Harbour Towage Services in European Ports
Harbour Towage Services in European Ports

Author: José Pascual Noguerón Tornero

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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The harbour towage market plays an important role in the competitiveness of a port. This Master thesis deals with the characteristics of the towage operations and the organisation of the harbour towage services on a European scale, with issues related to competitiveness, structure and model of the services, roles of the different players and legislation. To achieve a better understanding of the European towage industry, the analysis will intent to answer the question: What are the stakes of the harbour towage industry in Europe today that allow optimised and competitive services for ports. It will be demonstrated that contestability through a tendering process is the best model option given that removes the problem of overpricing and underservicing resulting from monopolism due to complementary inputs. Furthermore, a competitive benchmark will be developed between the ports of Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Rotterdam representing the North, and the ports of Algeciras, Barcelona, Genoa, Malta and Valencia for the South. The results indicate the fierce competition between Rotterdam and Antwerp and the big variance of towage tariffs in the Mediterranean.

SvitzerWijsmuller A/S and Adsteam Marine Ltd
SvitzerWijsmuller A/S and Adsteam Marine Ltd

Author: Great Britain: Competition Commission

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2007-03-19

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780117037458

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Svitzer Marine operates 41 tugs in the UK and provides services in seven ports and six terminals; Adsteam provides harbour and terminal towage services in six of the UK's major deep-water ports and adjacent waterways. This report on the proposed acquisition of Adsteam by Svitzer concludes that the only significant lessening of competition would occur at Liverpool, where Svitzer should be required to divest either the Adsteam or Svitzer operation to a suitable purchaser. As well as the report and findings, this publication contains: financial information on the two companies; industry background; information on entry conditions into local markets; an analysis of Svitzer and Adsteam prices and discounts; sales and market share in Liverpool.

Port towage in New Zealand
Port towage in New Zealand

Author: Peter J. Brom

Publisher: Mijnbestseller.nl

Published: 2023-07-04

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9464856378

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This book deals with towage in the New Zealand ports. Due to the geographical location of New Zealand, the ports have to deal with very diverse nautical conditions. It shows how regional councils decide what the best solution is for their port towing service. This has resulted in an interesting variety of tailor-made tugboats. However, in recent years there has been a development towards the use of more standard type of tugboats. Furthermore, this book deals with the commercial companies that operate from these ports. These are companies in the field of marine construction, dredging, salvage and transport. The tugboats operated by those companies are also covered in this book. Peter J. Brom (1953) was born in Amsterdam. As a young man became fascinated by the many tugs in the Netherlands. Since then he has followed the towage industry and wrote about it, among other things in the monthly magazine Lekko.