COMMITTEE OF PORT FORWARDING AGENTS CNE

CNE - Committee of North Sea Port Forwarding Agents

 Founded in on July 27th 1951.

 Originally founded to coordinate the negotiations with the shipping conferences.

 Exchange of experience, discussion on trends and agreements.

 In 2011 CNE celebrated its 60th Anniversary in Antwerp.

PORT OF ANTWERP

Ports of Antwerp and Shanghai strengthen collaboration

A Memorandum of relationships with each Antwerp’s maritime know Understanding (MoU) other ever since they -how is strongly was signed to this effect were first twinned in represented in the port 1985. of Shanghai, as no fewer

during the recent trade mission to Shanghai. The twinning agreement than 240 Chinese port was subsequently professionals have been With the MoU Antwerp confirmed during the trained by APEC, the and Shanghai have Belgian trade mission to training subsidiary of agreed to among other China headed by the Antwerp Port Authority. things exchange then prince Philippe of information about their in 2004. respective hinterlands, carry out joint promotion Now, ten years later, the Newsletter2014/2 and set up training two ports have courses for maritime undertaken to professionals. collaborate intensively with one another in a Both ports have number of fields. maintained close

Port of Antwerp on course for new record year after strong third quarter “If the port stays on trend it will finish this year During the first nine months of If the port stays on trend it will with a new record 2014 both the container finish this year with a new freight volume” volume and the liquid bulk record freight volume. volume were strongly up, which helps to explain the Last year was already an all- continuing growth. time record with a volume of 190.8 million tonnes.

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Belgium leads the way with maritime single window

The EU directive on The Belgian ports are Port Community System) is reporting formalities for already well ahead with ideally placed to offer a seagoing ships is being preparations, and indeed "single window" for all the successfully implemented in can justly claim to be the required declarations. the Belgian ports. European leaders in A single electronic implementing this directive. declaration in APCS As of June 2015 all The ports of Antwerp, replaces the various paper reporting between ships Ghent, Ostend and forms that have to be

and authorities throughout Zeebrugge have set up a submitted to the various the EU must be done joint pilot project with authorities (Customs, electronically in a various workgroups such as Shipping Police, Public harmonised way. ISPS, Health, Waste, Border Health etc.). With this “maritime single Control etc. window” the EU seeks to Together with the port Since all the systems are streamline international authorities and the connected to each other maritime traffic. inspecting bodies that are electronically via the At the same time this will involved with ship calls, they “National Single Window”

offer great administrative have now drawn up a the information only has to Newsletter2014/2 simplification for individual uniform procedure. be entered once, offering shipping companies and In the case of Antwerp the substantial rationalisation. ship’s agents. APCS platform (Antwerp

ExxonMobil, Evonik and BASF invest in Antwerp chemical Antwerp expands position cluster in ‘Fruit & Perishables’

The port of Antwerp is the largest and most diverse With its Fruit & Perishables campaign the port of integrated chemical cluster in . Antwerp is continuously undertaking initiatives It is no coincidence that seven of the world’s ten to attract even more reefer trade. largest chemical companies have production sites Two important advantages that Antwerp can here. While there have already been many investments offer are the existing storage and handling here by the chemical industry, the port is constantly capacity in the port, together with the concerned to help companies to invest further, possibilities for electronic communication to facilitating them at every step along the way. improve efficiency throughout the supply chain. Furthermore the port’s location in the heart of Recently three large chemical players in the port Europe makes Antwerp the ideal gateway to the announced investments aimed at further European consumer market. strengthening their position.

2M opts for Antwerp

2M, the vessel sharing agreement between the two Abdullah, Port, Singapore, Chiwam, Shanghai and largest container shipping companies in the world Busan. Maersk Line and MSC, has opted resolutely for Antwerp in its sailing schedule. In the Far East the port has been working hard for some time to expand its market share. The first On the Far East route Antwerp keeps three calls, ports of call in this region are highly coveted, as they and in one of these it is the only port in the Benelux generate the necessary import volume and create with both an import and an export call. sufficient critical mass of products to serve the The import call will generate large call sizes. The hinterland. On the trans-Atlantic route Antwerp goes ships will subsequently go to Hamburg and from two to three calls. In Northern Europe all three Bremerhaven before returning to Antwerp once loops will call Antwerp, Rotterdam and more where they will take on cargo for King Bremerhaven. Page 3

Flemish government approves Land Use Plan for port of Antwerp

The Flemish government grounds that the town has given final approval to planning regulations did not the Regional Land Use Plan specify clearly enough that which formally defines the port development had to be boundaries of the seaport preceded by nature area. development.

