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Trans Port 2 14 EN.Indd 2/2014 Backman-Trummer Group Customer Publication • Wind turbine deliveries via the Port of Vaasa begin • OHSAS 18001 certifi cation for Rauanheimo • Rauanheimo expands in the Port of HaminaKotka of its own, in particular for Finland’s export continue to offer a competitive alternative. industry. At present, the prospects for other routes are The EU’s sulphur directive requires being investigated - across the Gulf of Bothnia signifi cant limits on fuel sulphur content for to Umeå and on to Norwegian ports that will vessels plying the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, not be affected by the sulphur directive or by the English Channel and the coast of North rail for example to continental Europe. America. The directive will have a positive Backman-Trummer is the largest full- impact on the environment. For ship-owners service forwarding company in western and international cargo traffi c, however, it Finland. Although our operating model and will mean additional costs. From Finland’s infrastructure are up to today’s challenges, perspective, the directive will be especially we will continue to invest in our service entity challenging. In relation to our western markets and fi ne-tune it to meet the needs of the longer we are, in fact, an island, and our foreign trade term. One example of this is the Vikby unitised Dear Reader, always requires a fair amount of sea transport. goods terminal that was completed in the It will probably not be possible for spring. Its location at the junction of major ur operating environment is subject to Finland to avoid the cost effects of the highways leading from Vaasa to the west and Ocontinuous changes that are beyond our sulphur directive, but they can be cut by south and future road links will offer effi cient control. The economic slump has already careful planning. Effi ciency can be obtained transport solutions far into the future. challenged Finnish companies for many years. for example by shifting to larger transport The sulphur directive set to take effect at the units and intermodal solutions combining a Bernt Björkholm beginning of 2015 will also pose challenges variety of transport modes. Short sea shipping Director combined with road transport will also Oy Backman-Trummer Ab OHSAS 18001 certifi cation for Rauanheimo y M. Rauanheimo Ab’s occupational The certifi ed operating health and safety system has been model will make the O work of Kokkola harbour granted a certifi cate according to the OHSAS personnel even safer 18001 standard. The certifi cation applies to Rauanheimo’s stevedoring, warehousing, ship clearance and forwarding operations in Kokkola. The certifi cate was granted by it even more systematic. Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd and is Now operations will be in effect for three years at a time. developed in accordance The OHSAS 18001 is the world’s best with an agreed model known and most common occupational and the results monitored health and work safety standard. It helps with various yardsticks,” organisations to identify and manage explains Hansén. signifi cant risk factors related to normal “The positive effects of operations and exceptional situations the new operational model thus preventing accidents and illnesses are already evident in the in advance. The system also helps make fact that the number of working days lost due occupational health and safety issues part of to illness has been cut by half,” Hansén says. an organisation’s management and everyday According to Hansén, operations will now operations. be developed according to the principle of Olav Hansén, head of quality assurance continuous improvement. “Certifi cation and work safety at Rauanheimo, considers requires evidence of operational quality and OHSAS 18001 certifi cation an important tool the related documents must also be in order. for improving the health and well-being of These issues will be evaluated annually Rauanheimo’s employees. with follow-up audits. We also plan to “Occupational health and work safety expand certifi cation to include our facility at management at Rauanheimo has long been of HaminaKotka,” says Hansén in explaining the a high standard and certifi cation will make future steps of the process. Backman-Trummer in brief 2/2014 ackman-Trummer is a group of companies Finland, from Kalajoki to Hanko and Hamina. that concentrate on export and import Backman-Trummer Group customers are Backman-Trummer Group Customer Publication B Editor-in-chief: Taru Gammelgård transport and port services. It provides its leaders in trade and industry. The group’s network Editor: Anneli Frantzén, Impact Communications customers with tailored logistics solutions. of partners covers transport hubs worldwide. Layout: Mikko Luoto, Performer Oy Backman-Trummer Ab Operations comprise road and rail transport, air Backman-Trummer is part of the