reefer class + west coast congestion

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Reefer classMSC Houston

MSC HoustonFebruary 2015

Pasquale TirannoFrancisco GoncalvesJudith Suwandi


Reefer Volume (2011 to 2013)- 2011 MSC USA has moved ex USA 37,911 TEUS (Top 10)- 2012 MSC USA has moved ex USA 52,053 TEUS (Top 7)- 2013 MSC USA has moved ex USA 61,168 TEUS (Top 6)


Reefer Volume (2014)Sum of TEUS Column LabelsRow Labels MLSL EGLV MDSC OSKL HJSC HYMM AMPL NYKL OOCL KLINAUSTRALIA 1990 6 503 47 589 143 2 435ope 9068 806 4982 1299 2069 302 111 2720BLACK SEA 4806 422 5087 4 50CANADA 13 29 5 1 16CARIBBEAN 809 984 5354 23 92 109 4 376CENTRAL AFRICA 2492 CENTRAL AMERICA 3867 1215 1020 95 64 1946 850CONTI 10356 4348 1733 1687 198 705 1623 1407 3708 243E AFRICA 57 742 4E C SO. AMERICA 337 16 791 130 24 237E MED 5047 35 3963 2 262 9GREECE and TURKEY 3472 447 3732 334 153 904 31INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT 3013 857 2544 2718 2211 1302 2878 327 1047 6MEXICO 49 1 15 41 2 4 68MIDEAST 10290 1120 4849 1941 8212 2160 6654 457 760N AFRICA 95 2226N C SO. AMERICA 4630 303 729 176 129 543 108NEW ZEALAND 465 187 2 2 16NORTH EAST ASIA 45241 55965 9709 50806 46152 39881 28087 32102 24504 43629RED SEA 1379 59 452 12 182SCAN 72 73 630 63 6 148 78 340 2SO AFRICA 790 27 1553 410SOUTH EAST ASIA 12858 7176 2631 12071 7546 10997 8879 11143 10612 1103SOUTH PAC ISL 209 17 25UK 1361 43 865 266 324 651 1609 1267 1Unknown 18 8 34W AFRICA 10981 10333 1366 22 2W C SO. AMERICA 2690 475 6152 601 188 769 642W MED 2046 62 3466 21 27 181 11 343Grand Total 138487 74460 74294 73672 65532 58117 54274 49534 45759 44984

Only 166 TEUs from Evergreen

(N.2)!


Main commodities in Reefer market

Chilled/fresh cargo Frozen cargo

Limited shelf life, perishable cargo. T/T is necessary in order to have cargo in the best condition possible to be consumed/sold once arrives at POD.

Long shelf life, T/T doesn’t really matter except for special requests from shipper or consignee.

Main commodities:Citrus (Oranges, Lemons);Fruits (Bananas, Apples, Pears, Grapes);Fresh vegetables (Potatoes, Onions);Chilled meat (Beef, Pork);Chemicals (Haz and not).

Main commodities:Frozen meat (Poultry, Pork, Beef);Frozen seafood (Shrimp, Bottomfish, Hake, Salmon);Frozen butter;Frozen cheese;Frozen foodstuff.


Reefer characteristics Reefers MAX temp goes from –27 C to +27 C.

Set Point concept. The Set point determines proper temperature cargo

needs to be for effective transport.

Set points are split in two groups:

Frozen Cargo: Set point below –18 C . As for example, Frozen Meat,

Fish, crustaceos, etc. Temperature varies from –18C up to –25 C.

(Vents always closed) Chilled / Fresh Cargo: Temperature are above –4 C. Ex. Chilled meat,

fruits, vegetables, medicine, etc... (Vents can varies, from 100% closed

to 100% open)


Equipment inspection

• Container needs to be clean;

• Container seal rubers need to be in good conditions;

• Equipment well maintained and PTI (pre trip inspection) done by a trained professional technician.


West Coast CongestionMSC Houston

MSC USAFebruary 2015

Pasquale Tiranno – Traffic Logistics Coordinator


Weast Coast Congestion - Overview

Situation before October 2014 (when congestion started);

Actual situation;

Difference between before congestion started and actual situation;

How Reefer Exportations flow changed;

Conclusions.


West Coast ports before congestion started


WC ports before congestion started


Actual situation


How Reefer Exportation flow changedHouston Reefer bookings 2013/2014 study(Before congestion started)

Bookings cancelled out of West Coast approximately 16%

Above stats don’t include POL changes.

Houston Reefer bookings 2014/2015 study(During congestion)

Bookings cancelled out of West Coast approximately 39%

Above stats don’t include POL changes.

From 11/01/13 to 01/31/14 Units PercentageContainers West Coast 1244 70.60%Containers Gulf 121 6.87%Containers Est Coast 397 22.53%Tot containers booked 1762 100.00%

From 11/01/14 to 01/31/15 Units PercentageContainers West Coast 2313 57.85%Containers Gulf 377 9.43%Containers EC 1308 32.72%Tot containers booked 3998 100.00%

Export bookings 2014

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Containers GulfContainers ECContainers WC

Export bookings 2015

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Containers GulfContainers ECContainers WC


How Reefer Exportation flow changed

From 11/01/13 to 01/31/14 Units Percentage From 11/01/14 to 01/31/15 Units PercentageContainers West Coast 1244 70.60% Containers West Coast 2313 57.85%Containers Gulf 121 6.87% Containers Gulf 377 9.43%Containers Est Coast 397 22.53% Containers EC 1308 32.72%Tot containers booked 1762 100.00% Tot containers booked 3998 100.00%

12.75%

Domestic marketFresh cargo

Export market

Frozen cargo


How Reefer Exportation flow changed


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MSC USAFebruary 2015

reefer class + west coast congestion

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