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Die Wirtschaft wächst weiter, wenn auch langsamer als erwartet Foto: thinkstock 12 Shipping & Ports Asia – Quo vadis? Vor kurzem sind neben China auch Vietnam und Korea sowie Teile Japans, die sich nicht an den gregorianischen Kalender halten, im chinesischen Jahr des Pferdes 2014 ange- kommen. Die Logistikbranche erwartet mit Spannung die weitere Entwicklung.

Asien mit einer Bevölkerungsdichte von 4,2 Mrd. Menschen (60% der Weltbevöl- Seeverkehre ochjed zur Zeit im Export 12 Alliances around the world kerung) ist gegenwärtig die am schnells- ab Indien nach Europa und den USA zu- In Hongkong schrumpften die Ladungsvolumina. Foto: ITJ Archiv ten wachsende Wirtschaftsmacht. China rück, während der Luftverkehr ab Indien steht an der Spitze, gefolgt von Japan, und China stagniert. Der Transport auf engere wirtschaftliche Zus ammenarbeit Russland, Indien, Südkorea und Indo- der Schiene zeige in China ebenfalls ei- und somit eine positive Entwicklung der nesien. Am schnellsten nimmt dank der nen deutlichen Abwärtstrend, auch wenn Wirtschaft in Asien fördern. fortschreitenden Industrialisierung die gewisse Aktivitäten in diesem Sektor Wirtschaft in China und Indien zu. stattfinden (s. S. 38 in dieser Ausgabe). Häfen auf gutem Weg Soweit der Status quo. Die grosse Fra- Bleibt nachzutragen, dass die in der 13 A Russian saviour for Sietas ge bleibt, ob sich der Aufwärtstrend im Neue Initiativen Rangliste der zehn grössten Containerhä- neuen Jahr fortsetzt. Im Kommentar des Aber das Jahr des Pferdes steht u.a. für fen weltweit aufgeführten Häfen bis auf ITJ 07-08/2014, S. 7 hatte Antje Hanna Aufbruch und Fortschritt. Ein Signal: Dubai ausnahmslos in Asien liegen und Veregge darauf hingewiesen, dass die Zu- Das bevorstehende Freihandelsabkom- Zuwächse zwischen 1,5% (Schenzhen) wachsrate voraussichtlich 7,5% betragen men zwischen 16 Ländern, das gemäss und 7,0% (Qingdao) melden. Lediglich wird – 0,2% unter den Erwartungen. einer Meldung aus Malaysia demnächst Hongkong (–3,6%) musste einen Rück- abgeschlossen werden soll. Danach ha- gang hinnehmen. Prognosen werden revidiert ben die ASEAN-Länder und sechs ihrer Jutta Iten 13 Tacoma and Seattle teaming up Neuerdings werden aber einige der zu- wichtigsten Handelspartner, China, Ja- nächst recht optimistischen Einschätzun- pan, Südkorea, Indien, Australien und Häfen 2013 2012 ±% gen nach unten korrigiert. Neuseeland, soeben beschlossen, bis 1 Schanghai 33,617 32,529 3,3 Seit Beginn der Krise im Jahr 2008 gal- 2015 die so genannte Regional Compre- 2 Singapore 32,579 31,600 3,1 ten die Exporte nach den Bric-Ländern, hensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) 3 Schenzhen 23,278 22,941 1,5 insbesondere nach China und Japan, als zu unterzeichnen. Dieses weltweit wich- 4 Hongkong 22,288 23,126 –3,6 Lokomotive für das europäische und tigste Freihandelsabkommen wird einen 5 Busan 17,680 17,020 3,9 14 Criminal activities in African waters nordamerikanische Wachstum. Gemäss grenzenlosen Markt zwischen den 16 be- 6 Ningbo 17,327 16,830 3,0 der Statistik des International Transport teiligten Ländern schaffen. Er wird unter 7 Qingdao 15,520 14,500 7,0 Forum vom Dezember 2013 gehen die anderem den Handel, Dienstleistungen 8 Guangzhou 15,309 14,744 3,8 und Investitionen liberalisieren und eine 9 Dubai 13,641 13,280 2,7 10 Tianjin 13,000 12,300 5,7 15 SSC conference in Interlaken (in Mio. Teu) Quelle: Dynaliners

17 Aviation 17 Iata: The airfreight industry in 2014 19 AA Cargo sets a new record 19 Polish subsidies have to be repaid In conversation: Schenker 21 19 Amsterdam is scanning from a distance The Swiss national branch of the logistics giant 20 Forwarding & Logistics Schenker is banking on the concept of shared 20 DSV and C.H. Robinson are satisfied logistics centres. Jörg Eggenberger and Daniele 20 UPS swallows Polar Speed Calabrese elaborate on this idea in a conversation 22 Arcole Industries acquires Mory Ducros with the ITJ’s editor-in-chief Christian Doepgen. 23 Rising demand for automobile logistics

24 75 years of the ITJ The box that changed the world Unmanned ships 30 25 Focus on Switzerland Rail infrastructure receives a boost Whilst drones are commonplace in aviation and in underwater operations, there has been nothing 27 Rail/Inland Shipping/Road Haulage doing yet concerning merchant marine vessels 27 New course for PKP Cargo with no one on board. This could change if the 27 More cargo on the inland waterways Munin research project makes progress.

28 Wind Energy

31 Packaging The Asian draught horse 33 40 Regional Focus 40 Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg Will the rising trend in many Asian national 43 Southern Europe economies continue in the Chinese year of the 44 Southeastern Europe and Turkey wooden horse? Jutta Iten assesses developments 45 Middle East and predictions relating to an ever-growing 48 North and Latin America economic powerhouse. 49 Miscellaneous/Masthead

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Dear readers, So let us stick to the good old real-world economy. Trade and industry are the engines of transport and logistics and If we could discern the economic trend from the business these are, in turn, linked to consumers. Their demand is as conducted on the international stock exchanges, then the real as the real supply that they wish to find every day in the last twelve months would be reason for everyone to smile. shops or in the internet. This is where the logistician’s job Sumptuous share price rises, record highs in many trading begins. Sitting down at the table with his corporate clients centres and returns on investment as high as 25% for global and establishing the best-possible solution – be it a product developed markets, with some top performances registering or a service – for each market segment. even higher than before the financial crisis hit in 2008. Competition is necessary, that’s true, but there is One would assume that such an upswing would be cause no progress without collaboration when striving for for high-flying optimism. For besides information generated a common goal – as dictated by common sense. by price quotations from the financial economy and the Perhaps it would be appropriate if both psychological state of speculators, it is and remains reports sides of the fence were to re-focus on about the real-world business activities of real-world compa- this aspect sometimes when nies that determine prices at the stock exchange. In the final seeking a solution. analysis, so the share-price gurus have incessantly preached, the effects will trickle down to the market in due course. Sky-rocketing share prices at the stock exchange are always said to be precursors of a general boom. The time required for it to take effect used to be estimated at half a year. We haven’t felt much of the change in the weather so far. Reports say that the amount of central banks’ money in the markets is rising, and the first predictions have pointed to Christian Doepgen investors’ markedly higher readiness for risk. Sound familiar? Editor-in-chief

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Exportverpackungen•Kisten•Verpackungskonzepte•Kartonboxen•Korrosionsschutz-Systeme •www.egolfverpackungsag.ch 6People & Companies International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 Europe Two new NCSP managers Russia’s Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group, which runs the ports of Novorossiysk (Black Sea), Primorsk (Baltic Sea) and Baltiysk (Kaliningrad region), Change at Altius has two new executives. Alexey Knyazev is group deputy director general for finance and economics (CFO), and There has been a changing of the Salvador Corrales (on the left) Andrey Garnukhin deputy director general and director guard at Altius in Spain, with a new and Enrique Rodriguez. of the group’s unified commercial directorate. Knyazev generation taking charge. Enrique Photo: Altius Projects was previously (2012–2013) director general of Bashneft Rodriguez, the commercial direc- Oilfield Service Enterprises in Ufa. Garnukhin headed tor of Altius Projects (Spain) and a former board mem- the corporate governance and land bank management ber of the company, is retiring after a long career spent directorate at the Ural Sib Financial Corporation in developing the firm, which is a member of the Maritima Moscow from 2007–2013. (ku) Davila Group (founded in 1917). Salvador Corrales, the former commercial director of ALE Heavylift Iberica, has succeeded Rodriguez. The Altius projects divi- New Bordeaux supervisory board sion has offices in Madrid, Bilbao, Vigo, Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Santa Cruz (Bolivia). Michel Delpuech, the prefect of the French region of Aquitaine and of the department Gironde, has installed the new supervisory board of the port of Bordeaux. Old and yet new at Scandlines Pascal Lefevre, the director general of Sarp Industries Aquitaine Pyrénées and vice-president of the Union des Gerald Lefold returned to Scandlines in February and Industries Chimiques d’Aquitaine, is its new president. took over the duties of vice-president for freight sales. Nicole Pizzamiglia was confirmed as the vice-president He replaced Gerhard Blys, who has left the company. of the board, which has fifteen members. Lefold previously worked for Scandlines from 1993 to 2012, when he was line manager for Sweden and the freight-based Baltic routes. In his role as vice-president Trio to head port of Marseille for freight sales he is in charge of the shipping company’s entire freight business. Scandlines was founded in 1998 Jean-Marc Forneri, Delphine André and and provides freight transport options on three ferry ChristineCabauWoehrelhavebeenchosen routes between Germany, Denmark and Sweden. (nau) to manage the French Mediterranean port of Marseille for the next five years. Forneri will be the president and Delphine André New Logwin branch in Germany the vice-president of the port’s supervisory board, and Cabau Woehrel the head of The Luxembourgian logistics provider Logwin opened the hub’s management. Forneri succeeded an office in Ettlingen, in the Karlsruhe industrial region Patrick Daher. Cabau Woehrel, who held (Germany), at the beginning of the year. The company various posts in CMA CGM from 1987 to provides international air and sea freight options, and 2011, left her position as president of the customs clearance services from the new location, which Christine Cabau Woehrel port of Dunkirk, which she had held since is managed by Andreas Steimer. Photo: Port of Dunkirk March 2012, on 25 February.

