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30 Petkim Port ready for 2105 31 Yilport investing in Oslo 33 Barriers for Turkish transport firms 35 Two airports – brothers in arms 37 Turkish Cargo’s destinations 39 Ports competing to be biggest 10 Legal&Insurance Matters 40 Take the ferry to Trieste 42 TCDD and its new technology

Photo: Thinkstock Turkey has great plans by 2023 Tatkraft ausaus Hamburg Hamburg öffnungen Jubiläum, NeuerNeuer und GenerationenwechselGenerationenwechselShort routes18 and long shadows bei derder Coli-Gruppe Coli-Gruppe In Turkey the transport and logistics sector is also benefitting from the dynamic devel- Individuellopment of the fürfür economy. Öl&Gas Öl&Gas The country on the Bosphorus is establishing its position in er. During the recent first state visit by Geodisglobal setztsetzt trade, mit mit but spziellen there spziellen are still IT- many IT- obstacles on the way to the summit. a Mexican president to Ankara, Enrique 11 Ports&Shipping Lösungen neueneue Massstäbe Massstäbe 28 Peña Nieto emphasised intentions of for- Modern Turkey is a success story, and the malising a free-trade deal between the two transport business has done its share to Turkish hubs. But the Turkish transport countries. Discussions are underway. Geballtescontribute. The WissenWissen economic value of the and logistics industry’s ambitions go be- logistics sector alone comes to around yond the country’s immediate neighbours Risk of underestimating the risks UTCUSD undund 7 billion, Almajdouie Almajdouie and the number of employ- in the Community of Independent States The stormy developments at the Bospho- kooperierenees in the industry undund stands expan- expan- at more than30 and the Caucasus. rus have their downside as well. Imports 12 Shorter routes under pressure from the roads dieren400,000 nachnach people. Algerien Algerien The segment is certainly exceed exports, which affects the trade contributing to the country’s major goal Levelling de tra routes imbalance and the pairing of transport of becoming one of the world’s ten larg- A free-trade agreement between Turkey solutions. The lira has had a very volatile est economies by the 100th anniversary and Malaysia went into effect in May. time of it in 2014. The T urkish economy of the republic in 2023. According to the 32 other agreements are already operation- depends on a sustained inflow of foreign World Bank’s 2014 logistics performance al, and over and above this negotiations capital as well, also for the significant index, Turkey is currently in 30th place. with another 13 countries are underway. infrastructure measures required for the In 2010 it was ranked 42nd. The range stretches from Japan to some logistics segment. 14 Antwerp creates space for further growth The dynamic in Turkey cannot be sepa- Gulf states, the Democratic Republic of The extent of firms’ confidence in Tur- rated from its geographic position. Thus the Congo, Colombia and Ecuador. One key is thus crucially important at the level the land of the crescent moon has bene- agreement was suspended in 2011, how- of international relations. It was quite fited from trade sanctions against Iran ever – the one with Syria. fitting that the 52nd Fiata World Con- and the ongoing reconstruction of Iraq, A revived partnership with Mexico, gress was hosted by Utikad, the Turkish which have directed an additional flow which holds a similar strategic geographic freight forwarders’ association, in Istan- of goods between west and east by way of position in Latin America to that of Tur- bul in October, where the self-assurance key’s in Europe, is likewise drawing clos- of the logistics sector in Turkey was very 15 Slight decline in worldwide throughput tangible. Christian Doepgen

17 Aviation 19 LAN Cargo now links Basel and Brazil 19 Azul renews ATR full-freighter fleet

20 Forwarding&Logistics Losing faith 11 20 Better margins possible for general cargo 21 Distribution for air-conditioner manufacturer The ebola virus is developing into an ever more 22 British logisticians optimistic dramatic problem for a number of West African 22 Logistics real estate in the Russian regions countries, including Senegal (pictured). Reports 22 US automation corporation expanding on the epidemic’s effects on the container shipping industry on this trade vary. 24 Rail/Inland Shipping/Road Haulage 25 Southeast Asia developing inland shipping

26 Packaging 26 Epal introduces the half-pallet Renewed faith 17 27 Cargo collar for courier services The International Air Transport Association Iata 28 Focus on Switzerland expects the air cargo industry to experience gene- 28 Double-pronged transalpine strategy ral rejuvenation in the next five years. The Gulf 43 Regional Focus states including Iran, and emerging Asian and 43 Southern Europe African economies, are expected to drive growth. 44 Southeastern Europe 45 Middle East 47 Asia 48 Americas An appeal for faith 24 49 Miscellaneous/Masthead The potential for Asia–Europe railway links and 50 A Time for Reflection/Advertisers’ Index the interest in investment in the Russian rail market are undiminished, as ITJ correspondent Anitra Interviews with... Green found out at a railway infrastructure forum held in Sochi recently. François Mahé des Portes, MGI 16 Vladimir Yakunin, RZD/ Iwao Ohashi, Nomura 24 Vivien Lau, Hacis 47 Cover: A ship passing through the Bosphorus. Photo: Thinkstock

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It’s the big names, billed on the front pages of the pro- The 52nd Fiata World Congress in Istanbul, which drew grammes, that are amongst the best attractions of trade around 1,000 forwarders to Turkey recently, showed that events these days. Well-known corporate leaders or ope- both aspects can be incorporated in an event. Besides spon- rational decision-makers present us with their view of the taneously establishing a fund to help combat the spread of world, frequently offering their listeners genuine insights. ebola infections, Fiata also signed an MoU for future projects In this context I have observed a new trend, however, when with the World Bank. Joint trade facilitation and connectivity these captains of industry come to describe their corporate measures, as well as the easing of customs restrictions objectives. I was rather surprised at the recent BVL congress for e-commerce consignments of limited value, were in Berlin, for example, when Deutsche Post DHL’s Frank also formulated.A rather interesting cocktail, over- Appel repeatedly stated his intention of «making the world a all, which was laced with leading WTO and better place» in a speech addressing the state of the industry WCO representatives’ thoughts. in 2025. The same applies when we listen to shippers – such We’re still a long way from as Novartis, for example – whose representatives always an ideal world – but we can seem to weave the fact that the firm’s efforts are dedicated all chip in to get that little to «promoting patients’ interests» into their speeches. bit closer. Corporations that never fail to present their quarterly sales and ebit figures making such statements naturally evokes an ironic smile. A colleague pointed out to me that such decla- rations always need a context too, however. Apparently there are quite a few listeners who aren’t really interested in the operational side of things at all, and who prefer to hear Christian Doepgen such messages. Fine by me. Editor-in-chief

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Liability for damage during transport Greek fire on ships

Greek jurisprudence has peculiarities all its own. For instance, according to Greek law, a shipping line has no general obligation to provide compensation to the owner of a shipment for cargo damaged by fire during transport at sea. To the contrary, the actions or neglect of the shipping line must be both culpable and unlawful, without regard to the contractual relationship.

Damage to cargo that occurs during trans- the court found that the shipping line was shipping line to prove, as it did in this port by ship is a special case in Greece. liable for damage to cargo that occurred case, that the cargo damage was caused In the case cited in the lead above, the while the cargo was in its possession. by fire. owner of a shipment filed a complaint Nevertheless, the appeals court deter- against the shipping line commissioned mined that the shipping line could suc- Liability: culpable and unlawful with the transport and sued it for dam- cessfully argue for the exclusion of its li- In addition, the appeals court determined ages. The owner took this step because in ability based on article 4, section 2 of the that the injured party (for example the out-of-court arbitration, the shipping line HVR, if the claim – as was the case here charterer, the receiver, the legal bearer of refused to pay compensation for damages – was for damages caused by fire. Never- the bill of lading, the insurer of the cargo caused by a fire which took place during theless, the shipping line was also liable via transferred and assigned rights, as well transport at sea. The court decision that to compensate the owner of the cargo for as the pledgee of the sea cargo or the as- followed surprised some observers. damages caused by fire if the shipping signee of the receiver) was a legal entity line had been culpable for the damage. and could therefore sue the shipping line Court decision against the consignor However, the court ruled that culpable in accordance with the provisions of the The case ended up at the appeals court in behaviour of the captain and crew of the HVR. Piraeus, which decided in favour of the ship did not constitute culpability on the Last but not least, the appeals court shipping line that had been sued (case part of the shipping line. Rather, as the also established that, in the event of number:142/2012). Initially, the appeals court formulated it in its ruling, culpable damage (damage or loss of freight), the court determined that in article 1 of law behaviour refers in this case to personal shipping line may be held liable, both number 2107/1992, Greece had ratified culpability of the shipowner or employ- contractually and as a result of an un- a 1924 treaty for the international har- ees of the shipowner who occupies a «rep- lawful act. monisation of rules pertaining to bills resentative or administrative» position. The pre-requisite to this end is that the of lading. (This legislation is known in actions or the neglect of the shipping line maritime law as the Hague-Visby Rules, Line proves that fire caused damages concerned must have been both culpable or HVR– ed.). The court pointed out that Thus, the shipping line in this case was and unlawful, without regard to the con- the HVR was applicable for all sea trans- to be released from its liability for dam- tractual relationship. If that were the case, ports when the port of departure and the age caused by its agents. The court found the injured party could sue for damages port of destination were two different that there was a «rebuttable presumption» based on the contract, the unlawful act, ports. In Greece the HVR also applies in favour of the shipping line that it was or both. Eckhard Boecker even when only Greek ports are used, not liable for damage caused by fire. The regardless of whether a bill of lading has claimant with an interest in the cargo been issued or not. neither demonstrated nor proved that the shipping line was at fault in causing Exclusion of liability for fire damage the fire damage. Ultimately, the court de- Furthermore, in accordance with article cided that it was sufficient in accordance 4, section 1.5, paragraph 2 of the HVR, with the provisions of the HVR for the

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Consequences of the epidemic In brief

Assessing risks. The Liberian International A great deal of uncertainty Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) has officially supported the position of the IMO, which recommends that there should be no The ebola virus has developed into an ever more dramatic problem mainly in a number general ban on travel or trade due to the of countries in West Africa. Reports about the impact on containership activities to and ebola virus. The IMO has proposed that the maritime industry follow the guidance of the from the region vary. World Health Organization (WHO). www.liscr.com

Rising costs. The shipping consultant Moore Stephens has analysed merchant vessels’ operating costs and expects them to continue to rise in both 2014 and 2015. Crew wages are likely to climb, as are outlays for repairs, maintenance and insurance premiums. www.moorestephens.com

Throughput up. The port of Rotterdam handled 0.3% more cargo in the first nine months of this year, compared to the same time-frame last year. Container traffic

stock increased by 4%, despite this summer’s ink congestion on the Maasvlakte, which led Th :

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Pho Antwerp. During the first two months of Shipping lines have drawn the consequences from the outbreak of the ebola epidemic and have the year, container throughput had lagged partially restructured their services to and from West Africa. The port of Dakar is pictured. behind. Between March and the end of Sep- tember, however, volumes were 6% higher The outbreak of the ebola epidemic con- all ships from ebola-infected regions, the on average than last year. The authority said tinues to dominate the headlines due to its situation has eased somewhat at the time that the tentative economic recovery is the massive effects on some countries in West of going to press. The port authority in main reason for these positive figures. Africa. It is, however, unclear what the Abidjan has prescribed that every person www.portofrotterdam.com results of the contagion are on container- on board a unit has to undergo a health ship operations to and from West Africa. check before the boat can be granted per- Transpacific cooperation. The Port Corpus A World Health Organisation (WHO) re- mission to enter the harbour. Christi authority, which runs the Texan gate- port on the situation has counted more Hubs in Ghana, Benin, Togo, Angola, way, the cities of Corpus Christi, Portland than 13,700 cases of infection and more Gabon, Namibia, the Democratic Repub- and Gregory, and the counties of Nueces than 4,900 deaths (to 27 October 2014). lic of the Congo, Senegal and the Repub- and San Patricio, have signed a memoran- The most seriously affected countries are lic of the Congo require the entire crew dum of understanding with the Tianjin Com- Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria, and any passengers to complete a health mission of Commerce to promote contact, Mali and Senegal. questionnaire, to indicate if the journey exchange and cooperation. The US and the SeaIntel, a Danish analyst, has not yet started in one of the countries affected by Chinese regions will also work together detected «any significant impact» of the the ebola outbreak. to facilitate mutual investment, exchange disaster so far, and argues that, as before, technology and promote commerce. the more pressing factors influencing Partial restructuring of services www.portofcorpuschristi.com freight traffic in the region are inadequate Some shipping lines have adapted their Names chosen. The construction of ACL’s connections from ports to the hinterland, schedules in response to the situation. G4 vessels is proceeding apace. The Grimal- as well as overloaded harbours. CMA CGM, for example, has merged di Group, the line’s parent company, has Other industry insiders, however, have services to Sierra Leone, Guinea and now announced that the names have been reported that cargo volumes handled in Liberia into a single separate schedule. chosen for what are considered the world’s commercial activities to and from Libe- Maersk Line, too, has split up its West largest ro-ro containerships. The firm had ria, Sierra Leone and Guinea have fallen African service and introduced a separate called on its employees to propose names by up to 40%. This could have very round trip from Tangier to Monrovia for the units. It chose «Atlantic Star», drastic consequences for the economies (Liberia), Freetown (Sierra Leone) and «Atlantic Sail», «Atlantic Sea», «Atlantic of these countries. Conakry (Guinea). Sky» and «Atlantic Sun», which were pro- The reaction of port authorities to ves- Insiders have reported that ever more posed by Andrea Cox, who has been work- sels which wish to dock after having called situations have arisen in which crew ing for ACL since 1996. www.aclcargo.com at gateways in the affected regions differs. members have refused to travel to the www.grimaldi.napoli.it After the Ivory Coast recently banned region at all. av 12 Ports & Shipping International Transport Journal 45-46 2014

