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EDITION OCTOBER 2020 Magazine for Ports, Shipping and Logistics Latin America – hope for the future or cause for concern? Despite coronavirus, cocaine and Brexit Anchored in Emden Small but strong News from the main customs office in Anker Schiffahrt handles more Boluda’s tugs make their mark Bremen than just cars in ten German seaports Page 20 Page 22 Page 24 WAS WIR TUN, NENNT MAN LOGISTIK. WIE WIR ES TUN, LEIDENSCHAFT. Unser stärkster Antrieb ist dabei immer, für Sie die beste Logistiklösung zu fi nden. blg-logistics.com PREFACE & CONTENT LOGISTICS PILOT goes digital Visit us online at www.logistics-pilot.com “ The potential is huge.” Dr. Mark Heinzel, head of the North and Latin America division at the Association EDITION of German Chambers of Commerce OCTOBER 2020 Focus on: Latin America Impression Facts & figures on Dear Readers, 4 Latin America When we think of Latin America, we tend to News Reports from think of the production and export of food the industry and drink: coffee from Colombia, Costa Rica 6 or the Honduras; soya beans from Brazil and Main topic Paraguay; beef from Uruguay; copper from Hope for the future or Chile; and oil, primarily from Venezuela. From cause for concern? Bolivia comes lithium, from Cuba tobacco. All these 10 goods are either raw materials – vegetable or mineral – or Behind the Scenes have been only lightly refined or processed. But they are goods that go to meet the basic Don’t get straight needs of the rest of the world. More than 50 percent of the world’s coffee comes from Latin to the point 18 America, as does almost 50 percent of its soya beans and about twenty percent of its oil Safety & security reserves. Chile and Peru together supply about one third of the copper processed in the Business as usual – world each year. Mexico and Brazil are among the top twenty industrialised nations in the despite coronavirus, world. Mexico in particular benefits from sharing a border with the US. Many primary and 20 cocaine and Brexit finished products are made there. Portrait All these goods have to be transported around the world. The Panama Canal provides a Anchored in Emden, stable connection between the two largest oceans in the world. Latin America’s location linked to Bremen 22 between Asia, Europe and the US is its great strategic advantage. But its domestic HAPAG-LLOYD; FOTO SEITE 3: DIHK/JENS SCHICKE SEITE 3: DIHK/JENS FOTO HAPAG-LLOYD; infrastructure sometimes leaves a lot to be desired. Routes to port are often a challenge. Logistics story Small but strong Despite strenuous efforts, the region’s economy has been growing below the global average for years, thanks to poor infrastructure, inequality, bureaucracy and corruption. NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY, PIXABAY (4), UNSPLASH (11), BMW, BMW, (11), UNSPLASH (4), PIXABAY OBSERVATORY, EARTH NASA 24 COVER MONTAGE: MONTAGE: HEIKE MAY; PHOTOS: RETO STÖCKLI/ RETO PHOTOS: HEIKE MAY; MONTAGE: MONTAGE: COVER Nevertheless, the potential remains high. Pent-up investment demand is enormous, and the Appointments region is rich in raw materials. German companies in the region are mainly located in Digital, hybrid and Mexico and Brazil. If the continent can solve its structural problems and invest in efficient face-to-face events 27 governance, infrastructure and education, the potential for growth is virtually unlimited. People Best wishes, Reports from Mark Heinzel 28 the industry Preview & Imprint Focus on India 30 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2020 3 IMPRESSION Mexico Focus on the Manzanillo Big Five For safari goers in Africa, the Big Five are of course the elephant, Cartagena Bay rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard. But here we put the Big Five of Latin America under the microscope. These are the five countries that last year were the region’s biggest buyers of German goods: Columbia Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Columbia (see also page 10). Mexico (figures from 2019) Capital: Mexico City Area: 1,964,375 km2 Population: 127.6m* GDP/capita: US$10,118* Top three export goods Main supplier countries German export goods as % of total exports Share in % to Mexico* 1. Motor vehicles & parts 24.6% 1. US 44.1% as % of total exports 2. Electronics 14.6% 2. China 17.8% 1. Machinery 25.1% 3. Machinery 9.4% 3. Germany/Japan/ 3.8% 2. Motor vehicles & parts 21.8% South Korea – all 3. Chemical products 12.8% Top three import goods SOURCE: GERMANY TRADE AND INVEST 2020, as % of total imports Main customer countries *PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, ESTIMATE OR FORECAST 1. Electronics 14.9% Share in % 2. Machinery 13% 1. US 76.0% Chile 3. Chemical products 9.7% 2. Canada 3.0% 3. Germany/China – 1.5% both San Antonio Columbia (figures from 2019) Capital: Bogotá Fläche: 1.138.910 km2 Population: 