TheEuropeanTransportOrganisation International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 People & Companies 7 Back to the roots Michael Boos has been serving the supply-chain consultancy Miebach Consulting in Frankfurt since the Michael Diesel, Yasemin Üney, Thomas Blank and Dirk Hochmann beginning of this year. Boos will focus on e-commerce (from the left). fashion and trade. Boos already worked for Miebach Photo: Agility from 1985 to 2001, and has now returned to the supply Agility in Central Europe chain consultancy’s fold after spells at Tim Consult and Kurt Salmon Associates, amongst others. Boos reports Agility is changing its Central European management in directly to managing director Jürgen Hess. April. The service provider has created the new posts of chief commercial and chief operating officer. Yasemin Üney, most recently Agility’s director of strategy, com- For Gazeley in France munication and marketing, is the new CCO. New COO Michael Diesel used to work for ABX Logistics and Win- Fabrice Cervoni has been appointed as the canton. Together with Central European CEO Thomas new senior vice-president and country di- Blank and CFO Dirk Hochmann they will form Agility’s rector for Gazeley in France. Prior to join- senior Central European management team. ing Gazeley, Cervoni spent six years at Goodman, where he was director of capital transactions for continental Europe. In ad- Three new Gefco managers dition, Gazeley appointed Florian Wnuck as its new director of business development Gefco Germany has appointed Ante Lovric to manage at the end of 2013. Wnuck will manage its overland transport activities, Michael Hescher to look Gazeley’s international business activities after air and sea freight and Stefan Thom to oversee in the European, Asian and North Ameri- procurement business. The new executives will report Fabrice Cervoni can markets from the logistics real estate directly to managing director Frank Erhardt. Photo: Gazeley developer’s Paris location.

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Welcome to Switzerland! Alan McKinnon, a member of the executive management team of the Kühne I had the feeling last week that the news Logistics University in Hamburg, has been Alan McKinnon concerning the Swiss electorate’s vote on elected to a two-year term as chairman of Photo: KLU 9 February to restrict the migration of the transport advisory board of Horizon foreigners into the country may not have 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme. The reached Addis Abeba yet by 17 February. group of experts will guide and advise the European I can think of no other explanation for the Commission in the field of transport and logistics in copilot of flight ET-702 taking command the period covering 2016 to 2020. of an Ethiopian Airlines B767 on which Andreas Haug, he was flying and raking his employer’s ITJ editor Change of address aircraft to Geneva instead of Rome, as envisaged by the schedule. He landed Hansa Heavy Lift do Brasil safely, more than 200 passengers and the rest of the crew Rua Maestro Cardim No. 1293 got off with no more than a shock – but the journey of the Suite 94 – 9º andar – Paraiso skyjacker, who was seeking refuge in Switzerland, ended São Paulo, Brazil CEP 01323–001 behind bars... Telephone +55 11 31 49 44 66 At least his attempt to escape his circumstances was less E-mail: [email protected] devastating than that of a desperate pilot in November www.hansaheavylift.com last year. He deliberately steered his passengers from the skies over Namibia to their death in the ground. After UTM Universal Transport that violent conduct, no country on earth would have Bürgermeister-Smidt-Strasse 70, 28195 Bremen, Germany taken him in anyway! But as a well-trained professional Telephone +49 421 388 702-11 Fax +49 421 388 702-29 the man would have been qualified to secure long-term [email protected] work and residency permits in Switzerland, a country www.universal-transport.com whose percentage of foreign residents (24%) is only topped by one EU nation – Luxembourg (44%). The average rate in the EU stands at just under 7% foreigners in the population. But the situation in Switzerland is now due Wirsind für individuelle und to change in the next three years, as the lawmakers set sichere Transportlösungen about implementing the result of the plebiscite. The treaty regulating the free movement of people is die richtige Wahl. one of seven contracts in a package – all legally inter- Tägliche LKW-LinienverkehreinEuropa, Übersee– twined with each other into a package called the Bilaterals Verladungen per See–und Luftfracht, Bahntrans- 1 – that Switzerland has with the EU. They include one porte, Lagerlogistik sowie eine neutrale Zollagentur regulating the opening of markets for road and rail traffic (overland traffic agreement), and another one dealing with Switzerland’s access to Europe’s domestic air traffic market (air traffic deal). The problem is that if just one of these seven treaties is abrogated, then the other six auto- matically also fall by the wayside. Word from Brussels has it that «as long as Switzerland doesn’t undertake anything that would somehow restrict EU citizens, then nothing about the status quo will change.» What Bern will indeed undertake is expected to be outlined by June. The Swiss government is in dialogue with its neighbouring states. But some journalists believe – returning to Addis Abe- ba now – that the erring crew member of the Ethiopian NAUTASA aircraft didn’t really want to land in Switzerland at all, Internationale Transporte but rather in Italy, as scheduled, as it is said to be easier to Florenz-Strasse 18 attain the status of official refugee there. It was thus rather Postfach unfortunate that the Italian and French air forces teamed CH-4002 Basel up to escort the civil aeroplane to Switzerland... All I Fon +41 61 337 31 11 can say, as one of 230,000 cross-border commuters who Fax +41 61 337 31 01 enter Switzerland daily, is that I still feel welcome here. [email protected] And rest assured, this still applies to your goods or your www.nauta.ch (logistics) services too! ITE Group Plc Anastasia Emelianova [email protected] +44 207 596 5011 12 Shipping & Ports International Transport Journal 09-10 2014

Tonnage growth halved Liner shipping alliances The global containership fleet’s rapid increase in capacity is expected to reach Strength in numbers 5.5% this year, the lowest rate since 1999, according to research published Ever more container lines are reacting to difficult market conditions by stepping up their by the analyst Alphaliner (see also ITJ collaboration with competitors. The G6 alliance and the CKYH partnership are seeking to 07-08/2014, page 9). Alphaliner reckons that 1.65 million teu of new hold space is broaden their market coverage, the latter by adding Evergreen as a member. scheduled for delivery this year. This represents 9.6% or nearly a tenth of the total Rnk Operator TEU Share Existing fleet Orderbook 1 APM-Maersk 2,581,937 14.5% 2 Mediterranean Shg Co 2,370,269 13.3% fleet at the beginning of January 2014. 3 CMA CGM Group 1,509,276 8.5% 4 Evergreen Line 865,463 4.9% 5 COSCO Container L. 776,615 4.4% 6 Hapag-Lloyd 723,424 4.1% 7 APL 624,077 3.5% Scrapping and deferred deliveries 8 Hanjin Shipping 615,585 3.5% 9 CSCL 582,632 3.3% This additional capacity will be offset by 10 MOL 549,211 3.1% 11 Hamburg Süd Group 464,582 2.6% 12 NYK Line 457,529 2.6% the estimated scrapping of 500,000 teu 13 OOCL 456,334 2.6% 14 PIL (Pacific Int. Line) 370,620 2.1% though, the analyst stated. In addition, 15 Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. 367,984 2.1% 16 K Line 347,599 2.0% 17 Hyundai M.M. 339,269 1.9% deferred deliveries will ensure that around 18 Zim 325,805 1.8% 19 UASC 274,500 1.5% 200,000 teu is not thrown onto the mar- 20 CSAV Group 260,050 1.5% 21 Wan Hai Lines 165,683 0.9%

22 X-Press Feeders Group 97,216 0.5% er ket just yet. This combination will shave 23 HDS Lines 88,608 0.5%

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27 UniFeeder 60,575 0.3% : growth rate. 28 Simatech 55,973 0.3% ce 29 TS Lines 48,650 0.3% ur The removal of around 500,000 teu 30 Arkas Line / EMES 47,394 0.3% So in ship capacity will set a new record for A greater proportion of market share will be concentrated on just a few alliances in future. the current year. This follows last year’s scrapping of approximately 461,000 teu, Consolidation in the liner shipping in- from the relevant competition authorities which was already at a very high level. dustry is proceeding apace. The P3 net- is still outstanding, however. It is mainly panamax vessels that have work hit the headlines first, and then Over and above this, the two Chinese been earmarked for scrapping. Alphaliner members of the G6 alliance announced shipping companies Cosco and China estimates that this ship class will account that they were planning to extend their Shipping Container Line are also plan- for more than half of the tonnage that cooperation to the Asia–North America ning to set up a strategic partnership. will be decommissioned. east coast trade, in addition to their col- Their declared aim is to share resources, laboration on the Far East–Europe race in order to achieve a better growth rate Still facing oversupply track (see ITJ 07-08/2013, page 10). in the midst of a rather adverse environ- However, the analyst pointed out that, Now Evergreen, a shipping company ment. The two carriers want to work despite the containership fleet’s modest that has operated independently to date, closely together in the fields of shipping, growth in capacity, the liner shipping has also gone into action. The Taiwan- terminal operations, logistics, shipbuild- industry will still be faced with an over- ese line has joined the CKYH alliance, ing and repair, and on top of those, oversupply in tonnage in relation to global made up of Cosco, K Line, Yang Ming haul their management structures. demand this year. Alphaliner expects and Hanjin. Under the name CKYHE And last but not least, the news is demand to rise by approximately 4.4%, the partners now want to offer joint that Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd and Chile’s leaving a gap of more than 1%. services between Asia and Europe from CSAV might be on their way to entering av mid-April. As with P3 and G6, approval into a «marriage of convenience». av

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E 19124 La Spezia •G Phone +39 0187 021 161 Fax +39 0187 021 170 E-Mail [email protected] ST. CLAUDIA CELLA International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 Shipping & Ports 13 Rescue for Sietas More space in Antwerp Collaboration in WA After searching for approximately two The port authority of Antwerp (Belgium) The two US west coast ports of Tacoma year the Sietas shipyard, which has en- has presented the initial results concern- and Seattle (both in the state of Wash- countered financial difficulties recently, ing parties interested in the future expan- ington) have entered into an agreement has found a new investor. On 10 March sion of the Deurganck dock. Following regarding «the collection and exchange the Pella Shipyard, from Otradnoye near an announcement at the end of last year of information in relation to options for St Petersburg, will take over the ailing from the Swiss container line MSC, that dealing with unprecedented market con- shipbuilder from Hamburg. Pella has it was investigating options for the ex- ditions». They have submitted this to the committed itself to continuing to oper- pansion of its activities in the port, the regulatory authority concerned, the Fed- ate Sietas as a shipyard for at least another authorities issued a public invitation to eral Maritime Commission (FMC). eight years. tender to other interested parties. With The two ports have emphasised that in The company is acquiring the Sietas a throughput of approximately 4.6 mil- view of the continuing difficult market shipyard as part of a transferred reme- lion teu per annum, the Delwaide dock conditions, it is necessary to make the diation programme. This means that the is already stretched to the limits of its best possible use of the existing potential, firm’s 120 employees will be taken on. capacity. in order to counter declining demand in They will be transferred to Pella from MSC is awaiting the delivery of new the face of increasing competition. a Sietas transition company and reem- ships that can carry up to 18,000 teu in The exchange is expected to include ployed by Pella in April. Pella is set to the near future, but the existing facilities information regarding utilisation rates, increase the number of employees at the in the Delwaide terminal cannot be en- planning and operational processes, for shipyard to at least 400 by 2016, and also larged, due to the location of the facil- example. The analyst Drewry believes provide employment at various suppliers. ity on the Scheldt. Furthermore, Maersk that a complete merger could put the two In addition, Pella plans to invest at Line, MSC and CMA CGM are planning ports in a strong competitive position, as least EUR 15 million in the infrastruc- to use the Belgian port as one of their private terminal operators, some of them ture at the Sietas shipyard by the end of major European hubs as part of their with close ties to shipping lines, are active 2016. Pella has already secured contracts scheduled P3 Network, which makes it at both locations and are gaining power to build tugboats, ice-breakers and ships necessary to implement the expansion on account of the formation of ever larger with extensive equipment. plans as quickly as possible. alliances.

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Capital increase in Chile. The Chilean carrier CSAV is planning two capital increases «Well-organised criminals» ahead of its potential merger with the Ger- man liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd. The threat of piracy in Africa is increasing- The first exercise is scheduled for March ly shifting from the east to the west coast. and is set to raise USD 200 million. It still Now criminal gangs have even started requires approval by an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders. The second capitali- operating in national waters there. sation of USD 200 to 400 million will only be carried out if the merger takes place. Whilst the number of pirate attacks oc- www.csav.com; www.hapag-lloyd.com curring off the coast of Somalia is declining, the situation off the west coast of Af- MOL suing. The Japanese carrier Mitsui OSK rica is intensifying (see ITJ 35-36/2013, stock ink Th

Lines (MOL) has launched a lawsuit against page 16). Not all of the attacks in the : the Japanese ship builder Mitsubishi Heavy to

Gulf of Guinea can be considered piracy, Pho Industries (MHI) for damages related to however, but they frequently rather repre- The situation off the west coast of Africa is get- the «MOL Comfort» incident in June 2013. sent criminal deeds, including cargo theft ting tenser, particularly for oil tankers. The ship broke in half in stormy seas off the or kidnapping for ransom, in territorial coast of Yemen. www.mol.co.jp waters. hit the international headlines recently. Nick Davis, the chief executive officer The vessel disappeared in January this Expanding north. Maritime Tunisian Line of the private security service provider year, whilst it was anchored off Luanda (MTL) is expanding its services to the North GoAGT, which is headquartered in Malta, (Angola). The crew contacted the ship- Continent. The Mediterranean network that explains: «The growing problem in West ping line a few days later and reported MTL serves with its own vessels will see the Africa is criminality, and it is very well the loss of approximately 13,000 t of oil. ports of Hamburg, Antwerp, Rotterdam and organised. Criminal gangs board ships, The Angolan government speculated that Le Havre added through transhipment op- take them over, and then move them to the crew itself had been responsible for tions via Algeciras. MTL’s agent in Germany is Peter W. Lampke, with offices in Ham- a safe area where they can steal the cargo. the theft. The results of an inquiry con- burg, Bremen and Duisburg. (nau) Then they leave.» ducted by Interpol point to an attack by www.mtlfeeder.com This is what probably happened in an organised gang, however. the case of the oil tanker Kerala, which Antje Veregge

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16th SSC Seafreight Symposium Consensus in SSC / er

Interlaken bl To lène Hé

Market power and ULCVs are hot topics for the shipping : to industry in 2014. Industry heavyweights discussed these Pho Kuehne+Nagel, Maersk Line and DP World representatives on the panel at the developments at the 16th SSC Seafreight Symposium. SSC Seafreight Symposium in Interlaken this year enjoying a moment of light relief.

The members and guests of the Swiss Shippers’ Coun- est and taxes (ebit) are normally higher in industries with a greater cil (SSC) meet up every two years in the Alpine city degree of consolidation. It is thus crucially important for the sector to of Interlaken (Switzerland), where they discuss current overcome the strong fragmentation that rules today and to enter into topics of concern to the industry and analyse the ex- more alliances, such as the planned P3 Network. pected future development of the international mer- In this context shippers would benefit from more stable rates and chant shipping industry. a better network. Schacht, representing the forwarders, was of the The agenda was the same this year, when the na- same opinion, pointing out that lines in an alliance will still be able tional association convened its 16th meeting at the end to stand out in future, by providing the best customer services or of January. Besides many an animating talk on subjects tracking and tracing options, for example, or through their electronic covering the entire range of national and internation- waybill provisions, or with regard to their reliability. al shipping issues, there was also a panel discussion On this subject the panellists agreed. Someone was missing from the covering the influence of future carrier cooperation SSC’s discussion group, though – the shipper. agreements. The illustrious participants in the event Antje Veregge were John Adams, DP World’s commercial director for Europe and Russia, Maarten Tromp, managing director of Maersk Line Netherlands, and Otto Schacht, Kuehne +Nagel’s executive vice-president for seafreight and a member of its corporate executive management team – representatives of three true heavyweights in their segment of the industry. So it did not come as a surprise to find the conversation repeatedly coming back to market power. Ad- Euro-Med Services ams pointed out that, by 2015, almost three quarters TRANSPORTOFANY TYPE OF VEHICLE, EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT, FORESTRYPRODUCTS, of all newbuildings delivered will be ULCVs. Only a STANDARD AND SPECIAL CONTAINERS, PROJECT AND HEAVY LIFT CARGO few European ports are equipped to handle the new giants, however. The DP World representative believes that this could prompt a vicious circle. Ports such as Antwerp or Rotterdam could become mega-transhipment hubs, with other ports not being served directly any more. This would not only increase transportation costs, but also transit times to those destinations. These developments could, in turn, make mega-ports comparatively more attractive. Tromp naturally approached the subject of increas- Direct weekly service from/to: ing concentration from a different perspective. «Our •Alexandria •Esbjerg •Malta •Tripoli industry cannot be said to be healthy in any way,» was • Antwerp •Flushing • Mersin (Lebanon) •Ashdod • Gemlik •Palermo •Tripoli (Lybia) the Maersk manager’s diagnosis. His assessment is that • Beirut •Hamburg •Piraeus •Tunis and the world’s largest liner shipping companies made a •Bristol (Prby) •Izmir • Salerno • Civitavecchia • Lattakia •Savona Rades cumulative loss of approximately USD 650 million • Cork • Limassol •Setubal • Valencia (EUR 474 million) in the first half of 2013. Even if • Derince • Livorno • Southampton • Wallhamn

Maersk Line is relatively well-positioned, he said that ANTWERP HAMBURG LONDON the industry leader was also not attaining a return on Grimaldi Belgium Grimaldi Germany Grimaldi AgencyUK Tel: +32 35459430 Tel: +49 40 789707 12 Tel: +44 207 9305683 investment that enabled it to grow organically. He said Fax: +32 35414275 Fax: +49 40 789707 71 Fax: +44 207 8391961 that in general, not many scheduled services are able NAPLES GRIMALDI HEAD OFFICE [email protected] to cover their operating costs. According to the Maersk Tel: +39 081 496111 Fax: +39 081 5517401 www.grimaldi.napoli.it manager it is a fact, however, that earnings before inter- 16 Shipping & Ports International Transport Journal 09-10 2014

Shipping companies get their fleets in trim for Seca Many paths lead to the same goal

LNG, scrubber or marine diesel? The shipping industry is preparing it- EU directive, the ESN’s experts do not expect a price ex- self for the phasing-out of heavy oil in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and plosion to take place, since marine fuels account for only a small proportion of the European diesel consumption English Channel. From 1 January 2015 onwards, the maximum of 57 million t per year. In their opinion, estimated ad- permitted fuel sulphur content will be reduced to 0.1% for ditional demand of 10 to 12 million t per year can be met with no serious difficulty. ships operating in the sulphur-emission control area (Seca). Uncertainty over scrubber technology In the long term the price difference between marine diesel and heavy oil could thus remain at the present level of USD 300 to 400 per t, assuming that the price of oil remains constant. However, road transport could in future be a relatively attractive alternative for the cargo of roughly 150 ro-ro vessels and contain- Rolls-Royce’s «Environship» concept includes LNG operations and can be adapted to erships that operate exclusively in the various types of ships. Photo: Rolls-Royce Seca. In this connection, ESN recommends the installation of scrubber technology on half of the With just over three quarters of a year to go before the reduction of ships that are less than ten years old. Because of uncer- the maximum permitted sulphur content of fuel oil to 0.1% comes into tainty relating to the operation of scrubber technology effect, most shipping companies have already determined their path for and a lack of experience with its use, operators have so the future. As a short-term solution the majority of operators have opted far been hesitant with regard to the conversion of ships. for a changeover from heavy oil to marine diesel, it is understood from On the positive side, during the ESN project period of a status report published by the European Shortsea Network (ESN). one year it was found that there was a steady rise in the The use of exhaust desulphurisation plants (also known as scrub- number of orders for exhaust desulphurisation plants, bers), on the other hand, is also a possibility that is being considered and that according to a count conducted by ESN, 60 mainly for ten to twelve-year-old ships. For newbuildings, some ship- scrubbers had either been ordered or installed in existing owners may consider investing in liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel. ships or newbuildings. However, the proportion remains This, however, is practicable only for regular liner services whose small, measured by the 2,000 ships that currently oper- range is limited to the North Sea and Baltic. But even if demand for ate exclusively in the Seca. marine diesel rises significantly as a result of the implementation of the LNG as an alternative For the owners of ships that operate solely between ports with the appropriate infrastructure, the use of liquefied natural gas is an attractive alternative to the desulphurisation of heavy oil. However, shipowners have been hesitant to invest in LNG. As reasons for their reluctance they mentioned the still uncompetitive prices for LNG fuels and the uncertainties relating to the development of the bunker infrastructure. Det Norske Veritas nevertheless takes a positive view of the future for liquefied natural gas as a fuel for shipping. The classification company expects the current LNG-fuelled fleet of 66 ships (including ships on order) to grow to 400 vessels by 2020. However, no general conclusion can be drawn yet Starker Standort concerning the form that almost sulphur-free shipping will take in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. On the con- Starke Marke trary, each operator must decide on scrubber technology, LNG, marine diesel or another fuel, such as methanol, BeSuchen Sie unS! — on the basis of what cargo the ships carry, the make-up BreakBulk China of its fleet, its area of operation, and – last but by no www.via-bremen.de 10. Bis 13. März 2014 www.bremenports.de/standort means least – its feeling for the future. halle 2, Stand B602 Stephanie Lützen International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 Shipping & Ports 17

World air transport association Iata analyses airfreight market Confidence is returning

«2013 was a tough year for freight. Even if we saw a slight increase in demand from the beginning of the second half of the year, 2014 is still likely to be a challenging period». This is how Tony Tyler, the director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association Iata, commented on current developments in the industry at the beginning of February.

