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"Ocean three" Alliance


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Νέα συμμαχία φαινεται πως έχουμε στον κλάδο των container liners. Μετά την προσπαθεια σύναψης συμφωνίας-μαμουθ μετάξύ CMA-CGM/Maersk/MSC η οποια δεν ευοδώθηκε για λόγους ανταγωνισμού, η CMA-CGM έκανε άλλη συμφωνία με μικρότερους παικτες η οποια συνολικα καλύπτει λιγότερο απο το 30% της πιτας της αγοράς.

 

 

French container shipping group CMA CGM has sealed an alliance with two rivals after a failed attempt to partner with bigger peers Maersk and Switzerland's MSC, vetoed by China earlier this year due to competition concerns.


CMA CGM said on Tuesday it had agreed a route-sharing alliance with China Shipping Container Lines Co Ltd (CSCL) and United Arab Shipping Co (UASC) to be known as Ocean Three in a bid to save costs on key container routes.


The shipping industry has been battling overcapacity linked to a glut of new vessels ordered during a boom period before the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, forcing operators to look for ways of becoming more efficient.


CMA CGM said the new alliance would cover routes between Asia and Europe, as well as Asia and North America.


It had planned a service-sharing alliance with Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), but that collapsed in June following opposition from China's anti-trust authorities.


CMA CGM's new three-way deal would not need regulatory approval from China or the European Union as the partners would have less than 30 percent market share on Asia-Europe and Asia-Pacific routes, Vice Chairman Rodolphe Saade told Reuters.


However, it would need approval from the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission.


"It is going to be possible to implement the agreement very swiftly, with a launch planned for week 49, or early December," Saade said by telephone.


The alliance would have 20 percent market share for Asia-Europe trade and about 14 percent on Asia-Pacific routes, he said.


It will be competing against a two-way partnership that Maersk and MSC plan to launch early next year following the failure of the project with CMA CGM.


Maersk said in July its partnership with MSC would have a market share below 30 percent in routes between Asia and Europe.


FILLING BIG SHIPS


Like other alliances, the Ocean Three tie-up will aim to better fill larger ships and offer customers more frequent services to a wider range of port destinations.


"While the CMA CGM/UASC/CSCL setup is not necessarily a love relationship, that does not mean that the new alliance won't work well," Jan Tiedemann, a shipping analyst with consultancy Alphaliner, said.


"The three carriers could work together well, provided they find a way to manage and streamline day-to-day vessel and terminal operations," Tiedemann said.


The alliance will bring together 132 ships to serve Asia-Europe, Asia-Mediterranean, Transpacific and Asia-United States East Coast trade routes, and will combine vessel-sharing, slot-exchange and slot-charter agreements, CMA CGM said.


The French firm, which is owned by founder Jacques Saade and his family, is the world's third-largest container shipping firm by containers carried and fleet size, behind Maersk and MSC.


CMA CGM expects to generate significant savings from the alliance and above those it projected from the deal with Maersk and MSC, Rodolphe Saade said, declining to give any numbers.


Ocean Three would notably deploy large ships on the busy Asia-Europe route, while also giving priority to the partners' own port terminals, boosting traffic for CMA CGM's Terminal Link subsidiary, he added.


With freight rates still struggling to rebound, companies are betting on vessel-sharing to help reduce operating costs.


"For the big carriers ... it is almost not an option not to be in alliance ... as there is market consolidation going on," Tiedemann added.


Hapag-Lloyd and Compania SudAmericana de Vapores have agreed to form the world's fourth-largest container shipping group, a deal that sources said last week should win conditional approval from the European Union.


The creation of Ocean Three means all major Asia-Europe shipping firms are now part of vessel-sharing deals, potentially encouraging similar moves in other parts of the world, CMA CGM's Saade said.


"I think this phenomenon (of alliances) is going to grow. People talk a lot about east-west but we also have partnerships on north-south routes even if it's not yet on the same scale," Saade added.

 

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ας πούμε ότι οι άλλοι "εταίροι" MSC/Maersk της (μη υλοποιηθείσας τελικώς για λόγους ανταγωνισμού) P3, προχώρησαν εν τω μεταξύ σε δική τους συμφωνία συνεκμετάλλευσης (vessel sharing agreement) των πλοίων τους σε αρκετές γραμμές ονομάζοντας το σύμφωνο 2Μ.

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Μιας και μιλήσαμε για την MSC να πούμε ότι υλοποιεί πολυ φιλόδοξο σχέδιο ναυπήγησης box ships.

 

 

The Swiss-Italian ocean carrier MSC is embarking on an aggressive expansion path, which could see it overtake Maersk by the end of 2016 to become the world’s largest container line. MSC was recently linked to two new sets of orders for 19,000 teu ships, bringing its total order book to over 610,000 teu.

 

China’s Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co. (BCLC) has signed or- ders for three 19,000 teu ships at Daewoo (DSME), backed by long term char- ters to MSC, adding to three similar units ordered in July last year. In addition, MSC is also linked to orders for three 19,200 teu ships at Samsung H.I. by Scorpio Group, with options attached for two or three more units. The Samsung deal however, has not been formally confirmed yet. Together, these orders bring the total number of firm contracts for 16,000-19,000 teu ships linked to MSC to 17 units, which could increase further if options are converted.

 

In addition, MSC has commitments for some 35 wide-beam neo-panamaxnew- buildings of 8,800-9,400 teu. All of MSC’s ships on order are slated for delivery in 2015 and 2016, with the carrier’s total operated capacity expected to rise from 2.50 Mteu currently to 3.00 Mteu by the end of 2016. This capacity fore- cast includes projections for some 110,000 teu expected to be scrapped or disposed of by MSC over the next two years.

The massive capacity expansion could allow MSC to overtake Maersk, says Alphaliner.

 

Reference: alphaliner.com

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