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1 BALTIC CONTAINER YEARBOOK 2013/14 where the ships have no name

2 Dear Readers, Let me express my joy from the fact that you are viewing the third edition of our Baltic Container Yearbook (and the fifth one of the enclosed Baltic container map poster). Some of you might already know from the editorial introduction in the BTJ 3/2014 that I am leaving Baltic Press this summer, so it might also be the last BTJ yearbook that I am personally involved in. Hence, I would like to deeply thank all the people who were involved in creating these truly unique publications. Perhaps this might sound a bit puffy, but these are truly the most in-depth and comprehensive pieces of analyses on the region that I have ever come across. It would not have been possible without the hard work of even up to 11 people cooperating on one yearbook for over 2-3 months gathering data, analysing, correcting and confirming volumes/networks with hundreds of market players. I can also reveal that the last part often meant a lot of explanations and tough negotiations in order to accommodate some extensive company offers into the possibly true market picture. If anyone ever doubted that we really cannot show this service in the way you wish please understand that it is impossible to depict more than 30 operators and 200 hundred lines in one map without some necessary simplifications and strict (but fair) rules for everyone. It is also my great satisfaction that we usually receive so many appreciations for the subsequent yearbook editions and that so many players decide to show gratitude towards these products by commercial support this time featuring a record number of 30 supporting companies. Again, thank you all, and enjoy your reading. The best reward for us is to know that this is useful for your business. Let it be so also this time. Piotr Trusiewicz, Publishing Director 2013/14 Baltic Container Yearbook 5

3 Project guidelines 7 Project guidelines 11 Baltic container market 27 Analysis of fuel change costs 39 Shipping networks 59 Rail networks 79 Annexes 6 Baltic Container Yearbook 2013/14

4 Baltic container market Photo: Unifeeder Baltic container market Fleets and networks Looking back at the last 1.5 years, there were some distinctive affairs which occurred in the container fleet serving the Baltic market. Let us start with a 9.6% year-on-year hike in the average size of Baltic feeders (from 1,060 to 1,162 TEU) caused chiefly by ship owners and charterers getting rid of little vessels below 500 TEU capacity. Now, we list only five units in this category compared to 13 in the last register. It seems that the Baltic Sea region is becoming too big for such small-sized ships, which now need to search for employment in the Mediterranean or even in such exotic places like the Caribbean. Moreover, the TEU group also shrank, from 23 down to 16 vessels, whereas the Baltic-handy units (800-1,036 TEU) grew in numbers from 53 up to 59. On the other hand, the 1,200-1,400 group lost two members and now hosts 23 units. All this happened in the backyard of local players, whose average vessel size rose from 579 up to 815 TEU (+41% yoy). This does not take into account the fleet of Team Lines, as so far we have classified this company in a separate category (together with Unifeeder). Things however change, and Team Lines is now offering just 7.7 thou. TEU joint vessels capacity on its seven vessels (4.5 times less than the largest Baltic public feedering company). In the meantime, global players and their subsidiaries like Seago Line or MacAndrews experienced only a slight increase in the average size of their inhouse feeder ships by 1% yoy, from 1,406 to 1,418 TEU. 2013/14 Baltic Container Yearbook 11

5 Analysis of fuel change costs Photo: Port of Gothenburg Analysis of fuel change costs Assumptions, correlations and dependencies Half a year ahead of the new sulphur emission regulations hitting the region s maritime transport sector, we have decided to perform a study analyzing every single vessel currently deployed in the Baltic feeder/shortsea networks, in order to predict the actual range of market consequences. Of course, the changes will impact not only box traffic, but obviously all ro-ro and ferry lines. Here we have included some major outcomes of our analysis published in the recent edition of the Baltic Ro-ro & Ferry Yearbook (released in April 2014). For a detailed comparison of both sectors, please revert to this publication. Now, let us briefly remind what the new conditions will actually mean for a shipping company operating inside and/or sending its vessels to the Sulphur Emissions Control Area (SECA), which covers the whole Baltic Sea basin and a large part of the North Sea (exactly from southwards of latitude 62 N and eastwards of longitude 4 W down to the approaches of the English Channel eastwards of longitude 5 W and northwards of latitude N). Starting January 1 st, 2015, all ships entering the zone are required to fully switch from Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) to ECA compliant fuel with max. 0.1% of sulphur content or ensure other technical equipment on-board, reducing the sulphur content in the main engine exhausts to the required limit. Furthermore, all ships are required to be equipped with written procedures for fuel changing and the possibility to generate reports 2013/14 Baltic Container Yearbook 27

6 Shipping networks 48 Baltic Container Yearbook 2013/14

7 Rail networks 68 Baltic Container Yearbook 2013/14

8 7 Project guidelines 11 Baltic container market 27 Analysis of fuel change costs 39 Shipping networks 59 Rail networks 79 Annexes 80 Annex 1. Baltic feeder/shortsea operators TEU capacity (June 2014) 80 Annex 2. Baltic feeder/shortsea operators fleets (June 2014) 83 Annex 3. Baltic feeder/shortsea operators vessels (June 2014) 86 Annex 4. Baltic feeder/shortsea operators vessel breakdown in TEU capacity groups (June 2014) 87 Annex 5. Baltic container ports annual container TEU and tonnes turnover ( ) 88 Annex 6. Baltic container terminals annual container TEU and tonnes turnover ( ) 89 Annex 7. Baltic container terminals navigation conditions, equipment & investments (June 2014) 92 Annex 8. Calculations of SECA-costs for shipping

9 Baltic Container Yearbook 2014 highlights: Strong hike in the average Baltic feeder/shortsea vessel capacity Stable port volumes, steady networks MSC with a new record Baltic feeder vessel of 5 thou. TEU* Ocean players fleet expansion paused* SECA brings cost advantages of container lines over ro-ro? * in regular feeder/shortsea network traffic Check regularly updated network at: