2024-06-21 21:04:52
Passenger visitors in coastal transport is on the rise within the first 5 months of 2024
The will increase within the costs of spare ships and marine fuels, the elevated wage prices, but in addition the rise within the financial institution lending charges of the ferry firms, make unattainable for the second any dialogue in regards to the discount of the value of the ferry tickets. The above is identified by the president of the Affiliation of Passenger Delivery Firms, Dionysis Theodoratos, in response to which the final will increase in coastal ferry tickets had been round 15% and befell in 2022. Mr. Theodoratos notes specifically that based mostly on the info of April 2024 the costs of coastal gas for HSFO and VLSFO sorts utilized by standard ships have elevated by 9%, the price of spare elements by 14% and by 24% from 2021 crew wages, additionally based mostly on the related collective labor agreements signed up to now . It additionally studies that the price of financial institution borrowing attributable to rising rates of interest from banks elevated by 43% in 2024 in comparison with 2021.
The consultant of the liners states that from 01/05/2025 based mostly on the European regulation using gas with a most sulfur content material of 0.1% is necessary, which can lead many liner firms that don’t use scrubbers on their ships to they purchase gas elevated by 35%. Commenting on studies that talk of “cruise firm over-profits” he states that internet revenue on whole turnover is presently round 4% to six% when different tourism-related industries corresponding to automobile rental are at 10% and motels at 10 to 11%.
The President of the Affiliation of Delivery Banking & Finance Executives and Founder and CEO of XRTC Enterprise Consultants Giorgos Xiradakis factors out that even if the transport firms have proven previously that they wish to adapt to purely social standards and scale back costs in ferry tickets, a few of their prices stay excessive. He additionally emphasizes that for a lot of transport firms, a financially sturdy interval any more is critical since so as to have the ability to enter the “inexperienced” transition, excessive investments might be wanted, whereas banks, for his or her half, would require clear and worthwhile steadiness sheets with a purpose to present loans.
Nevertheless, he provides that then again the state needs to be very cautious about the way it will cope with monopoly pursuits whereas sustaining aggressive pressures which in themselves can carry decrease fares. He additionally provides that it’s the obligation of the market regulator, which is the state, to safeguard the financial surroundings of competitors because it will increase as fare costs could fall.
The inexperienced transition
Because the president of the coastal traces explains, as a part of the renewal of the coastal fleet in direction of the “inexperienced” transition for 2024, the typical age of the ships serving the coastal traces will now attain 30 years. It states that out of a complete of 115 ships, 50 of them (43.5%) are already over 30 years outdated, whereas their common age in 2030 might be 36 years and there might be 15 ships over 50 years outdated.
He provides that throughout the framework of the bundle of measures entitled “Match for 55” for the local weather accepted in 2023 by the European Fee, a sequence of EU laws regarding Delivery was revised, such because the gradual enlargement of the European Emissions Buying and selling System ( ETS) in maritime transport by 2026 and the anticipated difficulties in complying with the brand new laws on clear fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) that are estimated to extend the working prices of the transport trade.
“The transport firms might be obliged to purchase certificates and deposit them for 40% in 2024, 70% in 2025 and 100% of their verified emissions based mostly on the MRV regulation from 2026, whereas for Greece the duty issues the coastal traces to/from Crete and the Adriatic” he notes.
He additionally emphasizes that scheduled coastal transport traces connecting islands with a inhabitants of lower than 200 thousand everlasting residents to different ports throughout the identical nation are exempted from this obligation till 2030. “With out renewing the fleet, becoming a member of the ETS will put a burden on the working prices of the ships,” he says.
The place fares are going from 2022
In keeping with information offered to the Athens-Macedonian Information Company by the president of SEEN, Dionysis Theodoratos, the economic system class with a person ticket and a standard ship on the Piraeus-Syros line in 2024, 2023 and 2022 was 45.50 euros.
On the Piraeus-Tinos line, the person ticket with a standard ferry in 2022 and 2023 was 49 euros, whereas in 2024 it was 38.50 euros.
On the Piraeus-Paros line, the person ticket with standard ferries was 50 euros in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Apart from, on the Piraeus-Santorini route, the person ticket was 58 euros in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
For the Piraeus-Rhodes line, the person ticket with a standard ferry was 91 euros for 2022-2023-2024.
For the August routes the place passenger visitors is elevated in 2022, 2023 and 2024, the person cabin fare on the Piraeus-Mytilini line was 90 euros per particular person, on the Piraeus-Chios line at 82.50 euros, on the Piraeus- Rhodes at 139 euros, on the Piraeus-Santorini line at 105 euros, on the Piraeus-Chania line at 124 euros on the Piraeus-Patmos line at 118.50 on the Piraeus-Heraklion line at 96 euros and on the Piraeus-Kos line at 126.50.
For prime-speed ferries in 2023 and 2024, the financial class per particular person on a high-speed ferry on the Naxos-Folegandros route is 76.70 euros on the Naxos-Santorini route, 59.70 euros on the Naxos-Mykonos route, 57.70 euros in 2024 and 49 .70 in 2023 on the Mykonos-Amorgos line to 98.70 euros in 2023 and 89.70 in 2024, on the Milos-Amorgos line to 105.70 and on the Milos-Santorini line to 103.70 euros in 2023 and 93, 70 in 2024.
The rating of Greece by way of the price of touring by ship
Vivanoda’s on-line platform studies that Greece is within the eleventh place in Europe as the most costly nation to journey by ship (as of 2023).
Taking the typical value per particular person for a 100km journey, Turkey is in first place, adopted by the UK, Iceland, Morocco, Italy, Slovenia, Portugal, Spain, Eire, Malta, and Greece in eleventh place.
The worth index for coastal ferry routes in Greece has elevated by 3.6% in comparison with 2023.
The ferry routes from Turkey to the Greek islands (particularly the Chios – Cesme route) are by far the most costly, whereas the routes to Italy are the most cost effective.
Patras and Igoumenitsa from Venice or Ancona, in addition to the route between Mykonos and Lemnos are among the many least expensive coastal ferry routes within the nation.
Improve in passenger ferry visitors
When it comes to passenger visitors on the coastal ferry, within the first 5 months of 2024 a rise of 8.1% was recorded in comparison with the identical interval of 2023. Specifically, 3,100,541 passengers traveled by cruise ship to numerous locations as of 01/01/2024 till 31/05/2024 in comparison with 2,868,768 passengers in the identical interval final yr.
Within the automobile phase there was a rise of seven.2% since within the first 5 months of 2024 a complete of 430,258 autos had been traded in comparison with 401,430 autos in the identical interval of 2023. Additionally within the truck sector from 01/01/2024 to 05/31/2024 216,519 heavy autos had been traded autos towards 209,750 in the identical interval of 2023.
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