Is shipping set to loose market share to road haulage? Short sea sector feeling the pressure

Stricter limits for the emission of sulphur are set to take effect in the North and Baltic tween EUR 1,5 and 7 million, depending Seas on 1 January 2015, which will drive up the price of fuel. Experts discussed the on the type and size of unit. Implementa- tion would have come with its own risks, consequences for the industry at the first Short Sea Shipping Days, held in Lübeck. however, for the technology has only been tested on land so far. «We simply do not have the money for these kind of investments today, as we are in the industry’s seventh consecutive difficult year», Timm Ulrich Niebergall, general ke

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: voicing an opinion held by a majority. to Converting vessels’ engines to lique- Pho The experts’ discussion included Gernot Tesch, Frank C. Firnkes, Jürgen Helten, Marco Lütz, fied natural gas (LNG) is not an option Melanie Graf, Hanns Heinrich Conzen, Brigitte Segers and Timm Ulrich Niebergall (from the left). yet, as there are still supply bottlenecks. Thus most lines are forced to use the more Shipowners and port operators in the in Lübeck, which was put on by Ger- expensive fuel. Finnlines is an exception, North and Baltic Seas are worried. When many’s Short Sea Shipping Promotion however. The Grimaldi Lines subsidiary new sulphur guidelines enter into force Center (SPC). This sum may not sound has invested, Uwe Bakosch, managing on 1 January, with significantly more like a lot, but for a ro-ro ferry sailing on a director of Finnlines Germany, revealed. stringent maximum permissible sulphur route with a transit time of seven to eight He also expects costs to rise, but not to emissions for shipping, lines could sud- hours, this generates an additional annu- the same extent as for his competitors. denly face much stiffer commercial winds al outlay of EUR 2–3 million. «We have Other lines are likewise pulling out in the region. The development is down no choice but to pass these costs on to our all the stops to keep their outlays down. to the fact that they will have to bun- customers,» Conzen added. He believes They expect ports to contribute to the ef- ker their units with the more expensive this will result in a 10–15% price increase. forts too, for example by offering shorter marine diesel oil for passage across the «The industry will thus lose a degree of turnaround times. Shipping firms want North and Baltic Seas. It has a sulphur market share», Gernot Tesch, Scandlines to use the time saved in hubs to reduce content of 0.1%, and firms will no longer Germany’s managing director, elaborat- sailing speed and thus also fuel consump- be allowed to use oil with a 1% sulphur ed. Experts expect long routes and those tion. Besides this there is a trend towards content from next year onwards. running parallel to the coast to be most larger units. «Older and small vessels will According to Hanns Heinrich Conzen, affected. They fear that volumes could be decommissioned», predicted Dierk managing director of the Lübeck-based primarily be lost to the roads. Faust, managing director of the Lübeck- ferry company TT-Line, «the measure Shipowners can avoid extra fuel ex- based line Hans Lehmann. The result represents extra costs of USD 210 per penditure by installing desulphurisation could entail both a deterioration in fre- tonne of fuel.» He was speaking at the equipment, so-called scrubbers, on their quencies as well as a concentration on less two-day Short Sea Shipping Days event vessels. This calls for an investment of be- ports of call. Björn Helmke

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www.contshipitalia.com International Transport Journal 45-46 2014 Ports & Shipping 15 RWI/ISL index registers slight decrease in global container throughput The World Trade Organisation (WTO) revealed a mixed bag of trends in its recently-published world trade report. From a global perspective the results for the current year are better than those for 2013, but the state of the European economy is having a negative impact on the rest of the world. The container throughput index of the German economic research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), and the SL /I same country’s Institute of Shipping I Economics and Logistics (ISL), dropped RW h: slightly, from 122.2 to 121.8 points in original valueseasonally adjusted Grap September. The index has therefore been The RWI/ISL container throughput index: estimates based on data for 75 ports. The figure for fluctuating minimally around a basically September 2014 is a flash estimate. (2008 = 100). unchanging level for six months now. As approximately 90% of international average. The flash estimate for Septem- continuously monitored by the ISL, as trade is transported by ocean-going ves- ber is based on data from 41 gateways, part of its general market analysis that sels, the box handling figures are a good covering a total of about 71% of the box covers about 60% of worldwide container indicator for world trade. throughput shown in the index. There- handling. The box throughput index is The data for August had to be raised fore only small revisions of the Septem- considered an early indicator for the de- slightly, by 0.2 points compared to the ber data are to be expected. velopment of international merchandise flash estimate made one month ago. The The RWI/ISL index is based on data trade and thus for the overall global eco- revision is clearly below the long term from 75 world container ports that are nomy as well. av

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A trimodal software solution for goods transhipment in port All of the players at the table

It is easy to argue the case for a compatible IT system in today’s logistics environment. Nevertheless, there are plenty of companies that still opt for individual solutions. Seen in that light, the decades-long inter-port cooperation between Marseille and Le Havre with the company MGI is all the more remarkable. Christian Doepgen spoke with MGI’s CEO François Mahé des Portes.

Mr Mahé des Portes, to what extent have Marseille Fos and Le Havre coop erated in the IT field over the past few decades? The cooperation between the ports goes back to the 1980s. Then MGI was estab lished in 1999, with the aim of continu ing to develop existing software. At that point we resolved to come up with some thing entirely new.

What was your approach? We carried out a completely new analy sis of the requirements, based on a strict MGI methodology. In doing so, we wanted s: to

to make sure that we had our priorities Pho straight, because for us the software was MGI’s software team is based in the port of Marseille Fos. The not the top priority, but rather the logis ITJ interviewed CEO François Mahé des Portes. tics. That’s why, instead of talking about information technology, we prefer to We were able to roll out the AP+ trimodal ICS001. Many exports from southern speak of «infologistics.» cargo module for the first time in Mar France to Italy and Spain are processed seille on 21 September 2005. Le Havre with this module today. «For us the software wasn’t the followed shortly thereafter. We fulfilled the goal of developing a multifaceted How does the exchange of information top priority, but rather the logistics.» product at a reasonable price for French work between individual parties? gateways. Of course, the software contin In data flow, internal security aspects also Which of the players involved in trans ues to be developed. have a significance all of their own. In shipment activities did you integrate that regard, we found what I consider to into the software? Which centres opted for your solution, be a revolutionary solution, by ensuring We operate under the umbrella of what once it was finished? that sensitive freight forwarder informa we call the cargo community system. In Port operators based in Martinique and in tion intended for customs is encrypted other words, we want to include both Morocco were among the first to use the for everyone else. That gives companies public officials from the port and cus software. In addition to about 30 French the assurance that their information is toms authorities as well as managers and ports, Spanish and Italian hubs have also going only to the intended recipient. employees of the companies working in adopted the module. We had to break off the hubs. We set up four working groups talks with Syria, Libya and Egypt, but After the freight forwarders come their to monitor the project for three years. MGI is still in negotiations with facilities customers. What is the status of ship in Israel and Jordan. pers in the supply chain? That constellation sounds like a recipe That’s the project we’re currently work for conflict… Security has taken on a much greater ing on. In late 2013, in coordination with Indeed it was. At first there were some significance since the software was first the foreign trade ministry and customs serious personal and professional reser launched... authorities, we initiated a project for ship vations among many of the participants, Yes, both on the import and export side. pers which we will roll out in a few weeks. which necessitated continuous mediation We were the only company to respond efforts. Nevertheless, by clearly delinea to the EU’s import control system legis Who will take part in the pilot project? ting goals and purviews and assigning lation (ICS) in 2009, with our ECS and We’ve coordinated with more than 30 responsibilities we were able to move the Mcustoms modules. We’re rather proud firms. Specifically, the pilot project will process forward. of the fact that Mcustoms was the first initially involve Ikea and SEB in southern control system to be certified in 2010 for France, and we’ll also be working with How long did this phase last? imports into France, under the number Roquette Frères in the north. International Transport Journal 45-46 2014 Aviation 17

Iata publishes five-year global airfreight forecast Strongly improved outlook

According to the International Air Transport Association’s Airline Industry Forecast 2014–2018, which it published at the end of October, international cargo volumes are likely to grow at an annual rate of more than 4% in the coming five years. Emerging markets, led by those of the Middle East and Africa, are set to be the fastest-growing regions in the world.

«Air cargo remains as vital to the glo bal economic system as ever,» said Tony Tyler, Iata’s director general and CEO, commenting on figures recently present ed by his body. «This year, more than USD 6.8 trillion worth of goods – equiva lent to 35% of total world trade by value – will be transported around the world by air. It’s good news to see a forecast for a return to growth for the air cargo sector, es at after several years in the doldrums. An ir Em average of more than 4% growth for the : next five years would be a marked im to Pho provement on the performance of recent Symbolic. Chris Ndlulue, managing director of Nigeria’s Arik Air, and Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ years. Since 2011, for example, growth (in vice-president in charge of planning, aviation policy and industrial matters, signing a contract to freight tonnes) has averaged just 0.6% per enhance their collaborative efforts. annum,» Tyler elaborated. its quality and reliability and expand the more and a total volume of 156,000 t in Risks no dampener on outlook range of services it has on offer. absolute terms in 2018. As for India, the Despite all of the positive indicators on One cornerstone of the efforts is the forecast growth of 6.8% per annum will show, however, Iata is not turning a blind efreight project, which aims to free air mean 622,000 t in additional airfreight eye to the risks which also exist for the freight consignments from the burden annually. The three following growth global economic outlook – which will of using paper. The first stage, that is to countries, Bangladesh (339,000 t), Ethio naturally also apply to airfreight. Protec say the industrywide rollout of the elec pia (319,000 t) and Nigeria (276,000 t), are tionism, in particular, represents a con tronic air waybill (eAWB), is progressing also in the group of emerging markets. stant threat to global trade. well. Iata has said that the eAWB’s share Special mention in the Iata forecast is According to information provided re of all AWBs was greater than 19% in Sep also given to Qatar. The emirate’s annual cently by the World Trade Organization tember, which means that the industry growth rate of 5.7% corresponds to an (WTO), the considerable amount of 112 is well on target to achieve 22% for the increase of 361,000 t in absolute terms, new traderestriction measures were en entire year. to a total of 1.48 million t in 2018. ah forced by group of twenty governments of the world’s largest economies (G20) in Where the industry is growing The ten largest markets in 2018 the six months between November 2013 The USA and the UAE will both gene and May 2014. rate more than 1 million t in additional 1. USA 10.054 million t Furthermore, risks stemming from airfreight in 2018 compared to today’s 2. China 5.639 million t geopolitical uncertainties, the volatility figures. The hubs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi 3. UAE 4.974 million t of oil prices and competitive pressures et al. will thereby replace Germany in 4. Germany 4.763 million t coming from other modes of transport, third place in the process (see table 1). 5. Hong Kong 4.648 million t such as rail and shipping, threaten to The world’s biggest growth markets will 6. South Korea 3.437 million t darken the positive forecast for airfreight. be found outside of the saturated regions 7. Japan 3.480 million t «The air cargo industry certainly cannot of North America and Europe – although 8. UK 2.808 million t afford to be complacent,» Tyler warned. the latter can again expect to post further 9. Taiwan 2.350 million t 10. India 2.223 million t strong cargo activity expansion in the fu Increasing ability to compete ture (see table 2). Growth in the various regions To improve the industry’s ability to com Amongst the countries that generate pete the association is urging its mem more than 100,000 t of airfreight today, 1. Middle East 4.7%/year bers to slash their average transit times for Iran will post the biggest growth rate – 2. Africa 4.4%/year goods transported to 48 hours by 2020. namely 7% per year. The starting level is 3. Asia/Pacific&Latin America 3.8%/year To achieve this target, the sector must admittedly low, however, considering that 5. Europe 3.0%/year further upgrade its processes, improve the increase translates into only 44,000 t 6. North America 2.8%/year Winner –Air Cargo Industry Customer Care Award,World Cargo Awards 2014 When it comestoour businessofcargo,weare committedtotakingextra care of your businessacross theglobe. By winning this prestigious award, we aredelightedtoknow ourdedication is beingrecognisedbythose who matter most,you.Thankyou foryourvote.

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First full-freighter link between South America and Switzerland In brief

Canadian merger called off. Canadian LAN lands in Basel North and First Air, two Canadian airlines that operated in the north of the country, focusing largely on freight flights, have On 27 October LAN Cargo, the freight-only carrier in the Latam Airlines Group, inaugurated terminated the merger negotiations they its all-cargo service from Basel to South America. The first stop south of the equator is started in spring (see also ITJ 19-20/2014, page 17), without giving a reason. Instead São Paulo airport, which is attractive for pharmaceuticals products, among other things. of establishing what had tentatively been called the New Northern Airline, the carriers will nevertheless continue with their existing partnership. www.firstair.ca www.canadiannorth.com

RFS distribution ends. In June the US logistics provider Amerijet, which is based in Fort Lauderdale FL, set up a national freight system, with hubs in Columbus OH and Reno NV (see also ITJ 23-26/2014, page 47). The project has now been terminated. The cargo volumes proved to be too small to make it worth carrying out regular RFS g distribution options. www.amerijet.com Hau eas dr Chapter 11. National Air Cargo (NAC), the An :

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Pho for chapter 11 creditor protection. The US LAN Cargo’s B777F became the third recent new airfreight customer to land at Basel /Mulhouse’s military cargo specialist said the decision EuroAirport, following in ABC and Emirates SkyCargo’s footsteps. pertains to a dispute with the financing firm Global BTG. NAC would not be the first air- Guido Henke, LAN Cargo’s European his group neglects the Swiss market. The line serving the US army to go bankrupt. The director, said that the first-ever landing in favourable geographic location of the last one was World Airways (see ITJ Daily of Basel of a Boeing B777 freighter sporting new destination Basel will enable LAN 1 April 2014). www.globalbtg.com LAN’s star on its tail «represents a very Cargo to bundle consignments from the www.nationalaircargo.com important step for us.» He cited several three strong trading countries Switzer- reasons for this assessment, starting with land, France and Germany. Slightly more A larger freighter. China’s SF Airlines has the fact that the weekly Amsterdam– distant regions, such as northern Italy or ordered an undisclosed number of converted Basel–São Paulo–Buenos Aires–Santiago western Austria, will also be able to bene- Boeing B767-300ERs from the US plane de Chile route is the first scheduled fit from the new link. maker. The Shenzhen-based subsidiary of freighter link between Switzerland and The Latam Airlines Group’s airfreight the courier service provider SF Express took South America. unit transports cargo in all of the Latin over its 16th full-freighter at the end of He added that LAN Cargo – in con- American group’s freighters as well as pas- September. Its fleet has consisted of B757s trast to other links from Europe – serves senger aircraft. The range of options cur- and B737s so far, but by taking the medium- São Paulo Guarulhos, the airport that is rently includes daily services from Milan, sized B767 on board it hopes to garner a closer to the most important Brazilian Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid and London, greater share of growing Far Eastern air- centre of trade and industry than Vira- operated by the Brazilian carrier TAM; freight volumes (see also ITJ 43-44/2014, copos, the city’s «real» freight hub. «Our as well as links from Madrid and Frank- page 15). www.sf-airlines.com customers will gain from the better infra- furt, operated by Chile’s LAN. Over Short shrift for long haul. Saudi Arabia’s structure there,» Henke promised, lastly and above this there are also six weekly Flynas airline has brought its long-haul also pointing out the proximity of Brazil- B777F all-cargo flights that take off from flights, which it launched in spring, to an ian shippers to the hub. Amsterdam and Frankfurt. end again. The private carrier, which is also The service will focus on a particularly active in the airfreight business (see page 19 promising industry – pharmaceuticals. Fleet renewal of the Heavylift Special in ITJ 45-46/2013), «We want to convince the traditionally- served London Gatwick from Jeddah and The Brazilian airline Azul Linhas Aéreas Bra- strong Basel region (including adjacent Riyadh this summer. www.flynas.com German and French undertakings) with sileiras, which is based at Viracopos airport, is replacing its three older ATR72 freighters, our pharmaceuticals options, which we Crashed. Two people were injured in which it took over as a result its merger launched 18 months ago,» Henke said. At October when a Let L-410 plane flown by with Trip Linhas Aéreas, by three brand-new the same time the South American car- Congo’s Biega Airways crashed carrying ATR72s. Azul is the only airline that operates rier wants to counter voices that Henke 1.5 t of cargo. www.aviation-safety.net has occasionally heard raised, stating that ATR72-500s with the freight configuration.ah 20 Forwarding & Logistics International Transport Journal 45-46 2014

German price comparison study of consolidated and less-than-containerload shipments Double and triple the price

According to a new study, general cargo 70 shippers. For general cargo, shippers and less-than-containerload shipments can pay a maximum of three times more than the cost leader, and for less-than- offer many providers better margins – if containerload shipments they sometimes they just put in some effort. accept 200% of the lowest price.

A new study by the German Association Large volume = more favourable rates? for Materials Management, Purchasing The largest variance is noticeable in the and Logistics (AMMPL) reveals that case of short-distance shipments. Para-

great cost savings could still be achieved L doxically, large volumes do not always DH for groupage and less-than-containerload : result in more favourable rates. In many shipments. Companies which fail to pri- to cases, even shippers with large freight Pho oritise the procurement of groupage and Consolidated consignments do not have to cost volumes only achieve an average price less-than-truckload space often pay 30 to a shipper more than the market average. level. The reason for this is that as well 50% more than comparable firms that as volume, the strategic focus of a cargo devote more attention to this task. to general cargo consignments, in parti- purchase, in particular, also has a major These findings were presented in a cular, to be able to exploit price issues. impact on the price. new price comparison for consolidated Survival in this market also requires in- The new consolidated general cargo and less-than-truckload shipments, which sight and experience, however. and less-than-containerload price com- was published for the first time this year The potential is particularly clear in parison shows the range of prices in the by the German association. Many freight light of the price differences established German goods transport market and is purchasers do not pay sufficient attention when evaluating data from more than available from the AMMPL. cd

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20,000 consignments, 15 countries, 1 logistics firm Ensuring good ventilation

The international logistics expert Gebrüder Weiss, which is headquartered in Austria, delivers Daikin air conditioners and ventilation systems to customers throughout Europe. The two companies, whose common objective is to manage processes efficiently, have already cooperated successfully for more than ten years.

What is the best way to deliver air-conditioning equipment and ventilation systems to thousands of clients spread over a wide area? This is the challenge that air-conditioning specialist Daikin faced in 2010, and which led the undertaking to put out an international call for tenders to leading logistics providers. Daikin once again chose Gebrüder Weiss as its logistics partner, building on an existing long-standing cooperation deal. Jean Dimanche, Daikin’s supply and logistics manager, told the ITJ that «a good distribution network, short transit times and the up-to-date online status which Gebrüder Weiss offers us were amongst the deciding factors.» Gebrüder Weiss

has been distributing Daikin equipment ikin Da in many parts of Central and Eastern : Europe for four years now, dispatching to Pho 20,000 units a year to 15 countries. Daikin’s Jean Dimanche knows that «Gebrüder Weiss understands the haulage business in our sales area, and Daikin’s Hungarian continental hub is able to meet our tough demands.» There are a number of different ways of carrying out such a complex distribution Daikin’s commercial clients all over Eu- the two partners to respond quickly to task. The goods can be transported di- rope, making use of its service called deviations from the schedule, and to plan rectly from A to B, or an intermediate GW direct.line. distribution better. stage can be introduced, to make use of Over and above this, regular personal common routes. Gebrüder Weiss picks up Fine tuning distribution discussions are held between customer the goods from Daikin’s strategic distri- What is important to a customer who Daikin and service provider Gebrüder bution centre in Hungary, bundles them puts its goods in temporary storage with a Weiss, to make sure that their joint pro- in its own hubs in Maria Lanzendorf service provider, and then has them trans- cesses are even more efficient. ah (near Vienna) and Dunaharaszti (Hun- ported across Europe over long distances? gary) and then delivers them to clients The processes should be smooth, fast and The shipper based in 15 Central and Eastern Euro- traceable. The goods should also reach pean countries via main routes. This en- their destination in a perfect condition. Daikin has been a leading manufacturer of sures that the goods reach their destina- Daikin has high expectations in terms of air-conditioning equipment for industrial and tion by the most efficient route. For this transit times, quality and transparency. domestic use for approximately 90 years. task, Gebrüder Weiss uses its so-called «We’ve been cooperating with Gebrüder Daikin Central Europe’s headquarters are in GW pro.line general cargo and groupage Weiss for more than ten years now. The the town of Brunn am Gebirge, near Vienna. freight service, which operates through- enterprise understands the haulage busi- The company’s regional head office was set out Europe with fixed transit times on a ness in our sales area, and is able to meet up in 1999 and supplies Daikin products to daily basis. The customer benefits from our tough demands,» Dimanche added. customers in 15 Central and Eastern Euro- GW’s reliable planning and cross-border Gebrüder Weiss has set up what it calls pean countries. The firm has approximately 180 employees, who handle sales and service network. a control tower, which enables Daikin to tasks for all Daikin products from six bran- GW hauls large Daikin items, such as track and trace the flow of its goods in ches (Brunn am Gebirge, Prague, Bratislava, industrial application systems, directly real time. The data is received even be- Budapest, Zagreb and Bucharest). In finan- from the factory to the final destination. fore picking has taken place – namely as cial 2013 Daikin Central Europe generated Every year, the logistics specialist delivers soon as it is available for dispatch from a turnover of EUR 127 million. more than 250 individual truck loads to Daikin’s warehouse. This enables each of 22 Forwarding & Logistics International Transport Journal 45-46 2014 The British are confident Confidence in the UK logistics sector remains high, even though familiar challenges persist. This is the synopsis of the W latest half-yearly UK Logistics Confi- TG : dence Index, commissioned by the bank to Fo Barclays and the consultancy Moore Als eins der ersten Unternehmen hatte AD im Internet Erfolg im Verkauf von industriellen Produkten. Stephens. Confidence has risen by almost 36% since the measure hit a low in US automation enterprise is expanding 2012. Just under half of the respondents (48%) now expect business conditions to further improve in the next six months. TGW providing new system

Automation Direct is expanding, and implementing a new high-bay warehouse Russian real estate to this end has automated its systems for several thousand stock-keeping units of high-technology automation products. Growth in the Russian economy is sliding and processes. TGW is using a so-called goods-to- towards zero. Demand for new warehou- In mid-2014 Automation Direct, a pri- person strategy in its automated system, sing space in Moscow has collapsed. A vate industrial automation company, which consists of a single aisle of sting- report published by real estate consultant entrusted TGW, a global system sup- ray shuttles storing nearly 5,300 contain- Jones LaSalle has found that logisticians plier of intralogistics solutions, with the ers two deep. In addition there will be are reacting by seeking their salvation in establishment of a logistics system at its a pallet-conveyor system for the receipt the huge country’s provinces. The study headquarters, which are located in the of goods, a two-level picking mezzanine, cites two companies with French roots, city of Cumming GA (USA). The sec- a carton-handling system with carton FM Logistic and STS Logistics, which ond phase of this project has now been transportation conveyors linked to three- have set up and are operating new facili- initiated and TGW is completing the level picking modules, as well as a sorting ties in the Volga region and in Siberia. task that its customer had asked for by system, amongst other things. ah International Transport Journal 45-46 2014 Forwarding & Logistics 23

Transfrigoroute conference sees potential in medical products Healthy area of industry

This year’s AGM of Transfrigoroute International, an independent umbrella organisation of the temperature-controlled road transport sector, focused on the topic of «Reefer- chain management in the pharmaceutical sector and GDP». te orou ig