According to figures published recently Air FTKsand BusinessConfidence by Iata, International Air Transport As- 18 Source: IATA, Markit/JP Morgan 60 sociation, the total volume of airfreight (Seasonally Adjusted) transported last year in terms of ftk 17 55 registered an overall increase of 1.4% 16 vis-à-vis 2012. Whereas the market pro- 50 gressed very erratically during the first six 15

months of the year, business picked up in billions 45 the second half, which was then marked s, 14 TK by steady growth. 40 rF 13 There is no cause for euphoria, how- Ai Business Confidence (right scale) ever. Although the increase of 1.8% for 35 12 Total FTKs SA (left scale) Business Confident 50=nochange

December was above the average record- a ed for the year, it nevertheless represented Iat 11 30 h: a substantial drop compared with growth 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Grap in the previous month (+6% compared to The world economy is slowly gathering steam again and confidence in business improving is also November 2012). growing. At the end of 2013 it was at its highest point since spring 2011.

Europeans are catching up year in some regional economies as well and patchy economic growth in almost The major proportion of the growth in as in trade volumes.» This assessment, the entire region. the overall airfreight volumes was ac- however, is not fully supported by the fig- counted for by Middle Eastern and Latin ures. According to the same source, the Limits to growth American airlines, but also by European African airlines do in fact seem to have «The near-to-medium term outlook for carriers. experienced very strong growth in 2012 airfreight is improving slowly, which is With growth of 12.8% in relation to (7.1% compared with 2011), but Latin consistent with the cyclical pick-up in 2012, a figure unrivalled by that of any American carriers (–2.9% in 2011) now global economic growth,» Iata stated. But other region, SkyCargo, Etihad, Qatar, appear to have reversed the trend. the recent acceleration in world trade has Saudia and the other Middle Eastern only been in line with economic growth, carriers lifted their region to the undis- Two lame horses not running at twice the latter’s pace, as puted first place in the world. The reasons The same cannot be said of North Ameri- it had in the past. were a solid growth of the regional trade can airlines. The fall in their freight vol- This, the organisation concludes in its volume and strong demand from the ad- ume in 2013 (–0.4%) compared with 2012 analysis, suggests that further growth in vanced economies, amongst other things. was comparable with that of the previous airfreight could be limited, unless the his- After the strengthening of economic year (–0.5%). torical relationship between world trade activity in Europe, particularly in the The adverse effects of the government and economic activity is restored. Euro zone, an expansion of the business shutdown in October 2013 were offset by Andreas Haug of European airlines set in during the sec- a nascent upturn in the manufacturing ond quarter of the year, the first after a sector, but Iata put this into perspective Iata certifies Sats pharma hub period of 18 months without growth. On with a comment that growth rates were balance, their freight volume showed a substantially lower than they were at the The ground handler Singapore Airport Ter- 1.8% improvement. beginning of last year. minal Services (Sats) told the media recently The prospects are still more bleak on that its Coolport terminal has become the Apparent contradictions the other side of the Pacific. The volume first pharmaceuticals centre of expertise The Latin American carriers registered in the Asia-Pacific region, which is the worldwide to have been certified for the higher growth, 2.4%, but Iata stated that area that accounts for the largest propor- handling of perishables. The facility, which their performance, like that of African tion of global freight volumes handled, is located in Singapore airport’s free-trade airlines (growth of 1%), was poorer than showed a further contraction in the zone, handled goods weighing approximately in the preceding year. twelve months of 2013. In the view of the 15,000 t for the pharmaceuticals industry in 2013. www.sats.com.sg «These results,» the association said, world body, the decline of 1% is due to www.coolport.com.sg «reflect sluggishness during parts of the stagnating demand for Asian-made goods

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LA station breaks its own airfreight record American Airlines Cargo growing pound for pound

An AA plane taking off from LAX set a more freight into our new new carrier record for belly-hold airfreight, aircraft,» Andy Baum, managing director of the wresting the in-house mark back from AA cargo operations at New York JFK. the hub in Los Angeles, explained. «Our B777- The ground handling team of American 300ERs allow us to load es

Airlines (AA) dispatched flight 136 from more goods than ever be- in rl Los Angeles airport on 21 January, achiev- fore, and as we deploy the Ai an ic ing what had never been accomplished jets on various new routes, er Am before in the process. The cargo packed the race is now on.» : In this particular case, to into 14 containers, predominantly high- Pho density goods of seasonal Californian the flight continued to One of AA’s ten new Boeing B777-300ERs. This type of aeroplane vegetables such as carrots, potatoes and London, and most of the recently set a record for the carrier for belly-hold airfreight. asparagus, weighed 103,384 lb (46.9 t), cargo on board was sub- thus beating the record of 97,237 lb sequently forwarded to Western Europe to London Heathrow as well as between (44.9 t) which had only just been set at (Amsterdam) and the Middle East São Paulo, New York and Dallas Fort New York JFK two months previously. (Dubai, Kuwait and Riyadh). Worth. On 11 June this unit is also start- This means that, for the first time in its ing an American Airlines service between history, AA Cargo has managed to break More record volumes in sight Dallas Fort Worth and Hong Kong. Ten through the six-digit pound threshold for Apart from Los Angeles and New York, additional B777-300ERs have been or- airfreight on one flight. AA currently also operates the extended dered, and 42 ordered B787s are set to join «We’re witnessing healthy competition version of the Triple Seven from Miami the AA fleet of more than 600 aircraft between hubs here. It’s all about packing and its head office in Dallas Fort Worth this year. ah

Poland told to seek Dutch customs In brief Another order. Cargolux has ordered an repayment of subsidies installs remote scan additional Boeing B747-8F. This brings the number of units of this aircraft on order The Commission of the European Union The Dutch subsidiary of Rhenus, a logis- from the Luxembourgian launch customer to has decided that the subsidies paid by the tics services provider operating through- 14, and puts it on a par with its Far Eastern municipalities of Gdynia and Kosakowo out the world, and the Dutch customs competitors Cathay Pacific Cargo (Hong towards the expansion of Gdynia airport authorities have inaugurated a pilot sys- Kong) and Nippon Cargo Airlines (Japan). provided the latter with an unfair eco- tem for the remote scanning of airfreight The new freighter will be delivered in March nomic advantage over its competitors, shipments. In this process, Rhenus scans 2015. www.cathaypacificcargo.com in particular over the airport of Gdansk. freight consignments selected by it is own www.cargolux.com; www.nca.aero The hub on the North Sea handled an system at Amsterdam Schiphol airport overall volume of 4,900 t of airfreight last and sends the images created directly to Better infrastructure. Zambia is expanding year (+1.4%). the customs authorities. The latter then three airports and to this end has mandated the Zambia Development Agency to seek This constitutes a breach of the Eu- receives the images, imports them and investments for the development of the ropean Union’s subsidy regulations. analyses them remotely. concomitant freight transportation infra- Member states may not grant any state «Customs officers no longer need to be structure. The plans concern the modernisa- subsidies that result in the duplication of physically present, which results in time tion of the hubs in Lusaka (USD 385 million airport infrastructure if there is no cor- being saved for all of parties involved in needed) and Livingstone (USD 40 million responding demand. This would distort the logistics chain,» Peter Pasman, the needed) and the construction of a new competition between airports too much Rhenus Group’s chief operating officer airport in Ndola (USD 522 million needed). and mean tax money being wasted on un- for airfreight in Europe, said. Rhenus and www.zda.org.zm necessary projects. its subsidiaries Rhenus Air, Copex, KDS To restore the market situation which Cargo and Racon Air are the first firms Last four-engined jet. Egypt Air has reacti- existed before the subsidies were granted, to be involved in the pilot test, which vated its last remaining A340-200. The unit, the airport of Gdynia has been ordered to is part of Schiphol’s so-called smartgate which can carry 22 ULDs in its bellyhold, will repay EUR 21.8 million to the state. This cargo programme, one of the first inter- be deployed from Cairo to Middle Eastern amount corresponds to the economic ad- national public-private partnerships in destinations. www.egyptair-cargo.com vantage achieved from the subsidies. the airfreight sector. ah 20 Forwarding & Logistics International Transport Journal 09-10 2014

DSV and C.H. Robinson both TNT Express improves performance in Europe and USA largely happy with financial 2013 Making a profit again DSV, a Danish logistics company headquartered in Brøndby, near Copenhagen, drove up its turnover from DKK 44.91 billion (EUR 6.02 The Dutch CEP and logistics service provider TNT Express billion) in 2012 to DKK 45.71 billion (EUR 6.13 billion) in business once again made an operating profit in the fourth quarter year 2013. Earnings before interest, tax and amortisation (ebita) rose slightly from DKK 2.54 billion (EUR 340.37 million) to DKK 2.55 bil- of 2013, following on from losses in the like-for-like period lion (EUR 341.71 million). The company’s net profit, finally, grew from in the previous year. DKK 1.43 billion (EUR 191.62 million) in 2012 to DKK 1.57 billion (EUR 210.38 million) last year. CEO Jens Bjørn Andersen told the media that his corporation was satisfied with the figures for 2013, given weak overall economic growth and a difficult market environment. The US forwarding and logistics company C.H. Robinson World- wide Inc, in turn, ratcheted its revenues in business year 2013 up to USD 12.75 billion, 12.3% more than in the preceding twelve months. Net revenues rose by 6.9% to USD 1.84 billion, whilst net profits fell sharply, namely by 30% to USD 415.9 million. ra www.dsv.com; www.chrobinson.com s pres Ex TNT : to

