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FEEDER SERVICE TO PROMOTE REVITALIZATION OF THE CONTAINER TRANSPORT IN THE ADRIATIC PORTS
Dušan Rudić
Bojan Hlača
Sažetak
The aim of this study is to analyze the importance of the feeder service as a modern way of organizing not only the maritime transport but transport in general and its impact on the development and good standing of particular sea ports and with that on the entire economic potential.
The shipping trade has also got caught up in the worldwide globalization trend. Today, there are some ten strong shipping companies in the world (so called mega ship owners) who are working either on their own or are mutually connected to cover a specific market. In an effort to meet the requirements of the end users, the shipping companies tend to organize strong feeder service. The feeder service can also be initiated by terminal operator or port authority which is, most often, reflected in the subvention of empty feeder ship cargo space
(Formerly 100 to 300 TEU, now 500 to 1000 even 1500 TEU).
Thus, the feeder service Rijeka/Ploče - Gioa Tauro/Malta, started up at some time past by Lošinjska plovidba, organized by the Port of Rijeka Authority and subsidized by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications of the Republic of Croatia 1999, is the beginning of the container transport revitalization process in the Republic of Croatia. The service turned out to be reliable and accurate and attracted many users. Having logistic support of 22 Croatian companies through competitive prices and high-quality service on the transportation route and with the shore capacity increased three times, the container terminal in the port of Rijeka has attracted two commercial weekly feeder services (CMA-CGM and UFS) and, in our circumstances, spectacular callings (twice a week) of so called mother ships (ZIM and Lloyd Triestino).
As their logistic support, The Croatian Railways have started off a direct container block-train Rijeka Budapest. The annual growth of the container feeder transport stands at about 60% and, with the coming of other ship owners, Rijeka container terminal has increased its turnover from 6.000 TEU in 1999 to 30.000 TEU in 2003.
That’s way the development of the feeder service as a modern way of organizing the carriage of goods within the maritime transport in the Adriatic ports, is considered the best way of connecting the container terminals in the Adriatic ports with the strategic “hub” terminals in the Mediterranean.
Ključne riječi
containers; feeder; transport; organization; competitiveness
Hrčak ID:
8422
URI
Datum izdavanja:
24.6.2005.
Posjeta: 5.595 *