BEREITTHE SHORTE FÜR GROSSEST PA AUFGTH ABEN. JEDER- ZEIT.IS A ÜB SERTRAALL.IGHT BLG LINE www.blg.de PREFACE & CONTENT DecembeR Download the new LOGISTICS PILOT EDITION kiosk app and read our magazine offline 2013 on your smartphone or tablet. Main theme 10 Michael Skiba, Head of Marketing at bremenports GmbH & Co. KG Logistics story Dear readers 14 What you are holding right now is the second edition of our new magazine, LOGISTICS PILOT. The idea of intensifying cooperation between the German ports under the brand “German Ports” using a printed specialist magazine as well as joint trade fair appearances (an idea that has been driven forward with much consensus along Germany’s coastline – and not just within the political sphere) is the common aim of the existing cooperation partners from Bremen and Lower Saxony. As the issuer of the magazine, we are continuing to work towards even closer cooperation between all of the German ports, and we hope to be able to extend the group of cooperation partners to the entire northern German coast in the short or long term. The concept of cooperation is, and remains, a topical one – not only in the field of location marketing, but also in terms of hinterland connections and infrastructure, which is our focus topic in this edition. The main competitors for the northern German seaports are in western Europe. Sustainability For this reason, it is important for ports to not just work to improve their own position, but to help strengthen 16 Germany as a location, and to work together in the political arena to fight for more investment in hinterland , , G connections for all ports, so that all of the German seaports remain efficient and competitive – to the benefit LIN E of the entire German economy! ) E I hope you enjoy reading! WIS Yours, CK R, CLAUDIA KNI CLAUDIA R, E LO C RS ( RS E Michael Skiba T HANNOV E A P B E N ANI EF T S Interview Security Customer portrait G, G, L S/FOTOLIA, S/FOTOLIA, C I P 20 22 24 ORTS/B Impression 4 P N RLAND E AU EME S News in Brief 6 R B RNDT, RNDT, People 26 A ODAL, ODAL, M R ARD E Appointments 28 NT I CKH E AT Imprint 30 G OTOS: E OTOS: H P EURO Preview 30 LOGISTICS PILOT December 2013 3 IMPREssioN Transport infrastructure in Germany KIEL Infrastructure is one of the key parameters for prosperity in Germany as one of Europe’s central transport hubs. After all, well-developed and intact transport routes have a particularly big impact HAMBURG SCHWERIN on regional economic growth. In light of the predicted increase in volumes of goods traffic, both WILHELMSHAVEN maintenance and expansion of transport routes are essential. What is important is to consider all modes of transport. BREMEN Transport infrastructure, 2012 BERLIN HANNOVER 7,731 km 37,877 km 230,702 km POTSDAM Waterways Rail network Road network, cross-regional roads MAGDEBURG SOURCE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL OFFICE (2012) Volume of goods traffic up to 2025 in billions of tonne kilometres 700 DÜSSELDORF 600 DRESDEN ERFURT 500 Inland vessel Train Lorry 400 300 200 WIESBADEN MAINZ 100 0 55 62 170 64 71 282 67 77 346 64 95 403 57 104 453 80 152 704 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2025 SOURCE: VDA (2010): COMMERCIAL VEHICLEs – EFFICIENT, FLEXIBLE, FUTURE-PROOF SAARBRÜCKEN STUTTGART Transport distances for one tonne of goods with the same energy consumption 100 km by road MÜNCHEN 300 km by rail 370 km by water SOURCE: WASSER- UND SchIFFFAHRTSAMT RHEINE 4 LOGISTICS PILOT December 2013 IMPREssioN KIEL Key transport networks DY Transport infrastructure in Germany E at a glance NN E Road (autobahn, main road) L (7), KARIN K (7), L SCHWERIN WILHELMSHAVEN HAMBURG Rail CHE NTS E H KE I Water E BREMEN S: H C Kilometres I Scale PH RA 0 20 40 60 80 100 1 : 2,500,000 G O F N I SOURCE: FEDERAL AgeNCY FOR CARTOGRAPHY AND GEODESY, FRANKFURT AM MAIN (2012) BERLIN HANNOVER POTSDAM Transported goods, 2012 MAGDEBURG in millions of tonnes 3,311 t Road DÜSSELDORF DRESDEN ERFURT 366 t Rail 223 t Water SOURCE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL OFFICE (2012) WIESBADEN MAINZ Comparison of goods traffic Many routes lead to the same destination. In every case, it is important to choose the most suitable means of goods transport. And this choice depends on the following factors: SAARBRÜCKEN Lorry Train Inland vessel STUTTGART Transport time Compliance with deadlines Transport cost Flexibility MÜNCHEN Network density very well suited very poorly suited SOURCE: LOGISTIKSYSTEME / PFOHL 2004 LOGISTICS PILOT December 2013 5 NEWS IN BRIEF P3 alliance plans to head for container terminal WILHELMSHAVEN. If the competition authorities agree, Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven will be