UPS acquires UK healthcare logistics Pho A TNT Express employee scanning consignments. market leader Polar Speed TNT Express has once again returned to the black, The US parcel and logistics service provider UPS is continuing to ex- thanks not least to an improved business performance pand its global network in the field of pharmaceuticals and healthcare in Europe and the USA. Though it saw its turnover logistics. The corporation recently completed the purchase of the en- decrease by 4.6% to EUR 1.704 billion (compared to terprise Polar Speed, a provider of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical EUR 1.787 billion in Q4/2012), its operating profit supply chain solutions in the United Kingdom. The parties agreed not climbed to EUR 88 million. A year earlier the quar- to disclose the purchase price. terly loss had amounted to EUR 52 million. Net earn- Polar Speed runs three logistics centres in the country and deploys ings for the fourth quarter of 2013 came in at around its fleet of 118 specialised temperature-controlled transport vehicles all EUR 32 million, compared to a net loss of EUR 148 mil- across the nation. It specialises in active temperature-controlled deliv- lion in the like-for-like period in the previous year. eries to hospitals, chemists, wholesalers and surgery centres, as well as The turnover of TNT Express in the entire year to patients. Its services cover the temperature ranges of 2°–8°C as well 2013 sank to EUR 6.693 billion, 4.7% less than the as 15°–25°C. Besides warehousing, distribution and home delivery op- EUR 7.023 billion generated in 2012. 2013’s operating tions for patients, Polar Speed’s services also encompass transporting result dipped to EUR 48 million, noticeably less than palletised goods and small parcels. UPS now runs 45 healthcare logistics the EUR 158 million registered one year earlier. On a and distribution centres around the globe. ra favourable note, the corporation’s net loss shrank from www.ups.com; www.polarspeed.com EUR 101 million in 2012 to EUR 29 million in 2013.

In brief

Fercam expanding. Fercam, an international transport and logistics company based in Ora, near Bolzano in South Tyrol (Italy), has augmented its branch office network by opening two new sites in Italy and Austria. The new Fercam offices are in Rimini and in St Pölten, in the greater Vienna area. www.fercam.com

Freja cooperation with CargoLine. The Finnish company Freja Transport&Logistics, a subsidiary of Denmark’s Skive- based transport and logistics group Freja, has garnered a new partner for its Finland traffic. Freja and CargoLine have been cooperating in this business since 1 February. www.freja.com www.cargoline.de International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 Forwarding & Logistics 21

The concept of shared logistics centres in Switzerland tre. This is more economical than running your own warehouse, particularly if you are engaged in an activity whose «An SME within a corporation» workload fluctuates during the year. Calabrese: We sought a basic solution The first logistics group that springs to mind when Schenker is mentioned is Deutsche that we are now realising, with 11 m high- Bahn. Schenker Switzerland, with Jörg Eggenberger and Daniele Calabrese, wants to bay shelving on 4,600 sqm. This is one of our unique selling points. The modular change this with a new storage idea, they explained to the ITJ’s Christian Doepgen. system gives us a very high degree of flexibility. We can also speed up orders and Mr Eggenberger, how do you, the CEO deliveries when necessary. of Schenker in Switzerland, assess the Swiss market? How do you speed up the processes? Eggenberger: We’re dealing with an Eggenberger: There are a number of SME market in which we’re partly still measures, including optimising the pro- not known well enough or, if we are cessing of customs documents by imme- known, are classified by the size of our diately send them from the doorman to parent group. We see ourselves as an the customs department by pneumatic «SME within a corporation», however. tube. We can also optimise the just-in- Calabrese: Of course we benefit from time networks we use by planning the

the international experience of our col- n dispatch of goods as soon as possible. ge

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shared logistics centre (SLC) in Pfungen. n ing and packing or re-labelling, gives us ia st

By global Schenker standards, however, ri more «in-house production depth» that Ch the Swiss branch is still too small. : we couldn’t offer before. Major corpora- to tions such as Roche or Novartis make use Pho There is, as investments show, confi- Jörg Eggenberger, CEO Switzerland (left), and thereof, as do SMEs in Switzerland. dence in these local developments. Daniele Calabrese, head of contract logistics. Eggenberger: Yes! With an investment Which customers are you targeting in of CHF 40 million in new infrastructure Calabrese: We had to make massive in- Switzerland in particular? that is a reasonable conclusion. The over- vestments in up-to-date technology, and Eggenberger: In the high-tech sector all framework is a five-year group plan in measures to protect the environment there are numerous SMEs for whom pri- with ambitious business objectives. and reduce noise emissions, at the site, vate storage is expensive, and who have which is in a very good location indeed. a high potential for savings in logistics. You have eleven locations in Switzer- Calabrese: Products and customers’ re- land. Why a new building in Pfungen? What does the concept of a shared quirements in the machine industry, in Eggenberger: There are good synergies logistics centre entail? electronics or consumer goods can be here – airfreight can be moved to Kloten Eggenberger: In the SLC concept, vari- matched. This is complex, but we are in 20 minutes, and there is easy access to ous companies have joint recourse to the confident we can achieve first-class pro- road transport (A1 and A51). staff and the premises of a logistics cen- cessing times.

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In brief Arcole buys Mory Ducros RSA-Talke opens hazmat

WWL in Barcelona. Wallenius Wilhelm- warehouse in Dubai sen Logistics (WWL), which is part of the Norwegian shipping line Wallenius Wilhelm- The chemical logistics joint venture RSA- sen, has opened a new branch office in the Talke has opened a warehouse for pal- Catalonian port city of Barcelona (Spain). es letised hazardous goods in Dubai (United chiv

ar Arab Emirates). The 19,000-slot facility

WWL was represented in Barcelona by its J IT agent Agencia Maritima Espanola Evge from : is located in the free trade zone of the to Dubai World Central aviation hub. RSA- 1987 onwards. www.2wglobal.com Pho Mory Ducros lorries will continue to operate on Talke’s warehouse, which provides slots UTi Worldwide in Detroit. UTi Worldwide European roads in future. for goods in the hazardous materials cat- Inc, a Long Beach CA-based US logistics egories 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, has a direct con- and supply chain service provider, recently Arcole Industries’ purchase of the strick- nection to the huge Al Maktoum airport opened a new logistics facility in Romulus, en French general cargo operator Mory as well as to the Jebel Ali deepsea port. near Detroit MI (USA). According to UTi the Ducros is now cut and dried, with ne- RSA-Talke is simultaneously imple- 22,000 sqm centre is a new campus model gotiations concerning the acquisition menting another major project in the for the company, combining warehousing of the bankrupt Mory Ducros entity by emirate. It is building an integrated activities for contract logistics clients with Arcole Industries having been concluded dangerous goods container terminal in space for air, ocean and overland freight recently. Dubai’s Jebel Ali free trade zone. forwarding services. www.go2uti.com On 6 February a commercial court RSA-Talke is a joint venture between in Pontoise, near Paris (France), gave its Dubai-based RSA Logistics, which was Ryder in form. The US transport and logis- approval of Arcole’s offer for Mory Du- established in 2007 and operates in the tics firm Ryder System Inc improved its sales cros. Arcole Industries has taken over 50 United Arab Emirates and Kenya, and the in financial 2013 by 3% in comparison with Mory Ducros branch offices (out of 85) chemical logistics service provider Talke, the previous year, to USD 6.42 billion. The and 2,210 workers out of approximately which is headquartered in Hürth in the company’s net profits increased by 13% to 5,000. Flashback: Mory Ducros declared western German state of North Rhine- USD 257 million. www.ryder.com itself bankrupt in November 2013. ra Westphalia. ra

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Automotive logistics remains an important international business More than 13 million vehicles

The second Automotive Logistics Forum, arranged by the German Logistics Association and the German Association of the Automotive Industry, was held in Frankfurt at the beginning of February. Ever-increasing international demand is also reflected in strong growth in foreign production.

A record-breaking number of participants (530 delegates) took part in this year’s Automotive Logistics Forum, which welcomed more than 60 exhibitors and proved to be an important meeting point for the European automotive logistics industry. As well as representatives of the international logistics companies, suppliers and IT providers, vehicle manufacturers were also represented by senior management.

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huge importance of his industry at the Pho event. «2013 was a positive year for the The automobile boom in China was one of the subjects addressed at the automotive logistics event. car industry across the world. Despite the weak European market, 8 million cars convinced, based on the innovations ex- to local conditions, especially in this field were produced by German companies hibited. In his key-note address Reimund in China, as European standards are not abroad.» The number of cars produced Klinkner, chairman of the board of the encountered there. in Germany (5.4 million vehicles) was in German Logistics Association, said that Bosch was presented with this year’s line with expectations. «flean production (flexible and lean) is VDA Logistics Award, for its concept of «Logistics played a big role in this suc- in demand today. Flexible procedures and fully digitising the flow of goods. These cess,» Wissmann pointed out. He men- lean processes in production and logistics can be virtually presented in real time, tioned that this industry employs 2.8 mil- are key levers to overcome challenges.» using intelligent software and informa- lion people in Germany alone, generat- tion technology systems. ing an annual income of approximately A growing Asian market Participants were offered various sight- EUR 225 billion. For logistics, the Chinese market is be- seeing programmes, in addition to the He also pointed out the challenges of coming increasingly important. In 2013 conference programme itself. They could the future, which will produce more tasks alone 16.3 million cars were sold there. visit the Opel factory in Rüsselsheim, the for logistics in the industry. «The auto- German manufacturers currently have Continental factory and Lufthansa’s car- motive industry is one of the pace set- a market share of approximately 20% go centre in Frankfurt. ters of these developments,» Wissmann is there. The logistics companies must adapt nauticus

European Freight Forwarding Index: Spring awakening

The European Freight Forwarding Index that there is a decline in growth. By way is expected to score 65 points in Febru- provided cause for optimism at the start of comparison, after Christmas business ary and 66 points in March, making it of 2014. The latest edition of the study, finished in December, there was a similar the leader of the segments. Positive sig- which is published by Danske bank every contraction in the market for maritime nals are also coming from overland traf- year, does not simply show that every- freight business. fic and airfreight – each have 58 index thing is rosy, however. Maritime freight In contrast there is a good deal of con- points and can expect some growth. This volumes have been stagnant over the fidence when looking at the expectations development was felt sooner in the air- last two months. The index level of 50 of European freight forwarders. The bar freight business, as the volumes there had shows this linear development. If the of 50 index points will easily be cleared already increased to 56 points in January. value drops below this average, it means by March. The maritime freight index cd 24 Forwarding & Logistics 75 International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 YEARS ITJ

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17 June 1953 23 October – 4 November 1956 Uprising in East Germany Hungarian Revolution A wave of strikes, demonstrations and A bourgeois-democratic protests against the country’s Stalinist revolution against the Soviet regime took place in the German presence in Hungary was Democratic Republic in summer 1953. violently put down.