The decision removes an The decision finally allows objection put forward by the the port area to expand Council of State. The latter further, and offers legal body partially suspended certainty to companies the Land Use Plan at the wishing to invest here. end of last year on the

PORT OF HAMBURG

Double-digit percentage growth in container traffic with Asia and Africa

“Hamburg is “Hamburg is profiting million TEU containers to to 203,000 TEU. Container profiting especially especially from the double- and from China in the first trade with Africa also made from the double- digit growth in the container nine months of 2014. In excellent progress, digit growth in the trade with Asia. With 12.8 direct container trade with increasing by 28.2 percent. container trade percent growth, China Indian ports, in the first Here it is primarily the with Asia. “ particularly, Hamburg’s three quarters of the year container trades with largest partner in the Hamburg achieved a 15.4 Northern and South Africa container trades, percent advance to that are ensuring steep contributed to the immense 176,000 TEU. Development growth,” explained Axel boost in seaborne foreign of container trade with Mattern, a member of the trade for Germany’s largest Malaysia during this period Executive Board of Port of universal port. The Port of was also highly satisfactory, Hamburg Marketing. Hamburg handled 2.3 advancing by 10.2 percent

Seaborne cargo throughput of 110 million tons in the first nine months sets new record for

With total throughput of Container handling, which total throughput and of 4.0 around 110 million tons, dominates in Hamburg as a percent for container the Port of Hamburg set a universal port, also handling. new record in the first nine achieved a record mark of months of 2014. 7.4 million TEU (20-ft The Port of Hamburg Almost all throughput standard containers). accordingly enlarged its segments contributed their Gaining 6.4 percent here, market share of container share to this growth, which Hamburg is growing faster traffic for the period January at 5.7 percent was than competing ports in to September from 26.1 outstanding compared to Northern Europe. percent to 26.7 percent. the same period of the These reported average previous year. growth of 1.9 percent in

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Efficient Coordination of Mega-ship Calls Boosts Port of Hamburg

The number of ultra large vessels Hamburg has increased from 621 coordinating body that monitors calling at the Port of Hamburg has to 989. This includes not only the interdependency of all ship been on the increase for years. container ships, but also cruise entries in Northern Europe and can This is resulting in some major ships, bulk carriers and other then identify conflict situations and challenges for the port operators, vessels, all of which are subject to reduce the impact on the entire shipping companies and different restrictions when port system. authorities. navigating the estuary to and from

Hamburg, caused by, for example, With the introduction of the the water level in the river Elbe or Nautical Terminal Coordination the width of the navigation (NTK), there is now a body to channel. handle the centralised operational coordination of mega-ship calls for These restrictions have to be taken the first time – long before a vessel into account when ship calls are proceeds up the estuary of the river being processed and this results in Elbe. It draws on the experience there being interdependency on Newsletter 2014/2 and the structures of the Feeder the arrival or departure of other Logistics Center (FLZ). ships.

Since 2008, the number of ultra With Nautical Terminal large vessels calling at the Port of Coordination, there is now a

PORT OF BREMEN

“The award for the most eco-friendly Award for M/V 'Morning Linda' seagoing vessel to call at the ports of Bremen/Bremerh The port management consumption of its vessels," aven last year company bremenports said Bremen’s Senator went to the car recently presented the very Martin Günthner, who is carrier "Morning first "greenports award". responsible for the ports. Linda." The award for the most eco- His Senate Department friendly seagoing vessel to introduced the call at the ports of Bremen/ Environmental Ship Index Bremerhaven last year went (ESI) at the beginning of to the car carrier "Morning 2012: "The index calculates Linda". the extent to which a ship’s The vessel belongs to the emissions fall below the EUKOR Car Carriers fleet internationally prescribed and is a regular guest at the limits. Shipowners who auto terminal in serve our ports with Bremerhaven. particularly eco-friendly "The award is granted in vessels can apply for a recognition of the shipping discount on the port company’s endeavours to fees.Last year, applications reduce the harmful were submitted for 68 emissions and fuel ships." Page 5

Bremen’s government upgrades rail terminal in Bremerhaven: EUR 8.15 million for the extension and electrification of railway tracks at Kaiserhafen – Financial support from European Union – Completion scheduled for end of 2015

The rail operators who use therefore planning to III. By the end of 2015, the the tracks of Bremen’s upgrade the rail tracks are to be extended terminal railway are infrastructure without to cope with the growing steadily increasing the delay,” announced Martin number of block trains. number of trains and Günthner, Bremen’s These approx. 700-metre freight volumes carried by Senator for Economic long trains are meanwhile rail and further growth is Affairs and Ports. standard for the rail-bound forecast. “That is why the The present railway transport of automobiles rail terminal in system consists of 16 and containers. Bremerhaven has to be single tracks and runs equipped to cope with alongside Brückenstrasse future demand. We are to the end of Kaiserhafen

Notes on tables and charts

In August 2014 the ports of over 52 million tons (53 million of the year 2013. Bremen handled over 523,000 tons in the same period in TEU. In these eight months of this 2013) in these eight months of The ports of Bremen handled year the container throughput the year. Year on year this is a over 174,000 cars in August amount to over 3.88 million TEU. decline of 0.9%. The volume of 2014. In these eight months of This is a decrease of 1.5% general cargo handled fell by this year the automobile compared with the same period in 1.9% and the bulk cargo throughput almost 1.5 million 2013. handling was increasing by 6.9% vehicles. This is a year-on-year The total throughput amounted to compared with the eight months increase of 6.1%.