With 150 industry experts in attendance transport companies are increasingly in- sfr an Tr and high-ranking representatives from tegrating logistics into the services they : the industrial production sector, govern- offer and exploring the market potential to Pho ment and science, the participants at the in special segments of the value chain in Jacqueline Galant, speaking as guest of annual general meeting of Transfrigo- order to survive. The pharmaceuticals in- honour at Transfrigoroute International’s AGM. route International (TI) in mid-October dustry is one of these special areas which in Brussels discussed the significant has shown market growth throughout all The new Belgian minister for mobility, potential and challenges in cold-chain of Europe,» stated TI president Willem Jacqueline Galant, was the guest of hon- management and for distribution pro- Zonnevijlle. our at the event. She is familiar with the cesses in the pharmaceutical industry. great economic importance of the sector. The regulatory aspect at the centre Niche markets explored in more detail «Europe has one of the best logistics sys- of discussions was an EU regulation The president of TI’s transport company tems in the world, but there is still con- that was announced in November 2013, forum (FCI), Didier Michel, addition- siderable need for improvement if the concerning the marketing of medical ally warned the audience that «transport transport industry is to remain competi- products intended for human use, and firms must be better informed of the tive in the long term and achieve steady all their paraphernalia. «The transport opportunities, risks and requirements growth. This will be one of my priorities sector is constantly developing. During that are associated with the haulage of in future discussions with my colleagues the economic slump it was apparent that high-quality freight such as medicines.» from other EU countries.» ah

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International forum on rail infrastructure in Russia Cooperation is needed n ee

The potential for Asian–European railway links, interest in investment in the Russian Gr A. s: market and collaboration with the Russian Railways RZD all remain high, as ITJ to Pho correspondent Anitra Green found out at a recent railway forum held in Sochi. Open dialogue: RZD’s Vladimir Yakunin

Construction,innovationandpartnership estimated that every rouble invested in «A trans-Eurasian connection is the main were the themes of a recent open dialogue such projects will have a multiplier effect project of the future – not just a product held in Sochi. The meeting attracted 200 of RUB 1.46 on the country’s GDP. The of RZD, but a national project.» He added delegates from 21 countries, with experts Russian Railways (RZD) has an annual that «we need such projects, and we need from political, administrative, construc- budget of RUB 407 billion for large-scale the vision to carry them out too.» tion and academic fields. projects of this nature. The call for coordination was brought The choice of Sochi for this event was up by several delegates to the forum. Iwao not a random one. The fact that the city Asian–European landbridge Ohashi, head of the Moscow branch of had hosted the XXII Winter Olympic The projects include measures for the the Nomura Research Institute, reminded Games earlier this year gave it a unique modernisation of the Trans-Siberian Rail- listeners of Russia’s huge – but as yet un- feel, as the transport complex set up there way (Transsib) as well as of the Baikal– realised – potential, which is not being could be used as an example for the fo- Amur Mainline – also known as the east- exploited to best advantage. He said that rum’s main topic – implementing major ern polygon – with a view to increasing its «the trans-Eurasian corridor is far more infrastructure projects. The recent de- freight capacity as well as its throughput important than any ideological devel- velopment of the Russian economy has (see also ITJ 35-36/2014, page 36). opment.» He pointed out to foreign in- made it clear that something has to be Vladimir Yakunin, president of RZD, vestors that, with regard to investment, done to stimulate growth. Experts have emphasised the importance of the links. PPP projects are fairly new but becoming

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Re-closable pharmaceutical packaging s A new child- lis ob Ec : to Pho resistant carton Medicine should be handled exclusively by adults. New packaging will protect children from harm should it fall into their hands.

There is great demand for child-resistant packaging, according to statis- both the pressure points at the same time. To make sure tics published by the European Child Safety Alliance: 90% of 3,000 fatal that a child does not simply come up with the idea of just ripping the carton open, a tear-resistant laminate poisonings in children under the age of 14 are recorded every year in layer has been applied to both sides. Europe – as a result of poisoning in the domestic environment. Successful development collaboration «Locked 4 Kids» is the first re-closable child-resistant carton for use in The concept is suitable for the child-resistant packaging pharmaceutical packaging. In order to produce the carton its Dutch of a variety of pharmaceutical, chemical and poison- manufacturer, Ecobliss, relies on a special cartoning solution from ous products, whether in the form of solids, powders Romaco Promatic. The innovative cartons are equipped with special or liquids. In collaboration with Romaco Promatic, a blister trays which have two small hooks along their longitudinal sides. leading specialist supplier of processing and packaging Thanks to these diagonally-mounted hooks, the trays click firmly into technology with sites both in Karlsruhe (Germany) and place inside the carton. In order to remove them, the locking mecha- Bologna (Italy), Ecobliss offers a customised packaging nism of the two hooks must be simultaneously released. This is achieved solution on the basis of the new concept. Ron Linssen, by applying an equal amount of pressure to the labelled points on the founder and managing director of Ecobliss Holding, carton, using your thumb and index finger. Whilst this is an extremely said that «Romaco Promatic’s proven cartoning solu- simple task for adults, it is impossible for children: their small hands tions enabled us to bring the concept to market in an are not wide enough for them to use their fingers to reach and release exceptionally short time.» ah

Epal launches new half-pallet

The European Pallet Association (Epal) has introduced a new Epal half-pallet with three skid boards. The 800 x 600 mm half-pallet, whose quality has been independently assured, was developed to be more robust and longer-lasting equipment than the Düsseldorf half- » Holzverpackungen » Kartonverpackungen » Verpackungsservice pallet that is currently used extensively. The new pallet » Verpackungsservice has been designed in line with the results of active discussions with trade and industry users, and has already been field tested. Extensive use of the renewable raw material wood makes the Epal half-pallet a particularly sustainable unit.

Wegmüller AG As the new product’s name implies, the new piece of Holz- und Kartonverpackungen transport equipment is half the size of standard Epal Bahnstrasse 14 euro-pallet. It can naturally also be exchanged without CH-8544 Attikon ZH restrictions in the world’s largest open pallet-exchange Telefon 052 320 99 11 pool. Epal succeeded in achieving a great insertion width Telefax 052 320 99 10 on the unit’s 600 mm side, thereby providing ideal conditions for forklift trucks to be able to handle it. The www.wegmueller-attikon.ch [email protected] half-pallet is produced entirely from wood and steel. The load capacity of the Epal half-pallet comes to more than 500 kg, and its own net weight is less than 10 kg. The seven upper-edge boards as well as the six Gut verpackt kommt gut an, weil... stringer and lower-edge boards measure 21 mm each. Six 3 mm steel angle brackets provide additional stabi- lity and protect the four-way pallet from damage. Half- pallets are quite popular, particularly with drinks enter- ...schnell ...individuell ...zuverlässig prises and food industry companies, as well as discount stores and retailers. ah International Transport Journal 45-46 2014 Packaging 27

Pallet collars for courier transport PET ban in India In October, India prohibited the use of Easy to handle plastic packaging for liquid pharmaceutical goods. Its domestic pharmaceutical industry now has just six months to im- Apart from speed, the simplicity of handling processes are another important element in plement these new regulations and switch the courier business. The specialist Hermes relies on Schoeller Allibert pallet collars to to using glass packaging for the affected products. protect its customers’ goods and simplify the transportation of packages. Manufacturers of polyethylene tereph- thalate had attempted to avert the ban. They argued that many developed countries have not banned the packaging, including the UK, the USA and Japan. However, the Indian health ministry has given credence to the opinion that plastic packaging has a negative impact on the human hormone balance. av

Investment in the USA

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Pho to convert parts of its business into a so- Schoeller Allibert’s cargo collars make pallet-handling simpler. called master limited partnership (MLP). This corporate model will deliver a va- The Hamburg-based logistics provider for a pallet’s contents. Hermes transports riety of tax advantages to the packaging Hermes has decided to deploy pallet col- around 200 million parcels and packages firm. av lars produced by the Dutch manufacturer a year in partnership with 10,000 courier Schoeller Allibert. The equipment can be firms. used in conjunction with both wooden Sale in South Korea and plastic pallets. They will fit either Shrink-wrapping parcels now obsolete the standard sized pallets used in the UK Up until now, the company used large, Hyosung Corp has sold its packaging unit (1,200 mm x 1,000 mm) or those with reinforced sacks or shrink wrap to trans- to the financial service provider Stan- European dimensions (1,200 x 800 mm). port parcels in its network. The use of the dard Chartered Private Equity, for about The units are attached to a base pal- new collars is expected to provide time USD 397 million. The multi-industry let and have hinged sides, which allows savings as well as improved efficiency entity, which operates in the chemical, them to be folded flat after use, thereby when handling goods, according to Carl industrial machinery, IT, retail and con- optimising the space the use on the re- Lyon, head of operational development struction sectors, said the reason for the turn journey. The collars have primarily and support at Hermes. This is why the move is an attempt to garner additional been designed to simplify the handling enterprise has already supplemented its financial resources. The sale will also be of irregularly-shaped products, as well initial batch with an order for an addi- accompanied by a reorganisation of the as to offer robust temporary protection tional 15,000 units. av corporation’s structure. av 28 Focus on Switzerland International Transport Journal 45-46 2014

A double-pronged strategy for the transalpine railways NRLA and the Gotthard

The Swiss government has made it clear in its latest announcements that both options, the new rail link through the Alps (NRLA) as well as the Gotthard route, have their place in the strategy for transalpine crossings until 2025. Funds will be made available for the NRLA, cost reductions will be made on the Gotthard route. Uncertainty remains over the matter of the funds required in future.

In brief

Bangkok–Basel. Transfreight in Basel and Lighthouse Logistics Solutions in Bangkok are starting groupage container services from Bangkok to Basel on 1 November. Transfreight also operates its partner’s Euro- hub and distributes the cargo shipments throughout Europe. The containers are shipped to Rotterdam or Hamburg and then transported by rail to Basel. The total ship-

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to Bureau voor ee Rijn- en Binnenvaart (CBRB) Pho in Rotterdam stood at EUR 72.35 per 100 l in The Gotthard base tunnel, which will be opened in December 2016, is adhering to its budget. September. The gas oil surcharge will therefore remain at level 22 (EUR 70.35–72.61) in Investments and cost reductions are in amount of CHF 19.1 billion. When in- November. The same applies to all contain- eternal interaction, not only in private flation, VAT and interest are taken into ers that are transported on the river Rhine enterprise. The latest statements by the account, the total costs of the NRLA by Ultra-Brag. Swiss government give an indication of comes in unchanged at approximately how it believes the future strategy for CHF 24 billion. Longer hours. Swissterminal’s priority transalpine crossings should be designed. customers will benefit from exclusive new For the base tunnel of the new rail link NRLA: cost development and schedule opening hours from 1 November in the ter- through the Alps (NRLA), the guarantee The government follows the optimistic minals in Frenkendorf (Mo–Fr, 07.00–17.00), loan will be increased, whereas the Gott- views of a report compiled in March by Rekingen (Mo–Fr, 06.30–17.30) as well as in hard mountain rail route will be operated a NRLA supervisory delegation, which the Rhine terminals in Basel and Birsfelden beyond 2016. states that «as the project has progressed, (Mo–Tu, 07.00–18.00; We, 07.00–18.00; Th, the certainty of remaining within budget 06.00–18.00; Fr, 06.00–17.00). Total costs unchanged? and on schedule has increased further.» The government increased the NRLA The cost development since 1998, which Overhauling freight transport law. The guarantee loan for the Gotthard axis by is up by CHF 6.3 billion compared to four Swiss associations Astag, Economie- suisse, SGV and VAP have published a joint about CHF 532 million at the end of the initial plan, is explained by project paper entitled Cargo transport in Switzerland October. In doing so, part of the inflation changes to improve overall safety and 2030. They have called for the addition of incurred and the value-added tax for the adjustments to new technology. four aspects to a draft cargo transport law, route are to be covered on the financial The schedule for the commissioning namely: to enshrine the principle of multi- side of things. This amount is added to of the Gotthard base tunnel in December modality in the constitution; to develop the the CHF 23 billion that parliament and 2016 has remained unchanged. road network sustainably, as is the case the government had been mentioning as with the railways; to include road projects regards guarantee loans from the start of The future of the railway in urban programmes; and to improve urban the project. In response to a request from member of and regional planning for cargo transport. The government claims that nothing parliament Isidor Baumann the govern- Thus the bodies have called for the inclu- will change about the previously comment explained on 8 October that ope- sion of new locations and the guaranteeing municated costs: at CHF 18.5 billion rations on the mountain railway route of existing sites in state plans for firms that total cost (at 1998 prices, excluding infla- will be continued after 2016. The annual run transport-intensive activities (such as tion, VAT and interest), the NRLA trans- operating costs of about CHF 50 million manufacturers, warehousing firms, logistics alpine railway is scheduled to be cheaper will be reduced and demand for the ser- companies and goods handling terminals). cd than the total real loan approved in the vices on route examined by 2025. cd TURKEY