Stackable containers were deployed for the first time in 1956 The steel box that changed the world

The origins of the first container reach back into the 18th century. But it was quite a while before 58 identical steel receptacles full of freight were loaded onto a containership in the USA in 1956.

In the 18th century packaging boxes made of wood, used to transport goods in the United Kingdom, were the earli- est forms of the modern container (the Latin word continere means to hold together, to contain). In the early 20th century the first standardised railway containers were developed. The step for- ward from that to a system that allows for the units to be re-used was then not a major one any more. In 1937 the young US road haulier Malcolm McLean thought it would be a good idea to load trucks onto freight- No 23/1957 ers in their entirety. Later he thought On 7 June we trailers with their loaded contents reported on the should be the working unit, and growing signifi- finally he hit upon the idea of tak- cance of the new ing the steel boxes themselves off the container. tive of the distance that has to be covered lorries for loading – instead of handling It soon caught people’s or the mode of transport used (lorries, the every package and every bale separately. imagination. In 1957 Aimé railways or maritime vessels).» But it was 20 years later before he de- Fauré, the head of commercial services In 1961 the International Organiza- veloped his concept into a standardised, with the Société Générale de Transports tion for Standardization (ISO) deter- stackable receptacle. 58 large metal con- Maritimes, reported in great detail in the mined the universally-applicable size of tainers were dispatched on a domestic ITJ on the growing importance of the ISO containers. Over the years it became short sea trip on 26 April 1956, on board large receptacles. In an article entitled apparent that the invention of the stand- the specially-converted freighter Ideal X, «Containers in maritime traffic between ardised container was the greatest revolu- which sailed from Houston TX to the France and North Africa» Fauré wrote: tion in the history of transport since the port of Newark NJ. Thus container ship- «It would be superfluous to describe Sumerians had invented the wheel in the ping was born. McLean’s vision of a closed a container in detail, as it is now such a middle of the 4th millennium BC. transport chain on land, at sea and on the widespread sight. For some years now this There is no doubt that the stand- rails started to become reality. piece of transport equipment has been ardised container revolutionised global building up its important role for the goods transportation in the second half The ITJ’s 75th anniversary transportation of certain types of goods, of the 20th century, and simultaneously largely as a result of the multifarious completely restructured world trade. The We’ll be celebrating our 75th anniversary advantages it offers trade and industry. 20 and the 40-foot equivalent units are the in ITJ 27-30/2014. The jubilee issue will be It indisputably enables the particularly most important and best-known types of published on 18 July 2014. Enjoy our histori- safe and secure door-to-door handling containers. There are around 28 million cal reminiscences from now on and until our of foodstuffs and many other types of of the steel boxes in action today. jubilee special appears this summer. goods, as it was designed to do, irrespec- Robert Altermatt International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 Focus on Switzerland 25

Switzerland votes to increase funding for the railways The other yes vote

On 9 February Swiss voters approved a proposal for the financing and expansion of railway infrastructure with a majority of 62 to 38%. A majority of the population in 22 out of the 23 Swiss cantons were also in favour. Consequences, comments and reactions regarding a plebiscite that attracted only little media attention (see Comment on page 10).

With this clear result, the Swiss voters approved an amendment to the Swiss constitution that stipulates the creation of a new railway infrastructure fund, a financing measure without a termination date. It will receive its funds, at least in part, from earnings from the distance- related heavy vehicle fee for lorries (HVF). These new financing regulations will help to provide the money required to operate and maintain the country’s railway infrastructure and to gradually expand the railway network, where necessary. Hupac

The fund is the key element of the : to

country’s railway plans and an essential Pho requirement for the laws and decisions in- The expansion of Switzerland’s railway infrastructure is set to boom, after the voters approved a new volved which, among other things, gov- measure on 9 February. Now road users are also calling for more investment in the road network. ern the details of fund management and the first phase of expansion, This will re- • Lausanne–Geneva projects.» And Astag also demanded that quire CHF 6.4 billion (EUR 5.2 billion), • the Geneva cluster «in addition to funding for the railways, and is set to be completed by 2025. • Basel east (first phase): the Ergolz val- efforts should also be made to eliminate If everything goes to plan, the Swiss ley and upgrading railtracks in Pratteln bottlenecks in the road networks.» government will implement the decisions • Gümligen–Münsingen Astag drew particular attention to ma- from 2016. As a next step, the federal of- • Zurich–Chur jor projects pending on the main axes on fice of transport will draw up the nec- • Rupperswil–Mägenwil the Swiss central plateau and in large ag- essary transition regulations and provi- • St Gallen–Chur glomerations such as Geneva/Lausanne, sions, and start planning the expansion In addition, capacity increases on the Basel, Zurich, Bern and Lugano. phase for 2030. In accordance with a par- route between Ligerz and Twann will The Swiss Automobile Club took a liamentary decision, these plans must be improve service quality and reduce traf- similar line, saying that «road infrastruc- submitted to parliament by 2018. fic times for freight traffic on this line ture has been neglected for too long. running along the southern flank of the There is an urgent need to adapt it to Benefits for freight transport Jura mountain range. Smaller individual current and future requirements.» «Today’s vote is a milestone for the long- investments involve storage sidings for The association criticised the fact that term development of public transport freight trains, power supply facilities for «the approval of this proposal will see and Switzerland’s plans to shift more the railways and noise prevention. cross-subsidies from the roads to the rail- goods and traffic from the roads to the ways not only continuing as before, but railways,» applauded Bernard Guillelm- And the roads? will even see them increase». It believes on, CEO of the railway company BLS. «The SBB is pleased about the Swiss vot- that the chances of the popular initiative It operates Bern’s municipal trains, ers’ clear approval of the plans,» was the «for a fair financing of transport», also the country’s second-largest regional unsurprising comment from the federal called the «milk-cow initiative», have im- network, and through its subsidiary BLS railways in its press release. The Swiss proved after the vote. Cargo also plays an important role in rail- association of commercial vehicle opera- freight services across the Alps. tors Astag interpreted the vote «as a com- No tit-for-tat In fact, (regional) passenger traffic took mitment to an efficient and functioning Whether «milk cow» or «iron horse»: centre stage in the vote, but several sec- transport infrastructure», but it also It is unlikely that another referendum tions of the plans will also benefit freight pointed out that «the relatively and unex- will revise the results from this Febru- traffic. For example, capacity increases pectedly high number of votes against the ary. And it is just as unlikely, by the way, and/or the improvement of performance proposal shows that politicians will be that Switzerland will now «batten down on the following routes should enhance well advised to exercise moderation with its hatches», as can be read in comments track capacities for freight traffic: regard to investing too much in railway elsewhere. Andreas Haug

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Polish railfreight service provider investing in the future Railfreight firm on a sound track

PKP Cargo has had a new chief executive officer since the beginning of February. His focus is on the modernisation of the company’s fleet.

It took nearlythreemonthsforPKPCargo, a Polish firm partially owned by the state,

to find a new CEO. Adam Purwin, a fi- go Car

nance expert and the firm’s former CFO, P PK was previously interim CEO and has now : taken over the sceptre on a permanent to Pho basis. The group, a specialist railfreight Interim CEO Adam Purwin has been named as PKP Cargo’s permanent service provider, can now focus primarily CEO. He will focus on investment in the firm’s fleet, amongst other things. on its much-needed modernisation. Prior to joining PKP Cargo the new the resignation stated that Boron had new CEO’s most important jobs will be chief executive officer held various po- retired for personal reasons. Despite to build good relations, particularly with sitions in several Polish finance insti- these hiccoughs the IPO is one of the investors. Purwin will also have to ag- tutions for a period of 15 years. These largest the Warsaw markets saw last year, gressively pursue the modernisation of included the Commerzbank subsidiary with a volume of about PLN 1.4 billion the group. BRE Bank in Warsaw. He is recognised (EUR 335 million). One of his priorities is to use the as a highly-qualified exports specialist. funds raised from the IPO to expand Purwin’s predecessor, Lukasz Boron, First railway firm IPO in Europe PKP Cargo’s fleet. In the current year, had surprisingly announced his resigna- It was the first-ever IPO of a railway com- the firm wants to replace 26 of its SM48 tion in autumn last year, just a few days pany in Europe, and it is thus no surprise locomotives. According to the company before the company’s first IPO. The rea- that the industry watched its progress its fleet consisted of 250 locomotives and sons for his sudden departure are not en- with keen interest. «We will be paying a more than 63,000 wagons at the end of tirely clear to this day. Market observers dividend of between 35 and 50% of net June 2013. It is in this context that the suspect that Boron made a major mistake profits for 2013,» Jakub Karnowski, the focus is on increasing investment in the before the IPO. The Polish web-based chairman of the PKP group, said. The transport fleet. While the group invested finance portal Inwestycje.pl reported PKP Cargo board has yet to confirm this, EUR 125 million in this segment in 2011, that he had been responsible for mis- he added. the figure was as high as EUR 141 million pricing a subsidiary. The suspicion is that In the final analysis, the IPO prob- in 2013. the mistake led to PKP Cargo raising less ably does not have fate on its side. In the With the appointment of the new and capital from the IPO than it could have. first nine months of 2013 the company old CEO to take permanent charge at the The company has not issued a state- made a loss of EUR 1.1 million. A year helm, PKP Cargo can now once again fo- ment regarding the rumours. Instead, earlier it had generated a net profit of cus on its core activities. the official information with respect to about EUR 61 million. Thus one of the Sebastian Becker/Antje Veregge

Swiss inland ports set a record...... and German inland waterways do well

Switzerland’s Rhine ports lifted around 105,000 teu last year, The inland waterway shipping industry in Germany carried a setting a new record for ship-side container imports and exports. total of around 227 million t of goods on the country’s rivers Together with the boxes imported and exported by rail, the ter- and canals last year, according to the provisional results for 2013 minals processed 117,535 containers in 2013. Measured in terms published by the German statistical office. In terms of volumes of weight, throughput in 2013 was 5% lower than in the previous this represents a 1.7% improvement vis-à-vis the previous year. year. This decline was the result of special factors in the oil sector. The overall goods performance, that is to say volumes trans- 2012 was marked by a large increase in oil imports, which arose ported multiplied by the distances carried, also rose, namely by on account of the fact that a major Swiss refinery was shut down 2.2% to about 60 billion tkm. The result is particularly impres- for some of that period. The Swiss Rhine ports’ overall handling sive in the light of the floods that affected the inland waterway result of 6.8 million t for the whole of 2013 was still better than network in 2013, as well as strikes related to the restructuring the figure recorded in the years 2009 to 2011. av of the country’s inland waterways board. av 28 Wind Energy International Transport Journal 09-10 2014

Building Borkum Riffgrund 1 d 1 un gr Way up north ff kum Ri Bor

In January the first of 77 foundation structures for the Riffgrund 1 wind : to farm, north of the German island of Borkum, was established. The Pho The Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm is due to enter full operations structures reach their destination via the Dutch Orange Blue Terminal. this year and will supply around 285,000 households with power.