50.3m* BIP/Kopf: 6.508 US-$* Argentina Top three export goods Main supplier countries German exports goods as % of total exports Share in % to Columbia* 1. Crude oil 32.8% 1. US 25.6% as % of total exports 2. Coal 17.8% 2. China 20.6% 1. Chemical products 32.7% 3. Food 12.1% 3. Mexico 7.7% 2. Machinery 18.3% … 3. Motor vehicles & parts 11.8% Top three import goods 5. Germany 4.2% SOURCE: GERMANY TRADE AND INVEST as % of total imports 2020, *PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, 1. Chemical products 20.3% Main customer countries ESTIMATE OR FORECAST 2. Electronics 10% Share in % 3. Food 9.7% 1. US 27.1% 2. China 9.7% 3. Panama 7.3% 4 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2020 Brazil (figures from 2019) Capital: Brasilia Area: 8,515,770 km2 Population: 211.1m* GDP/capita: US$ 8,797* Top three export goods Top three import goods Main customer countries as % of total exports as % of total imports Share in % 1. Raw materials 30.6% 1. Chemical products 23.9% 1. China 26.8% (excl. fuels) 2. Machinery 9.4% 2. US 12.2% 2. Food 18.3% 3. Electronics 8.9% 3. Argentina 6.2% 3. Crude oil 10.5% … Main supplier countries SOURCE: GERMANY TRADE AND 6. Germany 2.2% INVEST 2020, Share in % *PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, ESTIMATE OR FORECAST 1. China 19.2% German export goods 2. US 16.2% to Brazil* 3. Argentina 6.1% as % of total exports Chile (figures from 2019) 4. Germany 5.8% 1. Chemical products 30.3% Capital: Santiago de Chile 2. Machinery 24.1% Population: 19m 3. Motor vehicles & parts 11.2% Area: 756,102 km2 GDP/capita: US$15,399* Top three export goods as % of total exports Brazil 1. Raw materials 37.2% Largest ports (excl. fuels) by country 2. Food 22.8% 3. Non-ferrous metals 21.9% Top three import goods as % of total imports 1. Motor vehicles & parts 12.1% 2. Chemical products 12% Argentina (figures from 2019) 3. Machinery 11.5% Santos Capital: Buenos Aires Area: 2,780,400 km2 Population: 44.8m* GDP/head: US$9,888* Main supplier countries Share in % Top three export goods Main supplier countries 1. China 23.8% as % of total exports Share in % 2. US 19.3% 1. Food 44.6% 1. Brazil 20.5% 3. Brazil 8.1% 2. Raw materials 7% 2. China 18.8% … (excl. fuels) 3. US 12.8% 5. Germany 4% Buenos Aires 3. Motor vehicles & parts 6.6% 4. Germany 5.6% Main customer countries Top three import goods Main customer countries Share in % as % of total imports Share in % 1. China 32.4% Argentina 1. Chemical products 21% 1. Brazil 15.9% 2. US 13. 6% 2. Machinery 15.7% 2. China 10.5% 3. Japan 9.1% 3. Motor vehicles & parts 11.2% 3. US 6.3% German export goods to Chile* SOURCE: GERMANY TRADE AND German export goods as % of total exports INVEST 2020, *PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, to Argentina* 1. Other vehicles 22.8% ESTIMATE OR FORECAST as % of total exports 2. Machinery 21% 1. Machinery 32.8% 3. Motor vehicles & parts 14.4% 2. Chemical products 23.1% SOURCE: GERMANY TRADE AND INVEST 2020, *PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, ESTIMATE OR 3. Motor vehicles & parts 13.4% FORECAST PHOTOS: HAMBURG SÜD/KPT. VOLKERT HARMS, FREEPIK.COM, FREEPIK.COM/FLATICON (6), INFOGRAFIKEN: HEIKE MAY INFOGRAFIKEN: (6), FREEPIK.COM/FLATICON FREEPIK.COM, HARMS, VOLKERT SÜD/KPT. HAMBURG PHOTOS: LOGISTICS PILOT October 2020 5 NEWS IN BRIEF BREMEN. Having already opened offices in Antwerp and Dubai, Bremen-based logistics firm Transport Overseas Group is now also represented in A first in Emden – LNG ship-to-ship refueling Berlin. The branch manager is Gunnar Hänel, who has years of EMDEN. For the first time ever, an LNG bunker the Directorate General for Waterways and Shipping. process has taken place from ship to ship in Emden However, the Port of Emden has LNG experience experience in project logistics. on the Siem Confucius. Around 1,500 metric tonnes dating back to 2015. The liquefied gas-powered The global Bremen-based of the minus 163 degrees Celsius cold LNG was Borkum ferry MS Ostfriesland operated by shipping company specialises in RoRo transferred from the bunker ship Engie Zeebrugge to company AG Ems is bunkered truck-to-ship. the 200 metre long vehicle transporter. Ships “Modern shipping needs up-to-date services in the and project cargo and has a powered by LNG have been able to refuel on the ports,” says Holger Banik, managing director of Lower large network for worldwide Emspier ship-to-ship since November 2019. Prior to Saxony Ports and the JadeWeserPort implementation shipping. As general agent this, the legal basis for approval and the safety company. “I am pleased that at Emden we can for the Saudi state shipping concepts had been developed with the fire offer the shipowners and the port industry the right department, the Waterways and Shipping Office and environment for switching to other fuels.” company Bahri, the firm also offers regular shipments to the Middle East.