30 Petkim Port ready for 2105 31 Yilport investing in Oslo 33 Barriers for Turkish transport firms 35 Two airports – brothers in arms 37 Turkish Cargo’s destinations 39 Ports competing to be biggest 40 Take the ferry to Trieste 42 TCDD and its new technology

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Turkey has great plans by 2023 Short routes and long shadows

In Turkey the transport and logistics sector is also benefitting from the dynamic devel- er. During the recent first state visit by opment of the economy. The country on the Bosphorus is establishing its position in a Mexican president to Ankara, Enrique Peña Nieto emphasised intentions of for- global trade, but there are still many obstacles on the way to the summit. malising a free-trade deal between the two countries. Discussions are underway. Modern Turkey is a success story, and the Turkish hubs. But the Turkish transport transport business has done its share to and logistics industry’s ambitions go be- Risk of underestimating the risks contribute. The economic value of the yond the country’s immediate neighbours The stormy developments at the Bospho- logistics sector alone comes to around in the Community of Independent States rus have their downside as well. Imports USD 7 billion, and the number of employ- and the Caucasus. exceed exports, which affects the trade ees in the industry stands at more than imbalance and the pairing of transport 400,000 people. The segment is certainly Levelling trade routes solutions. The lira has had a very volatile contributing to the country’s major goal A free-trade agreement between Turkey time of it in 2014. The Turkish economy of becoming one of the world’s ten larg- and Malaysia went into effect in May. depends on a sustained inflow of foreign est economies by the 100th anniversary 32 other agreementsare already operation- capital as well, also for the significant of the republic in 2023. According to the al, and over and above this negotiations infrastructure measures required for the World Bank’s 2014 logistics performance with another 13 countries are underway. logistics segment. index, Turkey is currently in 30th place. The range stretches from Japan to some The extent of firms’ confidence in Tur- In 2010 it was ranked 42nd. Gulf states, the Democratic Republic of key is thus crucially important at the level The dynamic in Turkey cannot be sepa- the Congo, Colombia and Ecuador. One of international relations. It was quite rated from its geographic position. Thus agreement was suspended in 2011, how- fitting that the 52nd Fiata World Con- the land of the crescent moon has bene- ever – the one with Syria. gress was hosted by Utikad, the Turkish fited from trade sanctions against Iran A revived partnership with Mexico, freight forwarders’ association, in Istan- and the ongoing reconstruction of Iraq, which holds a similar strategic geographic bul in October, where the self-assurance which have directed an additional flow position in Latin America to that of Tur- of the logistics sector in Turkey was very of goods between west and east by way of key’s in Europe, is likewise drawing clos- tangible. Christian Doepgen 30 Turkey Special International Transport Journal 45-46 2014

Cranes for new container terminal in Aliaga entered in orderbook Petkim Port taking shape

Business is now expected to move ahead rapidly now that negotiations concerning developments between the owner and future operator of a new container terminal near Izmir have formally been concluded. A firm order for the hub’s first cranes, which will be delivered in mid-2015, has been placed, thus ensuring that the facility can be opened in the fourth quarter of next year as planned.

New Petkim shareholder

Petkim has announced that the US investment banking group Goldman Sachs recently entered into a provisional agreement with Petkim, a subsidiary of Socar, which sees Goldman Sachs acquiring a 30% stake in Petkim Port for approximately USD 250 million. Socar said that the capital will enable the corporation to develop the hub into the largest centre for the handling of containers and general cargo in the Aegean region.

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Phot than 10,000 teu and plying their trade This is where the new Petkim Port is going to be developed. from Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East to be handled. APM Terminals Izmir, the operator of the APMT has not stated what the order is In a second phase, which will be com- new Petkim Port box terminal in Aliaga worth. It is known, however, that Petkim, pleted by mid-2017, the hub will be ex- near Izmir, has announced that it has se- which owns the terminal and which is a panded to an overall capacity of 3 mil- lected the supplier of its first cranes. APM part of Socar, Azerbaijan’s state-owned lion teu annually. The total length of the Terminals Izmir has selected ship-to- oil corporation, is set to invest the sum of quays will also have been extended to shore cranes with an outreach of 22 con- USD 400 million in the development of 700 m by then. The facility will feature a tainers (three units will be acquired) and the new facility. Petlim, a port-operating railway station as well as a logistics park, electric rubber-tyred gantries (e-RTGs, subsidiary of Petkim, is directly involved covering 45 ha. ten units ordered). The STS cranes will in the coming activities in Petkim Port be equipped with the latest safety techno- and will also be APMT’s direct partner. 28-year concession logy, whilst the e-RTGs will minimise APM Terminal’s concession to operate the centre’s carbon-dioxide emissions 1.5 million teu annually the container facility has been set at 28 and also ensure higher productivity. The The first phase of the new terminal, years, with an option to extend this du- equipment is currently being manufac- which APMT says is the largest and most ration by another four years. The full tured by the Chinese firm ZPMC in modern facility in Izmir and Western term would then run through to the Shanghai and will be delivered to Turkey Turkey, will see 350 m of quays built and year 2046. The global container terminal in mid-2015. The terminal is due to be an annual handling capacity of 1.5 mil- operator APMT is putting great trust in opened in the fourth quarter of 2015. lion teu established. The hub’s natural the advantageous geographical position of Petkim Port, on Turkey’s Aegean Sea APMT growing coast. It is expected to provide access to what APMT has termed a rapidly-growing APM Terminals was able to improve its profits from USD 179 million in the first semester of 2013 market, with nigh on 20 million consu- to USD 223 million in the first half of 2014. The company’s return on invested capital rose from mers close by. 12.8% to 14.2%. Terminals that became fully operational and new terminals that were added to Mogens Larsen, the managing director the portfolio enabled APMT’s volumes handled to rise by 8%, from 9.1 to 9.8 million teu. of APM Terminals Izmir, said that «this More than 80% of the company’s ebitda was generated in growth markets, with 41 out of crane order will ensure that we can de- APMT’s 66 container terminals located in these markets. The corporation’s revenues increased by liver efficient, reliable as well as safe ope- 6% and its invested capital from USD 5.6 to 6.4 billion. The latter figure reflects the continued rations for large inter-European trade in high investment level that APM Terminals maintains. It is currently developing seven new termi- Izmir, amongst many other things.» He nals and expanding another 16. also believes that the move will funda- Kim Fejfer, APM Terminals’ CEO, said that, despite the challenging conditions, his company had mentally change Izmir’s role in the global «delivered a good performance in the second quarter as well as in the entire first half of 2014.» logistics chain. International Transport Journal 45-46 2014 Turkey Special 31

of 20 years, with the deal also including an option for an extension by a further ten years. Yilport has leased both the operating area in the hub as well as cranes from t

or the port of Oslo. The holding will also lp Yi

: employ the crane drivers. To this end a to transfer will be effected from the port Pho Yilport operates three container terminals in Turkey, including Gemport. authority. The managers involved expect the fact that the procedures and employ- Turkish terminal operator in Norway ees are being taken over by a single new operator to enable them to implement more efficient operating processes. North and south in the programme The Yilport Holding was founded in 2005 and is a part of the Yildirim Group. There is no lack of interesting infrastructure projects in Turkey, as is well known. The The family-managed enterprise, which is Yilport Group, an Istanbul-based terminal operator, has already launched three enter- headquartered in Istanbul, is active in the fields of trade, shipping, mining, ship- prises in the country. Over and above this it is also expanding to the rest of Scandinavia. building as well as port operations. Yil- port manages three facilities in Turkey; Turkey’s Yilport Holding is set to start The development will double the hub’s one of them in Gebze, one in Gemlik and operating a new container terminal in the box-handling capacity by 2025. the third in Yarimca. It also owns a 50% Norwegian port of Oslo. The firm signed The newly-established centre is expect- stake in Malta Freeport. Since this spring a corresponding agreement with the local ed to be equipped to manage an annual it has also owned 80% of Sweden’s Gävle port authority on 15 October. A total of capacity of approximately 450,000 teu. container terminal. Over and above this four companies took part in the public in- In comparison: around 200,000 teu were a new intermodal gateway is also due vitation to tender for the management of shipped in and out of the port of Oslo last to start operations north of Stockholm the new facility in Norway’s largest port. year. The agreement will run for a period some time next year. av

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Trade routes for Turkey Many roads lead to Istanbul

The situation in Syria is taking its toll on the flow of goods to and from the Turkish market. Up to now, many of the country’s exports have found their way to the Arabian peninsula and North Africa through Egypt. But starting next year this practice could change, as trade relations between Turkey and Egypt have been less than ideal for some time.

The transport routes around Turkey are in a state of flux. The civil war in Syria is one reason for the upheaval. Another one is deteriorating diplomatic relations. The local media in Turkey and Egypt have reported that Egyptian government representatives announced at the end of October that they would not extend an agreement for road haulage traffic between Turkey and Egypt when it expires in April 2015. The reason, according to the articles, is that relations between the two countries are not particularly rosy these days. stock ink Th

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Currently, Turkish trucks make frequent Pho use of ro-ro lines connecting the Tur- Turkish transport enterprises are directly affected by the difficult situation in Syria. kish ports of Iskenderun and Mersin to the Egyptian port of Alexandria. From remain as an alternative. Fees for using rently facing any obstacles in Egypt. there, the trucks travel overland to other the waterway are one of Egypt’s most im- Furthermore, Turkish sources stated that Egyptian ports on the Red Sea, where yet portant sources of foreign currency. For Egypt was said to rather have terminated more ro-ro connections take the goods Turkish transport companies, however, agreements related to Turkish investment further, to Saudi Arabia or Jordan. Using this option would mean a drastic rise in in Egypt, and not the ro-ro connection this route, exports from Turkey to Saudi shipping costs. Yet another alternative itself – an action, by the way, which was Arabia generally take less than four days would be to use another route between said to be of questionable legality in the to reach their destination. An added Iskenderun and the Israeli port of Haifa international juridical context. benefit of these trade links is that they (see ITJ 43-44/2014, page 25). Members of the Egyptian government, give Turkish exporters easy access to Just how the situation will actually however, have been quoted as saying that African markets. shake out once the agreement expires the decision had been taken for political If the overland route through Egypt is still unclear. The word from Turkey reasons, and also to increase security in were to be cut off, the Suez Canal would is that the country’s trucks are not cur- their country. av

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Istanbul’s second airport cooperating with Liège Sabiha Gökçen has a new Belgian friend

The airports in Liège and Istanbul have airport, said that «the partnership can of- flight operated by TNT Airways. TNT signed what they have termed a friendship fer so much more than just another link more than doubled its capacities on the between Europe and Turkey. Thanks to route on 14 October, by deploying Boeing agreement, to promote cooperation and Liège’s strategic location and its minimal B767 freighters in place of B737s. This in- strengthen the exchange of information. transit times, every corner of Europe can creased capacities to 17,500 t a year. easily be reached from here in a short Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen airport is The Belgian airport (Iata code LGG) and time.» The hub also serves as an intercon- close to regional industrial areas. By of- the Turkish hub (Iata code SAW), which tinental transit platform, with frequent fering rapid cargo turnaround times it both focus on airfreight, have entered cargo flights to and from Africa, the wants to attract more freight. Cargo ope- into a mutual deal that explores the pos- Americas and Asia, the manager added. rations and marketing manager Harun Ay sibilities of cooperating in the business Sabiha Gökçen airport in turn, located believes that the new partners will be able development field and expanding syn- on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, is to develop synergies and create a positive ergies. Luc Partoune, the CEO of Liège connected to Liège by a daily freighter outcome for both parties. ah

Lufthansa Cargo says Merhaba to the Turkish market go Car a ns ha ft Lu : to Pho The «Merhaba Turkey» is the sixth aeroplane that Lufthansa Cargo has re-named in the last twelve months. The new monikers are based on the philosophy «say hello around the world», a slo- gan which won an open creative corporate competition in 2013.

Lufthansa Cargo, the freight subsidiary of the German flag carrier, has emphasised the importance of Turkey as a major cargo market by naming one of its full-freighters «Merhaba Turkey» (Hello Turkey).A Lufthansa MD-11F was given this new name at a ceremony held at Istanbul Atatürk airport on 14 October.