KWH Group. Teollisuuskatu 1, 65170 Vaasa freight, shipping of containers and bulk goods, Its subsidiaries are Oy Blomberg Stevedoring Ab, P. O. Box 49, 65101 Vaasa, Finland Tel.: +358 20 777 1111 and forwarding services. In addition, the group Oy Adolf Lahti Yxpila Ab, Oy Moonway Ab, Fax: +358 20 777 1150 offers its customers warehousing and stevedoring Oy M. Rauanheimo Ab, Stevena Oy, Oy OWR www.backman-trummer.fi services in ten ports of western and southern Shipping Ab and Vaasa Stevedoring Oy. Cover: Unloading of tower components on a transport carrier 2/2014 Backman-Trummer Group Customer Publication Wind turbine deliveries via the Port of Vaasa begin Tower elements can be up to 40 metres in length and moving proceed smoothly thanks to our staff, who have learned to handle even the most demanding cargoes over the years,” says Mäki-Fränti. Port resources ready for growth Growth in project traffi c at the Port of Vaasa is the result of joint efforts and investments by the Port Authority, the City of Vaasa and Blomberg Stevedoring. Over the years new, heavy-duty crane and handling equipment has been acquired, new storage capacity has been built at the Port and fi eld areas have been expanded with the requirements of wind power plant projects in mind. Thanks to reinforcement of the bridge to Vaskiluoto last year, heavy unit goods can now be transported to and from the harbour. n recent years the port operator Oy Blomberg at Torkkola, Vähäkyrö, will arrive in Vaasa. According to Sakari Mäki-Fränti, the Port of IStevedoring Ab has invested heavily in project Lifting the components and loading them onto Vaasa now has the necessary resources. There will cargo handling. To date, major export companies transport carriers is the responsibility of Blomberg also be suffi cient demand for the staff’s project in Vaasa have especially benefi ted from the Stevedoring. According to Sakari Mäki-Fränti, know-how in the future. For the time being, wind opportunities brought by this investment. Now managing director of the company, handling of power plant projects in particular will continue to imports destined for wind farms under construction the wind power plant components places special account for a substantial share of the cargoes. on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia are also demands on staff and equipment alike. “There’s an obvious wind power boom in contributing to the increasing volumes. “Component size is the main challenge faced Finland at the moment. At the end of last year in wind power projects. Blades can be 60-70 metres there were 211 wind power plants with a combined Component size poses in length and tower elements as long as 40 metres. capacity of 448 megawatts in our country while a special challenge The components also represent substantial mass; new wind power projects accounting for more Imports of wind power plant components at the nacelle of a wind turbine may weigh more than than 10,000 megawatts have been announced. Vaskiluoto got under way last year. In early autumn 100 tonnes. The lifting involved with components This will probably mean many more shipments to of this year components for fi ve wind power plants of this size is extremely demanding and always Vaasa because of the especially large number of at Svalskulla, Närpes, were shipped via the Port. requires the simultaneous use of two cranes,” new power plants scheduled for construction on Later this autumn, ten shiploads of components explains Mäki-Fränti. the Ostrobothnian coast of the Gulf of Bothnia,” headed for a 16-unit wind farm under construction “Despite the degree of diffi culty, both lifting predicts Mäki-Fränti. The Vähäkyrö wind power park will be one of Finland’s largest When completed, the Torkkola wind power farm at Vähäkyrö will be one of the largest in The wind power plants, which will rise to Finland. Built for EVP Tuulivoima Oy, the project will cost in the neighbourhood of 100 a height of nearly 200 metres, will be built million euros. In all, it will comprise 16 wind power plants with a combined capacity of in a 1000 sq. hectare area. Altogether as much as a million kilos of steel and 1200 52.8 megawatts. Annual production of the wind power park will be equivalent to the energy truckloads of concrete have been used in needed by 10,000 family homes. The wind power plants will be erected in late autumn and their foundations. the park is scheduled for completion by June 2015. Backman-Trummer Group Customer Publication 2/2014 Rauanheimo expands in the Port of HaminaKotka The largest bulk cargo handled at the Port of Hamina comprised 42,000 tonnes of alumina clay. Rauanheimo was responsible for discharging the cargo and reloading it onto railway cars. A hub for transit traffi c Rauanheimo’s decision to expand operations at the Port of HaminaKotka two years ago was based in part on the company’s strong expertise in transit traffi c.
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