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Executive Summary

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Industry Structure

FERRY SECTOR

CRUISING SECTOR

INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT

Table 1: Major International Ferry Routes from UK Ports, 1993

Table 2: Structure of the UK Ferry Industry, 1993

Table 3: World Cruise Market, 1991

Table 4: Personnel Employed in Sea Transport, 1992

Customer Profile

Table 5: Purpose of Visit of Outbound UK Residents by Sea, 1988-1992

Table 6: Purpose of Visit of Outbound UK Residents by Sea (000), 1991 and 1992

Table 7: Age Breakdown of Outbound UK Residents ( percent of visits to country), 1992

Industry Supply

FERRY SECTOR

MARKET SHARES

MARKET SHARES

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Table 8: Vessel Capacity of Major UK Ferry Operators, 1992/ 1993

Table 9: P&O European Ferries - Usual Vessel Deployment by Route, 1993

Table 10: Stena Sealink Ltd - Usual Vessel Deployment by Route, 1993

Table 11: Sea Containers Ltd - Usual Vessel Deployment by Route, 1993

Table 12: Brittany Ferries Group - Usual Vessel Deployment by Route, 1993

Table 13: International Ferry Passenger Transport Market Shares ( percent), 1991 and 1992

Table 14: Principal Cruise Lines Marketed in the UK, 1993

Table 15: Capacity Shares of Major World Cruise Lines, March 1993

Table 16: Booking Breakdown - CTC Cruise Lines, August 1993

Table 17: Main Media Cruise Line Advertising in the UK (£000), 1993

Table 18: Main Media Ferry Operator Advertising in the UK (£000), 1993

Industry Forum

P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES LTD

BRITISH CHANNEL ISLAND FERRIES LTD

HOVERSPEED (UK) LTD

OLAU LINE (UK) LTD

BRITTANY FERRIES

NORTH SEA FERRIES

COLOR LINE

SWANSEA CORK FERRIES

B&I LINE

CTC CRUISE LINES

RED FUNNEL

FRED OLSEN TRAVEL

P&O CRUISES/PRINCESS CRUISES

SCANDINAVIAN SEAWAYS

Market Size

MARKET SIZE

FERRY SECTOR

CRUISE SECTOR

Table 19: International Passenger Movements to and from the UK by Sea (000 passengers), 1988-1992

Table 20: UK Market for Passenger Shipping by Visits (000), 1988-1992

Table 21: Growth in the UK Passenger Ferry Industry (000 passengers), 1988-1992

Table 22: Growth in Cars Transported by the UK Ferry Industry (000 cars), 1988-1992

Table 23: Growth in Coaches Transported by the UK Ferry Industry (000 passengers), 1988-1992

Table 24: Growth in the UK Market for Cruises by Segment (000 passengers), 1988-1992

Recent Developments

FERRY SECTOR

CRUISE SECTOR

Table 25: New Vessels Deployed on UK Ferry Routes, 1991-1993

Future Prospects

FERRY SECTOR

CRUISE SECTOR

Table 26: Projected Figures for UK-Continent Passenger Traffic (000 passengers), 1992-1997

Table 27: Planned Cruise Ship Tonnage, 1993-1995

Table 28: Projected Figures for UK Cruise Market, 1992-1997

Company Profiles

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

ICC INFORMATION SOURCES

ICC INFORMATION GROUP LTD

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The UK passenger shipping industry, described in this report, participates in open-sea passenger transport by ferry or cruise vessel. Some long-sea ferry routes and some short cruising itineraries offer a similar product and occasionally use the same vessels. However, the passenger shipping industry consists of two distinct markets -- ferries and cruises. There are few companies represented in both segments of the market, although the cruises and ferries division of the P&O Group is the UK market leader for ferries and cruises. Nevertheless, separate, semi-autonomous companies undertake the cruise and ferry activities of the P&O Group.

In 1992, the ferry industry carried nearly 49.4 million passengers on major routes into and out of major UK ports. This was 2.6 percent more than the previous year. The increase in UK-Continent traffic was the main reason behind the overall increase. The UK-Continent sector of the ferry market increased by 4.9 percent in 1992, to nearly 29.7 million passengers, compared with a 0.7 percent increase in UK-Eire traffic to nearly 3.2 million passengers. Traffic on major UK domestic routes fell by 0.8 percent to slightly less than 16.5 million passengers.

With the exception of UK domestic routes in 1992, all sectors of the ferry industry have grown every year since 1988. This was despite the recession and the Gulf War, which affected most of the travel industry over the period. Between 1988 and 1992, passengers on Continental routes increased by 30.0 percent; on Irish Republic routes by 27.3 percent; and on major domestic routes by 11.1 percent. Sealink Stena is the only company represented in all three sectors of the UK ferry market, yet P&O European Ferries is largest in terms of total passengers carried. On international routes, P&O European Ferries and Stena Sealink command 68.6 percent of the market in terms of passengers carried, followed by Brittany Ferries with approximately an 8 percent share.

In 1992, around 220,000 UK residents took a cruise on the open seas, making the UK the second largest cruising nation in the world, after the US. This was 18.7 percent passengers more than the previous year. The rise in the number of fly-cruises to the Caribbean and the Mediterranean was the main reason for the increase. There were 11,000 additional Caribbean cruisers, to total around 84,400, and 15,000 more Mediterranean fly-cruisers, to total 30,400 in the year. The UK cruise market grew by 50 percent between 1988 and 1992. Over the period, fly-cruising increased its share of the market from 56 percent to 65 percent.

Cruise market shares fluctuate due to the positioning of ships. The Ex-UK market was stable at approximately 50,000 passengers during the 1980s. However, the market increased significantly in 1991, to more than 65,000 passengers, due primarily to P&O's introduction of a second ship on the Ex-UK routes. On Ex-UK routes P&O Cruises has approximately 80 percent of the market.

The underlying trends in international travel suggest that demand growth in the cruise and ferry markets will continue, although the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 will have an impact on the short-sea crossing market to France. Key Note estimates that, despite a period of instability and loss of share to the Eurotunnel in 1994 and 1995, the UK-Continent ferry market will increase by 17 percent between 1992 and 1997. Based on the capacity increases planned over the next few years, growth in the cruising market is likely to be greater than that of the ferry market. Key Note forecasts that the cruising market will double in size between 1992 and 1997 to 443,000 passengers.

Text © 1993 Key Note

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