LONDON GATEWAY

Centre for Seafarers officially opens at DP World London Gateway

DP World London Gateway and The Centres for Seafarers are delighted to announce the opening of the Centre for “The centre Seafarers at DP World London Gateway. The centre provides a safe provides a safe haven for seafarers whilst vessels are in haven for port. seafarers whilst vessels are in Located within the DP World London Gateway facilities, port. “ the centre is equipped with free Wi-Fi, computer space, telephones and a small library of books. The seafarers will also have access to port chaplains and the on-site restaurant. Most importantly, the centre allows the seafarers to communicate with their family and friends back home thanks to the free Wi-Fi, often not available whilst at sea.

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Import Services Ltd. to Operate Common User Facility at London Gateway Logistics Park

2nd October 2014 London (CUF) now being built at ‘pay-as-you-go’ basis. Gateway, London: A unique London Gateway Logistics partnership between DP Park. Services will range from World London Gateway and basic devanning to cross- Import Services Ltd. will The steelwork for the first docking, storage and value- ensure that all shippers - phase of the 386,000 sq ft added activities such as large or small – benefit from multipurpose cargo pick-and-pack, labelling, pre

low-cost supply chain handling centre is nearly -retail and distribution. opportunities at London complete and the Gateway’s new Common development is on target to London Gateway Logistics User Facility. open in Q2 2015. Park, located on the doorstep of Europe’s largest Following a rigorous Southampton based Import consumer market enables selection process, DP World Services will initially take on exporters and importers to has appointed Import a significant portion of the reduce costs, carbon Services to act on its behalf new development and emissions and increase

as operator and manager at provide a menu of logistics efficiency and reliability. Newsletter2014/2 the Common User Facility services and activities on a As demand for logistics and

distribution facilities closer quayside to the logistics “A unique to market increases, park. partnership coupled with a greater between DP World need for flexibility and Market and port-centric London Gateway agility in supply chain logistics are a key part of and Import networks, the shared-user the future of retail Services Ltd. will model on offer at London distribution, where ensure that all Gateway will provide a ‘best products are allocated to shippers - large or -fit’ solution. orders or sold in transit en- small – benefit route to the port. from low-cost DP World London Gateway Import Services’ facilities supply chain and Import Services have are located adjacent to opportunities at been working together to container terminals, ready London Gateway’s develop the fit-out of the to process orders, pre-retail new Common User CUF building and establish and distribute direct to Facility.” the day-to-day processes consumers in the most such as internal shunting of efficient way across the UK containers from the port’s and continental Europe.

DP World London Gateway celebrates one year of opening by winning new deep-sea container services

As Britain’s new hub port celebrates its first birthday which is due to arrive 7th December. DP World London Gateway has expanded its network of shipping links and destinations, DP World London Gateway has also been chosen by attracting a series of new deep-sea container Hamburg Süd as the UK port of call for a brand new shipping services. service connecting the North European market with Mexico, Central America and Colombia. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has confirmed that from next month (December), its In another service win for DP World London service from South Africa to UK/Northwest Europe Gateway, the Chilean line CSAV has confirmed a will make a direct London Gateway call, switching weekly call into the port as part of its reconfigured from the Port of Felixstowe. Europe-Middle East/India (IMEX) services, which will The first MSC vessel to call into DP World London join the already established EPIC service at DP Gateway on the new rotation will be the MSC Rita, World London Gateway. Page 7

DP World London Gateway wins National Transport Project of the Year 2014

The National Transport “This award recognises reflection of their hard Awards recognise the the innovation, ambition work and commitment to successes achieved on and technical excellence building Britain’s new national and local that characterises national hub port and transport projects and are everything we do at DP Europe’s largest logistics supported by the UK World London Gateway,” park,” said Andrew Bowen, Government’s Department said Simon Moore, DP Engineering Director, DP for Transport. World London Gateway World London Gateway. CEO. London Gateway beat stiff competition from the “Being awarded National Highways Agency and Transport Project of the Gatwick Airport to win the Year is a credit to the prestigious award. team. The award is a

Edith Maersk Largest Ship Ever on The River Thames

The largest ship ever to enter the DP World London Gateway Thames arrived at DP World operates eight of the UK’s London Gateway, the UK’s new largest quay cranes; their air deepwater container port. draft and overreach capabilities mean that the port is well- The 397-metre-long, 56-metre-wide equipped to handle the world’s Edith Maersk has a draught of 16 largest vessels of today and metres and carries up to 15,500 tomorrow. TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units).