The 77 wind turbines that make up Germany’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 Logistics of Hamburg and the Dutch company Uniteam offshore wind farm are slated to come online in the course of this year. Projects. Dong Energy has commissioned Geo Sea, a From their perch in the North Sea, the 77 Siemens-made 3.7 MW subsidiary of the Deme group, to handle the offshore wind turbines are expected to produce a total of 277 MW of power installation of the foundation structures. The wind farm annually, enough to supply around 285,000 households with so-called is 36 km north of the island of Borkum, within the Ger- green electricity. The transhipment, handling and storage of the founda- man exclusive economic zone. tion structures will be carried out at the Orange Blue Terminal (OBT) The components for the wind farm are produced in in Eemshaven (Netherlands), a facility operated jointly by Buss Port the Danish city of Aalborg. From there they are transported by heavylift ship to Eemshaven, where they are unloaded and placed in temporary storage. A 24-axle self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) hauls the WE CAN DELIVER monopiles, each weighing up to 700 t, to the storage area. During the project, the 66 m piles are temporarily deposited on sand beds for storage. ANYTHING … In addition, a 600 t crawler crane is used to transport 333 t transition pieces to the storage area. The 25 m structures are placed on specially-built storage platforms, where they are held in an upright position. Manufacturing and certifying these platforms is one of the responsibilities of the OBT. All of the handling and storage operations for the components take place on a 90,000 sqm reserved area. It includes a dockside heavylift platform with a load-bearing capacity of 20 t/sqm, as well as an adjacent storage area with a surface-load capacity of up to 35 t/sqm. Since January, the installation ship Pacific Orca (see also ITJ 37-38/2012, page 35) has been installing the foundations. The 161 m ship loads the components with its on-board crane, which has a lifting capacity of 1,200 t. The monopiles and transition pieces are then lined up on the heavylift platform, within the radius of the outreach of the crane on the Pacific Orca. av

Lysander delivers turbine to Blyth

The English company Lysander Shipping recently arranged for the import and delivery of a rather large wind … but turbine to northern England. Lysander transported a nacelle, manufactured by Samsung Heavy Industries in thewind. We‘llworkonthat. South Korea and consisting of several consignments, to a testing station of the UK’s National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, Northumberland. The largest piece measured 16.5 x 7 x 7 m and weighed 293 t. This meant that the port of Blyth had to reinforce a part of its EMSChartering GmbH&Co. KG Hafenstraße 15 |26789 Leer quayside to accommodate the heavy cargo. The consign- Tel: +49(0) 491-92815-0 ments were unloaded by an on-board crane directly on Fax: +49(0) 491-92815-15 www.emsship.de [email protected] to waiting self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) for delivery to the centre. av International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 Wind Energy 29

Transporting rotor blades on a heavylift combination vehicle From impractical to much easier

Some tests was conducted recently at a production facility in Denmark belonging to Vestas, one of the leading wind power facility manufacturers in the world. The objective was to assess the transportability of a wind turbine blade that was 62 m long and weighed 13,4 t on a specialised transporter. Scheuerle’s so-called rotor blade heuerle Sc adapter was deployed for the purpose. : to Pho Transporting rotor blades to wind power A rotor blade adapter allows certain types of wings to be raised to an angle of 70°, in order to stations frequently presents road hauli- comfortably avoid obstacles en route. ers with very challenging tasks. On the last mile in particular, transportation is gitudinal axis, in order to provide as lit- Hydraulically-controlled counterweights often highly difficult, especially when tle wind resistance as possible.A sensor ensure that precise adjustments can be tight corners or obstacles have to be issues a warning signal if a parameter- made, even in unfavourable conditions overcome. A new rotor blade adapter, in- isable wind speed has been exceeded. and during self-propelled driving. troduced into the market by the German company Scheuerle, provides answers to such problems. The second generation of the adapter is already available, which has Wind turbines for the UK been improved thanks to the experience gained from the first edition. The 3PL logistics service provider and

The rotor blade adapter helps the rotor heavylift specialist WWL ALS is current- S AL blades being carried to avoid obstacles, ly involved in a series of port operations L WW such as trees or buildings. On gradients for wind farms involving the Humber : to

or steep winding roads the position of the Ports on the country’s east coast. Pho rotor blade can be adjusted without los- The handling activities concern the A tower section of a wind power turbine being ing time. Thus rotor blades, depending transportation of five wind turbines loaded by WWL ALS. on the type of wing, can be raised to an made by Nordex to the Todmorden Moor angle of 70° in order to comfortably avoid wind farm (West Yorkshire).A separate WWL ALS’ role encompasses vessel and obstacles en route. task involves hauling four wind turbines port operations, storage, quality and An integrated slew drive enables the to three sites in the Midlands. The blades stock control, as well as dispatch to indi- rotor blade to be rotated around its lon- are between 43 and 48 m long. vidual wind farms.

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Use of drones in commercial shipping All hands on land

The automation of various aspects of the logistics chain has been a topic of interest for many years. A research consortium’s concept for unmanned ships seeks to make significant advances in the level of technology used in the transportation of goods by sea. stock ink Th

Commercial shipping is having difficulty tems, electronic positioning, and satellite : attracting trainees. Sailors are often far communications by the project. Sophisti- to Pho away from friends and family for weeks or cated technology for detecting and avoid- If the Munin concept becomes reality, then some months on end, and the shipping lines are ing obstacles is essential in this context. merchant marine vessels may be steered largely finding it more and more difficult to find Furthermore, the ship drones must be from land-based centres in future. qualified personnel. In connection with equipped with positioning and naviga- the increase in bunker prices, the practice tion systems, in order to determine and studies according to which 75% of mari- of slow steaming is also becoming ever manage their exact whereabouts, travel time accidents are attributable to human more attractive. As a result, transit times speed and course. In addition, it is im- error. A majority of accidents are said to have been extended, whilst the attendant portant to equip the ships’ engines with result from exhaustion or inattentiveness. work procedures take much less time, on on-board monitoring systems, so that the Where one area of danger is mini- account of increased on-board automa- ship and the equipment can be constantly mised, however, this case opens a new tion processes. Crews thus experience surveilled. one. For central control on land, reliable longer phases with less work to be carried and secure communications connections out. The potential for saving personnel Special knowledge required are an absolute necessity. Guaranteeing costs is therefore great. According to the consortium’s plans, them is one story. The risk that autono- crews stationed on land will monitor a mous ships could become the target of A new concept ship’s operating procedures and intervene cyber attacks is another. Now a consortium, composed of eight in emergency situations. Thus a captain partners, including the Fraunhofer Insti- could direct an entire fleet from a control Regulations need adapting tut in Hamburg and Marintek, Norway’s centre and specialise in specific dangers In addition, greater autonomy also en- research institute for marine technology, as well. tails greater uncertainty concerning how is working on a concept for unmanned However, these autonomous ships will an operation is actually carried out. The ships, knows as shipping drones. not to be operated completely without a International Chamber of Shipping has The Munin project – which stands for crew in the future, but only whilst trav- stated that existing regulations would maritime unmanned navigation through elling from pilot station to pilot station. have to be adapted completely to cater for intelligence in networks – was launched The comparatively critical docking and unmanned ships, a process which could in autumn 2012, and is scheduled to departure procedures from a berth will take years. Drone ships are thus still many run for a period of three years. The EU continue to take place with a crew on years in the future. Should they come in has provided it with EUR 2.9 million board in future. This practice aims to re- to use it would certainly represent quite a in funds. Existing units are set to be duce accident and error rates on board to bombshell for the industry, however. equipped with collision-prevention sys- a minimum. The consortium has quoted Antje Veregge

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Materials, consumers and markets in flux Global trends in the packaging industry

January 2014 saw the launch of the US road map for Material Handling and Logistics (MHL road map) in the USA. The 67-page document offers a projection of how the packaging industry will develop to about 2025. Brian Wagner, of Packaging Technology Integrated Solu- tions, offered a broad overview of global trends at the Material Handling and Logistics Conference held in Utah (USA) in late 2013.