Lufthansa board member Dr Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht pixelio.de explained that «Turkey has become one of the most dynamic air cargo markets in the world. We want to stand ConneCtingWorlds. for a very high quality of service here and offer our customers fast connections to and from four national des- Be it in China, Kazakhstan or Turkey: With our dense network of 100 locations in over 30 countries, tinations.» Lufthansa offers frequent belly-hold as well we get your goods to their destination, even via routes offthe as cargo-only options to and from the most important beaten track. Turkish centres of trade and industry, linking them effi- Profit from our local know-how,our pioneering spirit, and our ciently to the world through the airline’s network (with foresight. Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Sun Express flights). Sun Express, a subsidiary of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines (each holds a 50% stake), links Izmir, Antalya and Ankara airports to more than 20 European destinations. Austrian Airlines connects its hub in Vienna with www.mumnet.com the Turkish market during the summer schedule. ah

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Turkish Cargo in Seoul, Sochi, southern Ukraine and Libya A rather satisfied trendsetter

Turkish Cargo was one of the few airlines that exhibited at Tiaca’s Air Cargo Forum in Seoul recently. It has not regretted its participation and is once again winging its way to new shores. Turkish Cargo is going against the flow. go

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the rather ambiguous balance sheet of the Pho exhibition (see ITJ 43-44/2014, page 15), South Korean transport minister Seoung-Hwan Suh (centre) with a Tiaca delegation including Doug the Southeastern European company was Brittin (third from the right) and Enno Osinga (second from the right) visiting Turkish Cargo’s stand. very definitely present. Its stand proved to be a popular site for visitors. «Our ish Airlines restarted daily flights to the The southern Ukrainian port of Cherson booth enjoyed a great deal of attention western Libyan port of Misrata on 27 Oc- has also been an unreachable destination and we were even privileged to welcome tober, for example. Its competitors have for many airways. Turkish Airlines has the South Korean minister for land, infra- been rather more cautious so far regard- been flying to the shipbuilding centre structure and transport,» the managers in ing a return to the North African coun- four times a week since 15 October, how- charge of presentations told us. try. Since fighting broke out between op- ever – the only foreign airline to do so. In the meantime the carrier has an- posing groups there in July, the majority Sochi is another regional destination, but nounced new destinations in its schedule of airlines have turned their backs on as it is across the border in Russia it can and has reactivated some services which Benghazi and Tripoli. The capital’s offi- be served without limitations by Turkish had temporarily been suspended during cial airport has been completely closed to carriers with immediate effect. Officials the implementation of its winter flight air traffic since then (see ITJ 31-34/2014, from the two countries concluded the plan. The new destinations are not nec- page 13) and has been replaced by Mitiga revising of a bilateral agreement to this essarily typical of the current trend. Turk- airport, 8 km east of Tripoli’s city centre. effect at the beginning of October. ah

Distribution for the dental industry Carrier set to place a large order

The Turkish national branch of the logistics service provider Atlasjet Airlines, an airway which is based in Antalya, is about Gefco is set to cooperate with the Sirona Dental Corporation in to quadruple the size of its fleet in one fell swoop. Approxi- future. Sirona Dental is a market and technology leader in the mately 50 new aircraft will be added to the 21 units it currently dental industry and is represented in more than 135 countries operates, all of which are Airbus units – except for one Boeing around the world. Gefco Turkey will take over the storage and B767-300 it leases from Portugual’s Euroatlantic Airways. The inventory management for the customer in its own logistics manufacturer of the new aircraft will not be announced until centre near Istanbul. «We’re proud to have been chosen by a the exact quantity ordered can be released. This is expected company which has the same quality requirements as we do,» to be the case at the end of October. Atlasjet has also offered said Fulvio Villa, chief operating officer at Gefco Turkey and airfreight services since it was founded in 2001, when it initially the head of the Middle East region for the Gefco Group. ah only deployed Boeing aircraft. ah

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Turkish ports getting ready for ULCVs Which port will grow to be the biggest?

Many hubs on the east coast of the Mediterranean are also reacting to the trend towards ever-larger containerships. Following the privatisation of many ports expansion has moved forward swiftly. Container throughput in Turkey is growing. Within ten years the volume thereof has increased to almost 8 million teu annually. The amount of boxes handled all rt Po across the country in 2014 is expected to l na

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the ports for a great future. Pho The port of Mersin is significantly expanding its capacities – just as Marport and Limakport are. Quality and quantity The port of Mersin, with up to 5,000 calls Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean, Limak, 40 sqkm of filled-in ground will from freighters every year, is a prime ex- in terms of teu. Mersin International Inc also be opened up for the private termi- ample of the new trend. In March an (MIP), a joint venture between PSA Inter- nal. Ships with a 16.5 m draught will expansion project worth USD 106 mil- national from Singapore and the Karen be loaded and unloaded in future with lion started. It will make the port navi- Holding, has been the private operator super-postpanamax cranes. gable for ULCVs with a capacity of up of the hub since 2007. The port of Iskenderun is also ex- to 18,000 teu, a required water depth of panding. Limak, privately operated since 16 m and a width of up to 59 m. Drive to be the first 2011, has invested around USD 100 mil- In addition, four new cranes will be The Marport terminal in Ambarli, which lion there. The gateway, not far from the installed. This equipment will be able to is operated by the Arkas Holding which Syrian border, is expected to reach a capa- handle up to 23 rows of containers across. and handled 2,086 ships in 2013, wants to city of up to 1.3 million teu annually. The By the end of 2015, the port of Mersin increase its container capacity from 1.9 to new cranes will be delivered by the end of will have cargo handling capacity for 2.4 million teu. In addition to 64 sqkm of 2015, and the port basin is to be deepened 2.6 million teu. It is the largest port in land bought in part from the enterprise by 15 m. Christian Doepgen 40 Turkey Special International Transport Journal 45-46 2014

HGV by ship, driver by plane Ferry, rail, truck and plane

The Turkish shipping line U.N. Ro-Ro Isletmeleri is celebrating an anniversary. It has been operating ro-ro ships between Trieste and Turkey for 20 years. The drivers of the lorries on board fly to their destination, from where they serve Italy and Austria using ro-mos.

At the beginning of it all there was a one container, swap body or trailer costs war. The conflict that broke out in the EUR 420 per trip. The utilisation rate former Yugoslavia in 1994 severely in- comes to 80%. «We offer a seamless rail- terrupted routes between Turkey and to-ship transport solution,» Kuscu said. N.

Europe – practically overnight. It was out : U. of this emergency that Saffed Ulusoy, a From Toulon to Mersin to Pho Turkish entrepreneur, came up with the U.N. Ro-Ro’s ships serve the Turkish The Istanbul–Trieste service with links to ro-mos idea of loading HGVs onto ferries in Tur- ports of Pendik and Tekirdag, the latter has been on the go for 20 years. key and shipping them to Trieste. It all receiving three calls a week from Pendik. started with two rented vessels. Ulusoy Another service shuttles between Pendik pick up the trailer from the boat and convinced 50 Turkish transport firms to and Trieste six times a week. The infra- drive onto the rolling motorway (ro-mo), use the alternative new option. structure, land and compound at Pendik which takes them from Trieste to Salz- port was set up by U.N. Ro-Ro. burg. This means that they can bypass Intermodal by ship and train Using its own ships the undertaking the Austrian transit permit regime and «The project was a success, and today the offers twice-weekly links to Mersin, where first hit the road again in Germany. The Turkish shipping line U.N. Ro-Ro Islet- there are possibilities to forward loads to same applies in the other direction. meleri has 240 transport companies on countries in the Middle East, including The Salzburg–Trieste ro-mo train has its customer lists, and twelve ferries built Iran, Iraq and Egypt. The ships can also 21 wagons and is a daily service, with the in Germany in its fleet,» as Yavuz Kuscu be seen twice a week in the French port shipping line underwriting the utilisa- explained in an interview with the ITJ of Toulon. «We provide connections to tion risk. «The combination of ferry and in Vienna. He is the European delegate France, Switzerland, the United King- ro-mo is attractive for transport compa- of U.N. Ro-Ro, working from its Vienna dom, Spain and Scandinavia from these nies,» Kuscu said. office, and the co-initiator of this project ports», Kuscu said, thus filling us in on However, the option has lost some to transfer cargo from the roads to the some of the background for offering the of its appeal since Austria’s Rail Cargo railways. He is as the point of contact for Pendik–Toulon route. Group moved its customs clearance acti- Austrian forwarders and freight enter- vities from the port of Trieste to the Fer- prises that ship their trailers by sea, as HGV drivers take a flight netti terminal 20 km away. Drivers now well as for the booking of HGV spaces The vessels take less than 14 hours to sail have to cover this extra distance to get on U.N. Ro-Ro’s own blocktrain running from the Istanbul region to Trieste. The their trucks on the rails. A few customers between Wels and Trieste. truck drivers do not accompany their have stopped using the link for this rea- This train, has been operating since units, but rather fly between Mersin or son. «The schedule has had to be reduced mid-September, for which U.N. Ro-Ro Istanbul and Ljubljana, from where they from two departures per day to just one,» is in charge of finding users. Hauling are taken to Trieste by bus. Here, they Kuscu said with regret. Josef Müller

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Airport and railway technology Siemens goes mobile in Turkey

Siemens’ logistics and airport solutions unit, a division of the entity Siemens mobility, is involved in the first expansion stage of Turkish Airlines’ airfreight terminal at Istanbul Atatürk airport (see also ITJ 41-42/2014, page 19). But the global technology giant is making things move in the Turkish rail sector too.

TürkiyeCumhuriyetiDevletDemiryolları the Middle East makes the country par- (TCDD), Turkey’s national railway, re- ticularly attractive as a regional railway cently officially commenced operations hub for the international transport and in a new logistics centre covering ap- logistics industry. s proximately 540,000 sqm. Siemens was The country at the key Euro-Asian emen Si in charge of supplying the site in Hasan- transport interface is planning to invest : bey, in northwestern Turkey, with all of approximately EUR 30 billion in the to Pho the necessary signal and telecommunica- expansion of its maritime ports as well TCDD is en route for the future, with new tions systems. The new logistics centre as its airports, water routes, roads and Siemens material, amongst other things. is designed to handle a throughput of railways by 2023. The rail sector, which 1.4 million t of cargo a year, and has ap- is currently still largely irrelevant when aiming to bring eleven logistics centres proximately 20,000 m of goods handling it comes to its role in logistics, is set to on stream, on the basis of the Hasanbey tracks as well as a loading and unloading play a key part in this process. TCDD is model, by around the year 2023. ah stretch covering 6,500 m.