HUMBER PORTS

£5 million Investment Strengthens Port of Grimsby’s Position as Hub for Offshore Wind “More attractive to energy A £5 million investment in a new lock system at companies Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Grimsby makes its looking to base Royal Dock more attractive to energy companies looking to offshore wind base offshore wind operations and maintenance activities operations and at the port. maintenance activities at the The project is part of an agreement with ABP and DONG port. “ Energy, which is building facilities for its own operations and maintenance base at the port, alongside other energy companies E.On, Centrica and Siemens.

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Port of Immingham expands crane fleet with £2 million crane investment

Associated British "We’ve recently secured "This latest purchase forms Ports’ (ABP) Port of new soda ash business part of our planned Immingham has seen its which created a programme of ongoing fleet of cranes expand with requirement for additional investment and means the

a brand new £2 million equipment, plus this crane port will machine. is slightly smaller than some continue to of the others in the existing thrive and The Terex / Gottwald HMK fleet, so that it can be support local 170 EG, was shipped direct moved around the port jobs." from the Gottwald factory in estate and quaysides more Duesseldorf, Germany, for easily. use on a wide variety of “ABP has seen cargoes, as ABP Port "It’s essential that we make its fleet of Manager for Grimsby & cranes expand

Newsletter2014/2 efforts to continually Immingham Mike Sellers improve efficiency in order with a brand explains. to ensure our operations new £2 million and those of our customers machine. “ "The new crane will be used remain competitive and that to move anything from bulk Immingham is allowed to cargoes to hook work and develop and grow. everything in between," said Mike.

Immingham Container Terminal enjoys most successful month ever

Figures published recently show that passed before. Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Immingham Container Terminal (ICT) "A number of our customers have has enjoyed its most successful month exceeded their budgets for 2014 and ever. we’ve already handled more containers to date this year than More than 10,000 units were handled during the whole of 2013." at the facility in July, with numbers increasing steadily since the beginning As well as an increase in volumes, ABP of the year. has also invested in systems which have succeeded in bringing July saw more than 27,000 terminal turnaround times down to 24 minutes. movements which is also a record for ICT. The economic upturn and increasing consumer confidence is thought to be Steve Horton, Planning Manager said: a contributing factor to this recent "We had a really good start to the year success, which will allow the terminal with volumes rising progressively and to develop and expand. 10,000 units is a figure we’ve never Page 9

PORT OF ROTTERDAM Information flow at Maasvlakte 2 digitalized

Customs documentation and barge-, rail-, and The main disadvantages will be the negative impact road planning at APMT and RWG will be this has on flexibility. digitalized through the Port Community System of The main advantage will be the positive impact this Rotterdam: Portbase. digitalized process has on turnaround times. T

Both terminals decided to make it compulsory to he impact of the new processes were frequently file customs declaration through Portbase before discussed with stakeholders in the market. a truck is allowed to enter a terminal. A process that will go on after the go live in 2015. Also a system of slot management will be introduced. APM Terminals deserves praise in this for their willingness to openly report on KPIs regarding This will have advantages and disadvantages for performance at the terminal to Dutch freight freight forwarders. forwarders association FENEX.

Paperless road transport becomes possible in the Netherlands

Dutch road hauliers replaces the consignment note organization TLN introduces by making it possible to submit, Paperless Transport in the exchange, track and sign this Netherlands by creating a note electronically. platform that allows users to order and invoice road The combination of both transport. platforms will virtually make the whole flow of road transport The platform is already paperless in the Netherlands. operational. More information can be found Freight forwarders have been a on: http://www.tln.nl/Actueel/

part of this project and helped Algemeen/Papierloos-transport- creating the platform. is-de-toekomst-aspx.aspx? id=2B23C77B2D207312A012 The platform will have a link to EA1B447EB1A6 Transfollow: a platform that http://www.transfollow.nl/

Rotterdam anticipates the opening of Maasvlakte 2

In 2015 both APMT and RWG will open their new terminals at Maasvlakte 2. Equipped with these two new terminals the of Rotterdam has sufficient capacity to efficiently handle the largest containerships. Both terminals introduced full automation which will have a positive impact on the turnaround time. For freight forwarders it is not only the performance of the port that matters, but the performance of the entire supply chain. Faster turnaround times is an important part in that. CNE www.vea For moreFor information about CNE, please contactthe secretariat: Tel.: +32(0)3233 8667 Fax: Fax: +32(0)3231 0282 Brouwersvliet/33 Box 1 2000 Antwerp Page 10 E - More information? mail: - antwerpen.be/CNE.aspx vea@vea

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