naval gigantism contaminates also the Japanese MOL



It will not even be, as someone have interpreted it, the declaration of the intention to equip the fleet of portacontainer of the group of ships with an ability to loaded record, advanced to that maximum up to now anticipates on the world-wide market. However the today's affirmation of the president of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Koichi Muto, expressed in the message for the new year represents the confirmation that the Japanese shipowning group, as many other primary companies of the line field, considers that the increase of the efficiency and the competitiveness of own activity of marine transport of the container must obligatorily pass through the breaking in the fleet of portacontenitori of large-capacity.

Commenting the results generated from the activity of containerized, Dumb marine transport it has found that the fleet of portacontainer of the group MOL is "a little behind" regarding the market in terms of competitiveness and of economic performances. "For how much it concerns to the faced structural problems from our division of the portacontainer - it has announced - we have already assumed provisions in order to restructure the activity, between which the adaptation of the fleet with the portacontainer larger of the world, from 20.000 teu, to the aim to return us more competitive under the profile of the costs".

After the recent breaking in the fleet of China Shipping Container Lines (CSLC) of portacontainer the CSCL Globe of the ability to 19.100 teu, that soon it will be placed side by side by the CSCL Pacific Ocean of analogous ability, and the income in the fleet of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) of the MSC Oscar, ship from 19.224 teu that the next April from binoculars MSC Oliver will be continuation, inclined the Japanese group parrebbe therefore to ulteriorly raise the level of ability to largest portacontainer in activity.

"With the total economic increase - it has observed Koichi Muto - the containerized cargo traffics will sure continue to increase and therefore our activity in the container, included the harbour terminals, constitutes an opportunity of increase. The true force of the company is determined by the modalities with which we can offer to ulterior appreciated value our customers and find the way to improve the competitiveness on the plan of the costs".