Development only just starting The order, which Siemens won in 2010, Yusen finds new Turkish business partner in Inci included the delivery, installation and commissioning of the signal systems, Inci Logistics is hoping that it will be able country’s need for competitive solutions electronic signal boxes, the train record- to benefit from a drive for greater growth in the export sector,» Perihan Inci said. ing system as well as the LED signals and for the Turkish transport sector by team- The president of Inci Holding, said his electric point drives. The energy and dis- ing up with a new partner from the Far firm’s new partner was a perfect choice, as tribution systems as well as the uninter- East. The company recently entered into Yusen is already strong in key Turkish ex- ruptible power supply were also delivered a corresponding business agreement with port markets. Ian Veitch, managing direc- by Siemens. Japan’s Yusen Logistics. «This latest move tor of Yusen Logistics Europe, underlined The location of Turkey at the cross- reflects both the growing volume of ex- that his firm has «major growth plans for roads between Europe, Central Asia and ports traded from Turkey, as well as the the Turkish market.» ah International Transport Journal 45-46 2014 Southern Europe 43

More activities in different logistics sectors

In and beyond Portugal up Gro d an

The Garland Group, which has its roots in Lisbon, Porto, rl Ga :

Aveiro and Marinha Grande, and which was founded in to Pho 1776, now encompasses eleven entities. It is continuing The administration/main board of the Garland Group includes group president to extend the radius of its activities, both from a Bruce Dawson, Peter Dawson (standing, left to right), Ricardo Costa, Mark Dawson, Margarida Palos and Alberto Silveira (seated, left to right). geographical point of view and in terms of services. The Garland Group has invested substantially in new store 20,000 pallets. Now the corporation has also opened an office products recently, to help the company manage the in Casablanca. In addition, a ship agency/commercial operation was modern-day requirements of the market place. Garland established recently in Barcelona as well as Valencia. This will enable sees itself primarily as an enterprise that provides trans- the Garland Group to offer ship agency and commercial services in all port and logistics services to the Portuguese economy, major export and import fields both in Spain and Portugal. and it can meet its clients’ requirements from the factory all the way to their final point of sale. Tailor-made services In 2014 Garland is set to complete the consolidation Bruce Dawson, the president and chairman of the group, stated that of its Lisbon offices into one centre at Aboboda, approxi- «as a family-managed company, our objective is to meet our customers’ mately 15 km from the Portuguese capital. The move requirements with up-to-date facilities. This will enable our clients to will increase the capacity of Garland’s Lisbon warehouse increase the visibility of their merchandise. We also offer outsourcing by more than 1,000 pallet spaces and bring the group’s services on a made-to-measure basis. Garland provides overland, mari- warehousing space in the Lisbon and Porto areas to a time and air transport options, as well as ancillary services including total of 45,000 sqm. storage, picking and packing, documentation, cross-trading and Euro- In 2012–2013 Garland invested around EUR 8 mil- pean distribution. The Garland Group employed about 350 people in lion in a new warehouse in Maia (Porto), which can 2013, who generated a turnover of EUR 82 million last year. it

A fresh export breeze in Barcelona

The throughput figures in the export segment of the port of Barcelona rose substantially in the first half of 2014. The gateway registered 63% more exports than in the same period of 2008, the last pre-slump year. INTERNATIONAL The Catalonian port of Barcelona scored most points TRANSPORT in the cargo sector in the first half of the year, with the www.transnatur.com hub finishing the period with 22.5 million t of goods transported. This represents a 7% increase compared ROAD with the same period in 2013. On the strength of these figures Sixte Cambra, the president of the Barcelona Port SEA Authority, predicted that 2014 would turn out to be a record year for both exports as well as imports in the AIR hub. Cambra underlined the fact that the data go beyond being mere statistics; they represent the country’s eco- ROAD CUSTOMS nomic and commercial recovery, he said, and especially EXHIBITIONS praised the efforts of local companies to reach out to SEA foreign markets. LOGISTICS Container traffic increased by 7% between January AIR and July, and stood at approximately 886,000 teu. China remains the port’s main trading partner. It has a market BARCELONA -ALICANTE -VALENCIA -MADRID SEVILLA -IRÚN -ZARAGOZA -BILBAO share of 21% (115,000 teu). Trade with the growing eco- VIGO -TENERIFE-LAS PALMAS -TARRAGONA nomies of Mexico, South Korea, Colombia, Thailand PORTO -LISBOA and Bangladesh also did very well. The hub registered Carrer Ca l’Arana,15-17-ZAL II 6% growth in vehicle traffic (to 386,869 units). Auto- 08820ElPratdeLlobregat (Barcelona) mobile exports reached almost 230,000 units, thus ex- Tel. +34 93 480 45 00 •Fax +34 93 480 45 01 e-mail: [email protected] •www.transnatur.com ceeding by 25% the record set in 2008. it 44 Southeastern Europe International Transport Journal 45-46 2014

Logistics corporation broadening its Balkan appeal Doubling capacities in Croatia

DB Schenker is strengthening its position DB Schenker is the first and so far the in the Croatian market by establishing only provider in Croatia that also offers customs-clearance options for full-load a new logistics centre near Zagreb. The services in its own facility. Customers’ firm’s new facility in Rugvica will offer import and export consignments thus save a lot of time, as such a solution was 6,500 sqm of warehousing logistics areas only available at the customs offices itself r and 1,000 sqm for cross-docking activities. so far. The Croatian customs office is an ke en integral part of the new terminal. DB Sch

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activities in the centre, which has more Speed, size, security Pho than 12,000 pallet slots and which can As is always the case, DB Schenker also DB Schenker’s new location in Rugvica, where be extended to 20,000 pallet slots if gives security along the entire supply operations started in October. needed, at the beginning of October. chain a high priority in this project. The More than 60 company vehicles now facility is due to be Tapa and AEO certi- Operationally, the corporation’s Croatian serve the domestic market from Rugvica, fied in the next few months. activities are part of its Southeastern with DB Schenker Croatia guarantee- DB Schenker employs 114 people at European region, which is headquar- ing a standard delivery time of 24 hours five locations in Croatia, offering com- tered in Vienna. There are 14 countries maximum. Naturally the new hub, which prehensive transport and logistics solu- that form this division, which has more also serves all of Croatia’s neighbouring tions. These include customs services than 5,300 employees working at around countries every day, is fully integrated in- and regular scheduled liner connections 80 locations. These figures make the unit to DB Schenker’s pan-European network by truck, railway, sea and air to and from one of the largest in DB Schenker’s global with more than 700 stations. every part of Europe. network. ah

Croatian airlines facing Air Malta losses Two bidders left in race privatisation and a launch lower in 2014 for Cyprus Airways

Having failed with a first such endea- Air Malta, which celebrated its 40th anni- At the end of October the government vour in 2013, new EU member Croatia versary this year, reduced its loss in the of Cyprus informed Greece’s Aegean has made another attempt to sell its flag financial year to March 2014, and believes Airlines and Ireland’s Ryanair that they carrier.A specially-created commission is it is on course for success – despite setbacks were the only contenders left to take over expected to accept offers for 25-year-old such as the termination of its Libyan ser- Cyprus Airways, which was founded in Croatia Airlines in spring next year. As- vices (monthly losses therefrom come to 1947. The efforts of nine other airlines or piring new owners from the EU will be about EUR 1 million). The carrier’s annual consortia have thus been grounded. The allowed to own a majority share in the figures, published in October, reported a employees of the national flag carrier entity, whilst contenders from outside the loss of EUR 16.2 million (EUR –30.9 mil- have rejected both advances, however, union will have a 49% ceiling imposed on lion in 2013). Freight activities generated categorising them as «unfriendly».A lot their stake. In other news, the new car- an income of EUR 27.8 million. Air Malta is riding on the EU’s assessment of state rier Air Croatia is hoping to commence is currently being restructured and hopes support the airline is said to have received operations in December. to return to the profit zone in 2016. in 2012 and 2013. ah International Transport Journal 45-46 2014 Southeastern Europe 45 Danaos in choppy waters Good and bad news The Danaos Corporation, an Athenian shipping line which ope for Greek airfreight rates 59 containerships and charters its vessels out to scheduled shipping lines, has now announced its results for Q3 /2014. The Athens International Airport has company, which is listed on the New York stock exchange, re recorded a relatively good freight es chiv corded a loss in revenue and ebitda to the end of September, performance so far in 2014. Up ar J IT compared to last year, but generated an increased net profit. until the end of August of this : In the third quarter of 2014 it achieved an operating income year, a 2.5% increase in cargo to Pho of USD 139.5 million, which was 6% lower than the previous had offset a slight 1.3% decline Will most Greek airlines be a year’s USD 148.4 million. This is therefore a continuation of the in the transport of postal cargo. private domain soon? overall annual trend, as Danaos generated an operating income Overall, the hub’s cargo through of USD 411 million in the first three quarters of 2014. In 2013, put is therefore approximately 3% above that of the previous this was 6.7% higher, at USD 441 million. During the same year. This may spark a turnaround, as freight throughput fell by period, ebitda also fell by 8%, to below the USD 300 million a total of approximately 2% in 2013. mark. In 2013, this had stood at USD 325 million. Privatisation under way Cost reductions versus a decrease in revenue Matters pertaining to the privatisation of Athens International Danaos’ chief executive officer John Coustas said he was still Airport (AIA) remain rather unclear, in contrast. In spring 2014, satisfied, however, due to internal cost reductions. With net rev a Chinese consortium, consisting of Friedmann Pacific Asset enues of USD 18 million in the third quarter of 2014, the com Management and Shenzhen airport, had expressed an interest pany recovered some ground compared to the USD 13.4 million in acquiring Hochtief’s shareholding and in managing AIA. of 2013. But the shipping line’s net revenue of USD 36.6 million In other news from Greece, fourteen regional airports are in the first three quarters also lagged behind that of 2013 (when set to be privatised in the course of the rest of this year. The USD 39.1 million was generated). The lower operating income Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund issued public invi was associated with the restructuring of Zim, amongst other tations to tender at the end of September. The new owners will things, which chartered six ships from Danaos. In 2014, the receive concessions to manage and operate the gateways for up company plans to reduce its debts by USD 222 million. cd to 50 years in total. cd

Arkas establishes reefer service trailblazing! Arkas Line has started connecting the Turkish ports of Mersin and Limas, the Israeli gateways in Haifa and Ash dod as well as the hub in Novorossiysk (Russia) with its newlyestablished Reefer Express service (REX) with immediate effect. This is the first time that the Turk ish shipping line has operated a direct link between the Israeli and Russian markets. The reefer container option with a weekly frequency sailed from Mersin for the first time on 1 November. The 14 t Michigan Trader and Warnow Beluga are deployed, offering a 978 teu capacity with 390 reefers plugs each. Arkas’ REX link will provide Israel and Russia with fresh fruit and other agricultural product transport options, providing a short transit time with regular sailings. The enterprise said that it has secured a docking window in the Israeli ports as well as in Mersin, which is expected to guarantee punctuality. With the new REX connection as well as its exist ing ERS link, which joins the dots between the Eastern Mediterranean and Russia, Arkas now offers two ser with offices in Baku,Brest,Minsk, Beijing,Shanghai, vices between Mersin and the larger EuroAsian country. Berlin,Frankfurt,Mumbai, Bandar Abbas, Mashhad, Whilst REX sails from Mersin on Saturdays, the ERS Sarakhs, Tehran,Almaty, Dostyk, Malaszewicze, option departs for Russia every Wednesday. The Reefer Warsaw,Chelyabinsk, Ekaterinburg, Moscow,Orenburg, St.Petersburg,Vostochny,Basel,St.Gallen, Kiev,Chop Express service will rotate from Haifa to Ashdod, Limas, andTashkent. Novorossiysk and Mersin before returning to Haifa. Arkas Container Transport’s fleet includes 33 vessels Phone: +4171227 1515 Email: [email protected] with a total capacity of 49,740 teu. av Web: www.interrail.ag 46 Middle East International Transport Journal 45-46 2014

Maritime industry a key sector in the Middle East Moving ahead at full speed

For many countries in the Middle East, the maritime industry has become one of the most important sectors of the economy. The UAE in particular

has been investing strongly in this segment for some time, with its plans stock ink Th for the coming years actually exceeding previous expectations. : to Pho The maritime sector is playing an ever more important role in At the Dubai Maritime Summit in October, industry representatives Dubai’s overall economic development. said that the United Arab Emirates is set to invest up to USD 66 billion in the maritime segment over the next three years. enhancing prevailing standards in maritime safety, ports, This figure exceeds experts’ estimates, which saw the United Arab financing, brokerage, logistics, marine insurance, equip- Emirates accounting for up to 30% of the projected USD 170 billion ment supplies and other key segments. in investments planned in the Middle East. In this way Dubai, one of the UAE’s crucial economic The United Arab Emirates is a major player in the Cooperation powerhouses, hopes to make a strong contribution to eco- Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (CCASG) with regard to mari- nomic growth in the emirate and further boost its ability time activities, as its maritime infrastructure accounts for approximately to compete in the maritime industry. Antje Veregge 60% of the total value of the sector in the organisation’s member states.

Improving local logistics processes And that is no accident: In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has Growth for DP World spent large sums on the development of ports, airports and free-trade zones, and has invested in improved logistics and customs handling The container terminals of Dubai-based DP World hand- processes to keep pace with the rapid growth in the region. led a total of 44.8 million teu in the first nine months of Dubai’s foreign trade alone increased ninefold between the year 2000 the year. This represents a 9% rise over the same period and last year, according to Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman of the in 2013, or 10%, if the new London Gateway (UK) and Dubai Maritime Authority. This was also a major reason behind the Embraport (Santos, Brazil) are included. establishment of Dubai’s official maritime sector strategy, which seeks to bolster the local maritime cluster and which is additionally committed to Business in Europe encouraging Major growth drivers were the company’s facilities in the Asia-Pacific region (including the Indian subcontinent), Europe and the United Arab Emirates. The 11.4 million teu handled by facilities in the UAE was 12.6% higher than throughput in the first nine months of the previous year. The company sees business in Europe as «very encouraging», in view of the strong volume improvements seen in that region.

