General Bulk Carriers Versus Selfunloading Ships

08 & 09th April 2002

Hilton Hotel

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

IN CO-OPERATION WITH CEMENT DISTRIBUTION CONSULTANTS

GENERAL BULK CARRIERS VERSUS

SELFUNLOADING SHIPS

Paco Castañer

Chief Executive

Auto Chartering S.A.

Spain

Biography

Paco Castañer

Chief Executive

Auto Chartering S.A.

Spain

Born in 1958 in the City of Barcelona, Spain, where he

graduated as a telecommunication engineer in 1981 from

Barcelona's Polytechnic University .

In the shipping business since 1983, as owner and manager

of Auto Chartering s.a. , brokering company specializing in

cement transportation that chartered during the year 2001

more than 4.2 million tons of cement and clinker, he is also

shareholder in other maritime companies focused in

shipowning, stevedoring and warehousing.

CV PACO CASTANER WORKSHOP.DOC

SELF DISCHARGING VESSEL VERSUS BULK CARRIER

Today we are going to talk about differences between selfdischarging vessels

(pneumatic ones) and ordinary bulk carriers.

When it come to the supply of cement in bulk, the big question made by the person in charge of a

terminal is whether they should import via a selfdischarging vessel or through a conventional

bulk carrier!

The truth is that the answer is not that easy..., what I intend to do through out this expose is to try

to bring out the pros and cons of each discharging system.

In a first part, we will talk about the investments for each system, then we will discuss the logistic

difference between both, and last but not least we will of course run through a very important

issue which is the cost per Metric tonne for each system.

So, let’s move on with the Investment:

INVESTMENT

Needless to say that the purchase of a land discharging system (Kovako, Siwertell or similar)

represents a substantial investment.

It is therefore very much important to be sure

of the volume we intent to import and

commercialise through our land silo as we

can easily make an error in choosing the...