEO
Buffer
ANR
FXT
BRV
RTM
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LIS
HST
LIS RTM
ANR
? BRV CHS
FXT MIA
Calling ETB ETD Buffer
FeederLIS
BRV
ANR Service
CHS
NEO HST
MIA
RTM FXT HST
ANR
FXT
?
RTM
LIS
BRV NEO
BRV
RTM
LIS
BRV
ANR ANR
FXT
FXT
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Service Route Patterns
N.Europe
Canada
MED
Asia FE USWC
US USEC
AF
N SA
AUNZ
W E
End to End Service Route
S Pendulum Service Route
Round The World Service Route
Combined Service Route P.7
2004 Container Trade Flow Volumes
of East/West Axis (Unit: 1000 teu)
N. Europe
1,622 5,753
10,530
N. America Med N. America
2,296
486
Asia4,807
1,040 3,474
1,985
866
Source: The Drewry Container Market Quarterly, June 2005.
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2004 Post-Panamax Containership
Deployment Patten
160 148 60.0%
140 52.3%
50.0%
120
40.0%
100
P ercen tag e
V essels
80 67
30.0%
60 23.7%
20.0%
37
40 13.1%
14
10.0%
20 4.9%
6 2.1% 6 2.1% 5 1.8%
0 0.0%
Europe/Far East Transpacific Pendulum Med/Far East Europe/ECSA Europe/Middle Middle East/Far
East East
Strings
Source: The Drewry Container Market Quarterly, June 2005.
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2004 Container Trade Flow Imbalance
Volumes (Unit: 1000 teu)
N. Europe
674 1,622 5,753
N. America 2,279 5,723 10,530
2,296 Med Asia4,807 N. America
486
1,040 3,474
1,985
554 1,119 866
Source: The Drewry Container Market Quarterly, June 2005.
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Throughputs (unit: 1000TEU)
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10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
22,000
g
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
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ap
Sh ore
20,450
an
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18,410
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11,093
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10,439
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10,227
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8,843
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7,179
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5,152
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Container Ports
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(Unit: 1000 teu)
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87.6%
2004 Top 30 Container Port Throughputs
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Top 30 90.0%
100.0%
Cumulative Percentageage
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Mega Carriers and Shipping Alliances
Yangming
NYK Hapag Lloyd
Grand COSCO
Alliance
CKYH
MSC Hanjin
OOCL
P&O Nedlloyd K Line
Mitsui
APL NOL
OSK Maersk Sealand
New
World
Evergreen & LT
Alliance
Hyundai CMA-CGM
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Scope of Cooperation in Alliance
Joint Terminals or Terminal Contracts
Joint Services
Joint Feeder Services
Joint Purchase or Ownership of Ships
Joint Purchase and Usage of Containers
Joint Intermodal, Rail or Trucking Operations
Joint Container Depots
Jointly-managed Pools of Containers and Equipments
Joint Bunker Purchase
Joint EDI Systems
Interchange of Empty Containers
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The Trends in Liner Shipping
Large containerships - Main trade routes
Trade imbalances - Surging repositioning costs
Hub-and-spoke operations - Mega hub ports
Strategic alliances - Mega carriers and alliance
Undifferentiated services - Price wars
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Q&A
Thanks for your attention.
Your questions or comments
will be greatly appreciated.
Email: ericting@mail.ntou.edu.tw
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