used regularly by container ships under the new P3 alliance from summer 2014 at the latest. In the future, the SUMMARY NEWS three global market leaders want to merge parts of their fleets and market them together. This intention was outlined in the plans of container shipping companies Maersk, MSC and CMA-CGM. In order to realise this, New port Maersk intends to provide 42 per cent, or 1.1 million TEU, MSC 34 per cent, or 900,000 TEU, and CMA CGM on the Polar Sea 24 per cent, or 600,000 TEU. This results in a total capacity of 2.6 million standard containers. In addition to this, the three shipping companies plan to run 255 ships on the route from Asia to Europe via the BREMEN. Iceland wants to Pacific and the Atlantic, with the aim of achieving better use of capacity and more departures. The plan is to play a bigger role in logistics in have up to eight trips from Asia each week. future. For this reason, Ice- landers are thinking seriously about the construction of a new port. Planners and engineers from port company bremen- ports, who markets their mari- time and technical expertise all over the world, have been asked to collaborate in the “Finna- fjord” port project. First, preliminary investigations must be made into geological properties and environmental concerns. In addition, legal and political questions need to S be answered. The aim is to & D E conclude a contract for the entire development planning. A KRAUS A J N E V Röhlig takes over S G, G, L premium agent BREMEN. The owner-run ORTS/B P N logistics company Röhlig has EME R taken over a 100 per cent share B Basis for Round table brings Dettmer Rail AIL, AIL, in its long-term premium agent R R Procargo in South America. Amrumbank West positive results founded ME TT The global expansion of the DE S, S, CUXHAVEN. Cuxhaven is the BREMEN. An initiative launched by the ports HAMBURG. The C network is a key component of ISTI base port for the offshore wind and logistics sector has created a catalogue of Dettmer Group is entering G the 2018 corporate strategy. O L farm “Amrumbank West”, measures for improving the accessibility of the into the rail business. O G Röhlig had already taken on 50 located to the north west of port city of Bremen for large-capacity and From 1 January 2014, the per cent of Procargo shares G CAR Heligoland. The terminal heavy transport vehicles (GST). The sugges- newly founded company L back in 2011. Röhlig has foreign operator Rhenus Cuxport was tions of the working group were met with positivity Dettmer Rail will provide ORTS, B ORTS, subsidiaries in Argentina, Chile, commissioned with the from the authorities, and have been implemented transport services on NP Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. handling of 80 foundation over the past few months. The travelling time for block trains and ORT, ORT, P R In addition, it has agent constructions up to mid-2014 accompanied GST now only ends at 6:00, and GST individual wagons, as E S E W contracts with local partners in and the cabling within the farm. are permitted during the night between Sunday well as goods group E other important markets such Once it is completed, the wind and Monday. In addition, access has been transport, within as Brazil and Columbia. farm will have an output of 288 improved and the number of staff in the Office Germany and into OTOS: JAD OTOS: H P megawatts. for Roads and Transport has been increased. neighbouring countries. 6 LOGISTICS PILOT December 2013 NEWS IN BRIEF Utilising the ports’ opportunities for growth GERMANY. The maritime sector is calling on the new German government to provide better connections for German ports. According to Ten years of Initiative the Association of German Seaport Companies Stadtbremische Häfen (ZDS), connections between the ports and the transport infrastructure need to be expanded BREMEN. Ten years ago, Robert O. Drewes (right in the in line with needs in order to be able to utilise the image) – together with a group of medium-sized companies – growth opportunities of the German seaports. launched the “Initiative Stadtbremische Häfen” (“Initia- Furthermore, in its statement the association tive for the ports of the city of Bremen”) in order to focus asks the new federal government to come the view of politics and administration on the traditional ports up with a master plan for the change in energy in Bremen. In his welcome speech at the jubilee celebration, policy with the expansion of offshore wind Bremen’s Senator for Economics and Ports, Martin Günthner, energy. It is counting on the support of the said that he was delighted that such a variety of small and federal government for the expansion of medium-sized companies was presenting a united front.