Flagship terminal posts a record Company chairman, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, is very optimistic about the results. «Our investments in recent years are now paying off». The flagship Jebel Ali terminal posted yet another record, with 4 million teu handled in the third quarter. With the partial opening of the new terminal 3 for container cargo in Jebel Ali on 22 October, an additional 2 million teu of capacity per year is now available. A further 2 million teu of capacity will come on stream when the next phase of construction is completed in the second half of 2015. The increase in Jebel Ali’s overall capacity to 19 million teu means that DP World is well prepared for future growth in Dubai. av International Transport Journal 45-46 2014 Asia 47

In conversation with Vivien Lau, managing director of Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services Airfreight carried without wings

Vivien Lau has headed the firm Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services since October 2012. Hacis was founded 30 years ago as the logistics arm of Hong Kong Air Terminals Limited. In August Lau also joined the board of the Hactl Group. ITJ editor Andreas Haug talked to her in Seoul recently, touching on the opportunities presented by the new Chinese customs regulations as well as her career.

Congratulations, Ms Lau, on your pro- track we will offer our clients more choice an airfreight hub? And what is Hactl’s motion to the board of the Hactl Group! concerning RFS and transhipment to air- contribution? (See also ITJ 35-36/2014, page 8.) What craft. Establishing further cargo depots Hong Kong is only a small market, and does this step mean for Hacis? in China is the second track. as such it is but a gateway to China for Up until now Hacis was a rather small us. It’s largely the local freight forwarders entity in the Hactl Group, but our seat What are your geographic foci? who have made the airport the world’s on the board underlines our greater in- The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao bridge largest airfreight hub. Hactl, which com- fluence in the group. The measure also is currently being built here. This major mands a market share of 60% today, is illustrates a strategic change: I’ve always road infrastructure project will link three the dominant terminal in the hub. We said that Hacis and Hactl should be like important Pearl River Delta centres with managed to compensate for the loss of the two arms of a single body. each other and greatly improve transit Cathay Pacific’s business by generating You see, Hactl itself primarily serves times for RFS in the region west of Hong organic growth from other clients. airlines. Hacis’s customers, in contrast, Kong. At another level we hope to estab- are the customers, in turn, of the airlines, lish one or two stations of our own in How have relations with this former that is to say the freight forwarders such western China in future. Hactl stakeholder developed? as Schenker, Expeditors and DGF. Very well. Even after Cathay Pacific Another thrust is mainly geographic. «We want to expand into western China.» moved into its own terminal it continued Hactl has always been strong in Hong to use our RFS options. As one of our Kong, and with Hacis as its foil the group old customers the airline knows that our can expand more easily into mainland Can you illustrate your current activities so-called Superlink service gets its cargo China. We offer road feeder services to with a few figures? for example to Guangzhou or Shenzhen China and manage six cargo depots there. Well, our main centre in Hong Kong safely and rapidly. Of the three local ter- has 300 employees. Our customer base minal operators we’re the only provider What are the concrete advantages? encompasses more than 200 names, in- that can offer the benefits of the so-called Well, cargo from Europe can reach China cluding the top ten of the local freight quick pass mode, which means that Hacis more easily and will no longer depend forwarding industry. As a result, our lorries don’t have to wait for hours at the on direct flights to the mainland. The business has been growing fast, and has customs-clearance point. Their loads are master AWB of a consignment, to give recorded 50% growth in the past twelve inspected later, in the cargo depot. you just one example, may cite Shenzhen, months alone. but our services ensure that the shipment can also land in Hong Kong. Our basic How big are your cargo depots? model connects the Pearl River Delta, Well Hactl, as you know, is the largest but of course we look beyond this region airfreight terminal in the world. The rest to seize other opportunities as they may of the facilities are rather simple, actually. present themselves. What is far more important, in my opinion, are the internal processes and the How has the model been developing? degree of efficiency that we can achieve. In the year 2000 we first launched our We can guarantee, for example, that the road feeder services, and since then we’ve customs authorities will not slow down gathered extensive experience in the field. our customers’ cargo. We offer our clients We’ve won various awards from trade and the value-adding options that they re- industry bodies here in Hong Kong as a quire, and can also organise the delivery result of our efforts. What our customers of consignments for them through our appreciate most is the fact that we have local partners in China. taken something of a pioneering role. As you know, dealing with the Chinese How important are these partners customs authorities is quite a challenge, for the success of Hong Kong as especially for foreign competitors. In the next few years we’d like to ex- Vivien Lau,

pand our network on two tracks. In one managing director. s ci Ha : to Pho 48 The Americas International Transport Journal 45-46 2014

DSV opens sixth Brazilian Infrastructure for natural gas exploitation in Canada office in Curitiba

The Danish enterprise DSV has further Breaking up bottlenecks enhanced its presence in the industrial south of Brazil by opening a new branch Fracking has rung in a new era in natural gas production. There are extensive fields office in Curitiba, the capital of and larg- waiting to be tapped in northern Canada too – but no progress can be made without est city in the state of Paraná. The hub is the country’s second-largest car manufac- the concomitant infrastructure.A federal programme might change this state of affairs. turing centre. Thus DSV Brazil has now opened six maintain both the public as well as the branches in the country since it started its private roads. Canada’s transport minis- activities there in 2012, three of them as try says the largest road is around 570 km recently as 2014. DSV Brazil’s 60 employ- long and links Tibbitt and Contwoyto. ees work in São Paulo, Santos, Campinas, This limited transport network sub- Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Curitiba. stantially increases local mining firms’ DSV Air & Sea CEO Jorgen Moller said running costs. This is why Northwest that, after this rapid expansion, it is now Territories has announced a ten-year plan time for the Brazilian team to consoli- that includes investment worth approxi- date the development of the individual mately USD 600 million in roads, bridges locations. «Growth remains our focus in and ports. For the same reason the Cana- Brazil, but we’ll now concentrate more on dian province has been working hard CN increasing our market share in the cities : on an all-weather road, expected to run where we operate,» Moller added, who is to along the entire length of the Mackenzie Pho retiring in 2015 after 42 years with DSV Limits to train weights in northern Canada. Valley as far south as Wrigley since 2013. and handing over the reins to Carsten USD 120 million is set to be invested in Trolle (see ITJ Daily of 8 October 2014). Northern Canada is a rough patch of this route alone. land, characterised primarily by its po- Prospering and well-connected lar climate. Exploitation of the region’s New terminals Curitiba is nicknamed the ecological raw materials is traditionally one of the There are also several companies building capital of Brazil, on account of the great main economic activities there. Now the new LNG terminals in the Pacific coastal deal of attention its municipal leaders pay fracking method of extracting natural province of British Columbia, from where to good urban planning and sustainable gas has added a new dimension to the liquefied natural gas will be shipped out. development projects. It has a population local economy. According to the United A consortium led by Apache Corp is cur- of around 1.9 million people, many of States Geological Survey (USGS), north- rently completing a terminal in Kitimat. them European immigrants, which has ern Canada contains 13% of all untapped Approximately 40 million cbm of LNG contributed to the city growing by 7% on global oil reserves, as well as 30% of the are expected to be handled here every average every year over the past 30 years. same for natural gas. But the Canadian day from the end of 2016 onwards. Royal Its per capita income is estimated to be government, as well as many a private Dutch Shell, which had considered con- approximately 66% higher than the Bra- enterprise, are facing limits in the existing structing a terminal of its own at the same zilian average. transportation network in their efforts to site, is expected to withdraw its proposal. The expanding metropolis is well-con- unlock these resources. Intermodal solutions are also on the nected to the rest of the country through drawing board, with trains to the Pacific Afonso Pena international airport as well Investing in roads – and rivers coast and inland barges hauling the liq- as its link to the São Paulo–Rio Grande A very low population density has made uefied natural gas out on the Mackenzie do Sul motorway. The city is prospering, for a rather sparse road network. The river to the Peace, Slave and Athabasca partially due to the local automobile in- Northwest Territories has approximately rivers. The fact that the tundra ground dustry, as well as on account of its relative 2,200 kmof all-weather roads and another only allows a limited weight to be borne proximity to the Atlantic Ocean port of 1,450 km of roads and 75 bridges that can by railway tracks makes riverine shipping Paranaguá (90 km away). cd be used in winter too. Private enterprises a viable alternative. Christian Doepgen

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Dispatcher Ronny Kern in action – despite vision impairment A blind understanding of freight

Ronny Kern has continued a family tradition by becoming a dispatcher on a permanent basis with the Buchen-based German company founded by his grandparents. Instead of a normal keyboard his computer is equipped with a braille one, however. n da Ra a

When Alfons and Hilda Kern laid the amongst many other things, across the nj Ta foundations for their building materials nation. Kern has an extensive network, s: and haulage enterprise in 1956, they did but that alone is not enough, according to to Pho not dream that the company would still Ronny Kern. «In the olden days you com- Ronny Kern at work, using his braille keyboard. be firmly in family hands almost 60 years pleted a tour and returned with an empty later. Their son continues to happily truck. We can’t afford to operate like that writing system was invented by the blind climb into the driver’s cabin every day, any more today. Luckily we can quickly French teacher Louis Braille (1809–1852). and their grandson Ronny Kern has now find a consignment for the return leg on ModernIT technology offers blind and also joined the undertaking as a dispatch- freight exchanges such as TimoCom’s.» visually-handicapped people ever more er on a permanent basis – even though Kern has 1% seeing ability, but can possibilities of sharing into the worldwide he is almost completely blind. He has work independently at a computer, thanks web. TimoCom general manager Marcel inherited a keen sense for the business, to screen-reading software and a braille Frings said that «we continually optimise good negotiating skills as well as plenty keyboard. On-screen visuals are auto- the form, colours and user-friendliness of of concrete transport industry know-how. matically read out to him after they have our systems. After our next update, users The German firm Kern Baustoffe und been made audible by a screen reader.A will be able to use the tab key to skip from Fuhrbetrieb deploys eight of its own lor- braille keyboard is also plugged into the field to field, for example, thus reaching ries in long-haul services, transporting computer, enabling Kern to enter texts functions much more easily that were roof tiles, bulk goods and machine parts, and commands. The braille reading and previously only accessible by mouse.» ah

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Luck or genius?

«Luck is a thoroughly confusing mathematical concept.» Erhard Blanck (*1942), German traditional healer and author.

There is one thing we can all agree on: not succeed. Even when the killer takes for ourselves anyway. Just think about strictly speaking, there is no such thing as the most refined precautions and thinks so-called fateful encounters. Isn’t it up luck. Nevertheless, it has such a powerful through every eventuality ahead of time, he to us to decide whether an encounter is impact on our lives that it is difficult to is ultimately revealed through some piddling fateful or not? We simply have to stumble deny. Of course we like to talk about luck detail which he never could have anticipated absentmindedly into something, and there or in the event of a failure, bad luck, but ahead of time. So please, don’t commit any you have it – fate. success we prefer to attribute to talent, murders. hard work and drive. Or we are ready to make the most an I find that a metaphor coined by the Ewe opportunity? What do we mean by luck As rational modern thinkers we like people of West Africa cuts to the quick of in that case? It’s the same with an unfor- to imagine that there is a reason behind the matter quite well: «A wandering animal tunate turn of events.A run of bad luck is everything. «Luck is a word devoid of encounters a wandering hunter.» Of course purely coincidence, of course. But if such meaning,» said Voltaire. «Nothing can no one can ever be certain that he will meet coincidences happen over and over again, exist without a cause.» But at the same such an animal in his wanderings. Dumb you may be well advised to give them time we are tempted to confirm the words luck. But ultimately, certain things argue for some careful consideration. It may be of Napoléon Bonaparte, that «luck is the just such an encounter. Especially when you possible to find a remedy for such recur- only legitimate ruler of the universe.» wander about in a particularly stubborn and ring accidents. persistent way. But the point is this: although every- So, all in all, luck is not really such a thing may have a cause, what good does If on the other hand you were to stay at bad thing. Even though it may hold some it do us? No one is any the smarter for home and do nothing, it would certainly be unpleasant surprises, we can often influ- this seething mass of cause and effect. a great stroke of luck indeed to encounter ence it in a positive way. It’s all about a wandering animal. Thus, it is luck to the making the most of opportunities. Wan- Let us assume, for example, that you extent that we can never know what is going der about and keep an eye out for the are planning a murder. Naturally, you to happen. However, it is possible to take favourable opportunities. And if you hap- would do well to think everything through actions that pave the way for lucky breaks, pen to stumble upon a lucky break, then thoroughly and leave nothing to chance, so to speak. don’t let your amazement show. That will to prevent anyone from stumbling upon give you the added opportunity of looking your deed by happenstance. But as you Whether a lucky break has some mean- like a genius. can read in any crime novel, you would ing is something we decide often enough Iris Martin

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