Last year the harbour terminals of Contship Italy have enlivened almost 6,6 million container (+5.7%)



Last year the managed and participated harbour terminals from the group Contship Italy, whose shareholders are the Germans Eurogate and Eurokai respective with quotas 33.4% and 66.6%, have enlivened a traffic of the container pairs almost 6,6 million teu, with a progression of +5.7% respect to beyond 2,2 million teu in 2013. Single terminals Italian of Contship Italy have enlivened traffic almost 5,2 million teu (- 0.1%) and terminal Moroccan Eurogate Tanger, to which Contship Italy it participates stopping 40% of TangerMedGate that in its turn possesses 50% of the terminalista company African, has enlivened a traffic record of 1,4 million teu (+34.2%).

In the 2014 containerized trade enlivened from the Italian harbour terminals of Contship Italy it has been pairs almost three million teu to the Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), the terminal of the group that manages the entire containerized trade of the port of Gioia Tauro, with a bending of the -3,8% on the year precedence that - it has explained the group - has been consequence is of relative the summery slow down to the change of computer science system is to the temporary interruption of the activities tied to the management under aegis of the UN of the transit in the calabrian port of call of a coming cargo of chemical weapons from Syria. Contship enlivened Italy has specified that the medium number of teu for ship to Gioia Tauro has grown of +3% to ulterior confirmation of the trend of increase of the dimension of the ships in service along the commercial routes East-West and has announced that to December 2014 MCT have recorded a total accumulated of 50 million teu enlivened and is prepared to break a new record to september 2015 when celebrates its twentieth year of activity.

Last year to La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT), the terminal of the group in the port of, is enlivened 1,1 million teu (+7.6%), figure that includes also the volumes enlivened from May 2014 from the Speter, terminalista society that to half 2014 is incorporated in the group Contship Italy ( on 9 June 2014). In the port of Cagliari the Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT) has enlivened 656 thousand teu (0%), Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) of the port of Salerno has totaled a traffic pairs to 234 thousand teu (+20.6%) and the container enlivened from the Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) of the port of Ravenna has been pairs to 198 thousand teu (- 3.9%), turned out this last one - has specified the group - that sure it is influenced by the limits of depth of waters and accessibility to the docks that - Contship Italy has remembered - the Harbour Authority confirmation of wanting to resolve during 2015.

Last year in the intermodal field the branches Sogemar and Hannibial has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 240 thousand teu, stable regarding 2013, and the activity of railway traction of the branch Oceanogate Italy has recorded almost 1,1 million train-km (- 1.1%). Contship Italy has explained that the services of intermodal transport have recorded good results until the half of November, when the intense rains have caused to the flooding of the railway monitoring station RFI (Italian Railway Net) of Melzo (Milan); the railway operativity of the terminal of Melzo has remained suspended during the second half of November and heavy limited during all the month of December. As consequence has evidenced the group - Oceanogate Italy has recorded a reduction of the train-km operated regarding the year precedence, while the teu transported in national and international within they have remained the same ones of 2013.

"The navigation companies - it has found Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello, president of Contship Italy, commenting the results achieved from the group in 2014 - continue to develop their strategy of alliances, fusions, integration and cooperation. Made operations in order to increase the efficiency of their Networks, to reduce the operating costs, to improve the levels of service, reliability and punctuality, beyond to a greater cover of the served markets. The pressure to the decrease on the rates seems destined to persist, even if encouraging signs of resumption are recorded. The group Contship continuous Italy to invest in way consisting in own terminals, preparing the land for the new scene that previews important changes in the field of the navigation companies. The Networks of services East - West (2M), Ocean Three (O3) and the agreement of cooperation between UASC and Hamburg Süd, so as those between Hapag-Lloyd, CSAV and between CCNI and Hamburg Süd have become operating in 2015 beginning to compete, in the total market, with the Networks already existing CKYHE and G6. For these reasons - it has concluded Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello - the Contship offer is evolving with new producing through which to rethink the supply chain total and to serve with effectiveness and efficiency, not only the greater Italian markets, but also the European markets to beyond the Alps".