b'12American Journal of Transportation ajot.com(SUPPORTScontinued frombeexchangedforfully-chargedbat-page 6) teries when the vessel arrives at the container, an inland vessel can sail forcontainerterminalforloadingand two to four hours. With two ZES batteryunloading: so that ships can sail on containers, the vessel can sail a distancequickly, with minimal waiting time. of 50 to 100 km or up to 62 miles. Dedden says the energy contain-ZES was founded by ING bank,ers are designed for multiple applica-energytechnicalserviceprovidertions, so they can also be temporarily ENGIE, technology company Wrtsilused on shore to stabilize the electric-and the Port of Rotterdam Authority.ity grid or to meet momentary local The projects total cost is20 mil- demand for electricity. The system is lionforthefirstphaseofoperations.future-proof because it is independent FinancialsupportisprovidedbyINGoftheenergycarrier.Wewillstart bank, ENGIE, Wrtsil, the Port of Rot- outusingbatteries,butifhydrogen terdam Authority and the Dutch govern- becomes cheaper in the future, hydro-ment. The governments contribution isgentechnology-equippedcontainers in the form of a grant from the Ministrywill be able to supply power in the of Infrastructure and Public Works.same way. ZES will offer a complete range of products and services, based on inter- p Ayp erU Sef inAnCingchangeable battery containers chargedZES plans to rent out the battery power withrenewablepower,chargingsta- to lower the capital costs to vessel operators: tions, technical support and an innova- In order to make the transition to emis-tive payment concept for ship owners.sion-free sailing easier for skippers, an A Port of Rotterdam press releaseinnovative pay per use based financing explainedthatadditionalsupportmodel has been developed. As a result, comesfromtheDutchbeer-makerZES only charges the cost of consumed Heineken:TheHEINEKENbeerrenewableenergyandabatterycon-companyhasenteredintoanagree- tainerrentalfee,sothattheskippers ment with ZES, who will be providingoperatingcostsremaincompetitive. emission-free beer transports from theHowever, ships must be equipped with brewery in Zoeterwoude to Moerdijkan electric propulsion line.for ten years - a vital vote of end cus- Deddenprovidedfurtherdetails tomer confidence. Additional supporttoAJOT in an email: Among other comes from HEINEKEN, in the shapethings, weve had to deal with delays of a long-term transport agreement andrelated to COVID-19 and due to the an initial contribution to the develop- blockade of the Suez CanalAll this ment costs of a first ship operated byhas resulted in that weve had to post-its carrier CCT. CCT will not chargepone sailing to the summer of 2021. any handling costs for the loading andWe intend to contract four more ships unloading of the first ship. this year. WillemDedden,CEOofZeroOn the first vessel:we place EmissionServicessaidina20202 ZESpacks on board. These will take announcement:WithZES,wearethe place of two cargo TEU contain-introducingasystemicchangeiners(20ft)thatnormallywouldbe inland navigation, allowing barges tocargo containers. The size and weight (RESURGENCEcontinued fromteredinHamburg,Germany,whosesail emission-free thanks to replace- reflect the normal ISO (International page 8) indexisbasedona12,500dead- able battery containers.StandardizationOrganization)stan-Hamburg on a multipurpose vessel.weighttonmultipurpose/heavy-liftThe companys ZESpacks batteriesdard requirements. F-Type vessel for a six- to 12-monthare container size and will loaded ontoHeaddedIntheory,having2 MpV g rowTh charter period. The demand for cargotheself-propelledbargesalongwithZESpacksonboardmeans2cargo Themaritimemarketanalystsspace is booming and so are the cargothe containers carrying freight. containerslesscapacity,however, atDrewryprojectthatmultipurposeinquiriesforthenextmonths,saidbecause we see that vessels are rarely vessel (MPV) market share will growYorck Niclas Prehm, head of researchB ATTeryp ACkSw illB e fullyloaded,having2ZESpackson 9%in2021,basedlargelyontheatToepfer.Largeoperatorstrytoe xChAngedA TC onTAiner boarddoesntimpacttheamountof phenomenonofcargomovingfromkeep the tonnage they have and to addT erMinAlS cargoinpractice.Normalcontainers containers and impacted by port con- up more, causing only very few ves- TheZESbatteriesarechargedmay be placed on top of the ZESpacks gestion.Withbreakbulkdemandsels to appear on the spot market. with sustainably generated power. A net-Crew will have a direct training on firm and charter rates in the compet- For some shippers, there is anotherwork of open access charging pointsthe handling but the operation should ingsectorsatlevelsnotseenfora(RESURGENCEcontinued onwill be set up for exchanging batterynotbedifferentandfullyintegrated numberofyears,shippersreturnedpage 13) containers. Depleted ZES batteries will(SUPPORTScontinued on page 14)to the MPV sector for their transport requirements, said Susan Oatway, a senioranalystformultipurposeand breakbulkshippingatDrewryShip-ping Consultants. The sector growth isexpectedtoslowtoabout3.5% in 2022 as supply issues sort them-selves out, said Oatway.Inthemeantime,breakbulkhas startedtoseecapacityproblemsand rateincreases.Thisinfluxofcargo hasledtoacapacitysqueeze,said MichaelMorland,GeneralManager Americas at AAL Shipping, a global multipurpose shipping operator. How long this will last remains to be seen.MpV r ATeSBut while it does last, breakbulk carriersareflexingtheirnewfound pricingpower.DrewrysMultipur-poseTimeCharterIndexsawrates increase by 15% in March over Febru-ary, a 24% rise over 2020, which saw a steep drop in rates. In April, rates increased by another 6.5%, reaching $8,300 per day.SimilarresultsforMPVcharter rateswerefoundbyToepferTrans-port,alargeshipbrokerheadquar-'