Wagner described ten trends, some of them related to broad developments in the industry, some concerning the emer- gence of new markets, and some having to do with changes in consumer behaviour. For the most part, his observations overlapped with those described in the MHL road map. However, Wagner accorded special significance to developments in research and technology. One the one hand, he

expects the development of new materi- ls als to lead to advances in ergonomics, so va mo Re that in future only two layers of pack- : aging may be needed, rather than seven to Pho used in today’s packages. The container, a standard unit in maritime shipping, is missing in the e-commerce segment. On the other hand, Wagner expected new insights in neuroscience to give At present, Wagner expects the trend complexity. Heightened security will re- rise to packaging tailored more specifi- toward ever more regulations and envi- sult in packaging that is better protected cally to target groups. He also expected ronmental requirements to become an against counterfeiting and tampering. electrically-conductive inks to enable re- increasing concern. Furthermore, Wagner sees both packag- cipients to establish radio contact with The aspect of security will also play ing producers and users confronted with packages via so-called smartphones. But an ever greater role in the regulatory the same challenges facing the shipping this technology is still in the realm of sci- framework of both national and interna- industry at another level, as the latter ence fiction – and expensive. tional institutions, which are growing in grapples with regulations governing the sulphur content of fuel. Wagner predicted a transition from petroleum-based materials to packaging made from biomass. New reefer technology developed Container in the packaging? Primaira of Boston (USA) is developing ly 300 times higher than otherwise seen One fundamental innovation is lacking, an air-cleaning system for refrigerated in the market. however – standardised packaging. De- containers, in cooperation with Maersk Bluezone has even proven successful at spite the broad diversity in the sizes and Container Industry (MCI). The patented eliminating hydrocarbon gas. Soren Leth characteristics of goods, cost-optimised Bluezone technology has proven to be an Johannsen, the chief commercial officer logistics and uniform packaging solutions effective means of eliminating moulds, at MCI, said that the new technology will steadily gain traction in retail sales. fungi and bacteria. The system uses an promises to improve the shipping range The sector is still waiting for a break- ozone concentration that is approximate- of perishables. through idea. Christian Doepgen ASIA

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Economy still growing, albeit more slowly than expected Asia – Quo vadis?

In China and in other countries and regions that do not follow the Gregorian calendar (including Vietnam, South Korea and parts of Japan), the Chinese Year of the Horse 2014 es chiv ar J has begun. The logistics industry is watching developments with keen anticipation. IT : to Pho Asia has a population of 4.2 billion peo- dia to Europe and the USA is declining, Cargo volumes in Hong Kong were down. ple (60% of the world’s population) and whilst air traffic to and from India and is currently the fastest-growing economic China is stagnant. closer economic cooperation and subse- force in the world. China is the leading Rail transport in China has also shown quently also greater economic develop- country there, followed by Japan, Rus- a clear downward trend, even if some ac- ment in Asia. sia, India, South Korea and Indonesia. tivity is taking place in this sector (see Thanks to the steeply rising advance of page 38 of this issue). Ports are on track industrialisation, the economies of India It remains to be said that – with the ex- and China are growing fastest of all. New initiatives ception of Dubai – the world’s ten largest So much for the status quo. The big But the Year of the Horse is, inter alia, the container ports are located in East Asia. question on the table is whether the year of new beginnings and progress. One These hubs have reported growth rates upward trend will continue in the New such new start is a forthcoming free-trade of between 1.5% (Shenzhen) and 7% Year. In our comment in ITJ 07-08/2014, agreement between 16 countries that will (Qingdao). Only Hong Kong (–3.6%) page 7, Antje Hanna Veregge had pointed be signed shortly, according to news from suffered a fall. out that the growth rate is expected to Malaysia. Jutta Iten come to 7.5% – 0.2% below expectations. The report suggests that the Asean countries and six of their major trading Forecasts being revised partners, that is to say China, Japan, Ports 2013 2012 ±% Recently, however, some of these initially South Korea, India, Australia and New 1 Shanghai 33.617 32.529 3.3 still quite optimistic expectations have Zealand have decided to sign a so-called 2 Singapore 32.579 31.600 3.1 been revised downwards. Regional Comprehensive Economic Part- 3 Shenzhen 23.278 22.941 1.5 s

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2008 exports to Bric countries and Japan free-trade agreement is the most impor- 5 Busan 17.680 17.020 3.9 nalin Dy 6 Ningbo 17.327 16.830 3.0 : have been considered the engine driving tant such deal worldwide and will create a ce 7 Qingdao 15.520 14.500 7.0 ur European and North American growth. borderless market between the 16 partici- So

8 Guangzhou 15.309 14.744 3.8 u) According to statistics published by the pating countries. It will, amongst other te

9 Dubai 13.641 13.280 2.7 on International Transport Forum in 2013, things, liberalise the markets for trade, lli 10 Tianjin 13.000 12.300 5.7 mi however, maritime export traffic from In- services and investments, thus fostering n (i

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Qatar Airways brings competitors together in Singapore Airbus and Boeing eyeing chances

For its first involvement in the 4th Singa- pore air show in February, Qatar Airways arrived with a Boeing B787. Airbus also took the biggest aviation exhibition in Asia as the occasion to show off its A350 for the first time. The first customer to buy this model is Qatar Airways – again.

The two long-haul aircraft A350 and B787 are similar in many ways. They are largely made from CFRP, for exam- us rb Ai ple. The two units recently came head : to

to head in Singapore, where they were Pho presented to the Asian public, which is The A350, having stopped over at its first customer in Doha (Qatar), was presented for the first time as strongly oriented to the future as it is in Singapore. An eagerly-anticipated first direct meeting with the B787 did not materialise, however. well-funded. According to Airbus, the region will continue to dominate the of one third of the global freighter fleet. umes of 5.8% per year over the same pe- global airfreight market. In its forecast up Although many of these aircraft will be riod. The US aircraft manufacturer there- to 2032, the European manufacturer has refitted passenger models, Airbus never- fore calculates total demand of around stated that the freighter fleets of airlines theless believes that approximately 270 860 full-freighters, that is to say 100 less from the Asia-Pacific region will triple, new aircraft will be built. than Airbus. But Boeing assumes that from around 300 units today to about Boeing takes a similar view, referring Asia-Pacific region customers will prefer 970 aircraft. This corresponds to a share to average growth in regional freight vol- more new models (370). Andreas Haug

Southeast Asia opens up and strengthens the skies 15 pallets for the Chinese

At the end of a two-day air transport sum- ards in the two markets. Sommad Phol- ST Aerospace (Singapore Technologies mit, the Association of Southeast Asian sena, the minister for public works and Aerospace), the aviation and aerospace Nations (Asean) and the European Com- transport in Laos, who currently chairs division of ST Engineering, and SF Air- mission announced their intention, in a the group of Asean transport ministers, lines, an airfreight company belonging joint statement issued in Singapore on said that «in addition to the better mutual to the Shenzhen-based Chinese courier 12 February, to take their air transport utilisation of the possibilities and abilities service SF Express, have signed an agree- collaboration to a new level by hammer- of the partners, a treaty between the two ment for the conversion of five Boeing ing out a comprehensive open skies air blocs of countries would also facilitate B757 passenger aircraft (with an option transport treaty between the two blocs the further integration in Asean, as the for three more) into full-freighters. The of nations. Asian bloc could learn from the experi- converted B757-200SF aircraft, the first Approximately 300 leaders from the ence gained by the EU in establishing a of which are to be delivered in the first worlds of politics and business, includ- standardised air traffic market.» quarter of 2014, have a 15-pallet configu- ing some EU and Asean transport min- ration. It is part of a development pro- isters, came together at the summit in Other irons in the fire gramme which ST Aerospace rolled out at Asia. They discussed the numerous pos- The first air traffic treaty entered into the beginning of 2013, and for which an sibilities in the two blocs’ air transport by Asean as a block of countries was additional certification with the regula- markets, as well as the benefit which both concluded with the People’s Republic of tory authorities in China (Caac), Europe the EU and Asean will derive from better China and came into force in 2011. Simi- (Easa) and the US (FAA) still needs to be market access and a stronger integration lar talks with Japan and the Republic of obtained. It will be based on the same in scheduled flight traffic and in the air Korea are currently also being held. The one as for the original Boeing freighters transport industry, from mutual collabo- EU, in turn, is scheduled to sign a treaty as well as on the FAA certification for ration towards improving the efficiency with Ukraine in March, and also hopes to the 14-pallet version, into which ST Aero- of their air traffic management system complete negotiations with Brazil in the space previously converted B757-200s. and from harmonising the safety stand- near future. ah ah

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Singaporean shipping line presents 2013 annual results Red figures in the «red dot»

Not many liner shipping companies were able to generate a profit last year (see also page 15). Even though NOL was not amongst the winners on that front, the Singaporean enterprise managed to cut its loss by 82% in comparison with the previous year.

The NOL Group, which is headquartered core ebit loss of EUR 122 million, a 9% in Singapore – also known as the «red improvement from one year earlier. Over

dot» in Southeast Asia – made a loss of the same period NOL’s revenues dropped L AP

USD 76 million (EUR 55 million) last by 7% to EUR 6.4 billion. : to

year. This result marks an improvement APL, NOL’s container shipping busi- Pho of 82% on the loss of EUR 300 million ness, reported a 9% dip in revenues vis- APL’s vessels were well utilised in 2013. made in 2012 though. à-vis 2012, to EUR 5.3 billion. The firm The group’s full year financial results attributed this to capacity management were helped along rather handsomely by and a sharp fall in freight rates. APL presi- a non-recurring gain of EUR 145 mil- dent Kenneth Glenn is nevertheless opti- Maersk in Myanmar lion from the completed sale of its head- mistic that APL’s improved cost structure quarter building in Singapore, however. will sustain its long-term growth. APL is Interest shown in Myanmar by foreign The corporation’s continued focus on set to improve its ability to compete by firms has risen since the EU and the operational efficiency and cost manage- adopting a function-led management ap- USA eased sanctions imposed against ment delivered cost savings worth appro- proach, which is supposed to speed up the country in 2012. Containerised trade ximately EUR 342 million in 2013. In decision making and improve its market in Myanmar grew by an average of 17% 2012 NOL had saved EUR 367 million, responsiveness (see also ITJ 01-04/2014, annually between 2007 and 2013 – reason which means that the company has shed page 9). enough for the Danish shipping company more than EUR 700 million in costs over Maersk Line to establish an agency in the past two years. Betting on fuel-efficient ships Yangon in May 2014, together with MCC In 2013, APL’s headhaul utilisation stayed Transport and Safmarine, subsidiaries of Better group financial performance above the 90% mark. Its average revenues the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. NOL Group chief executive officer Ng per feu dropped by about 8%, whilst op- Moller-Maersk believes that the macro- Yat Chung says that the negative an- erational efficiencies and reduced bunker economic indicators are now pointing nual results could mostly be attributed prices helped cut the cost of sales per feu firmly towards growth in the Southeast to freight rates declining throughout the by 8% too. By the end of 2013 APL had Asian country, which can be said to be year, «with the fourth quarter record- taken delivery of 24 out of 34 new vessels. due particularly to infrastructure deve- ing one of the lowest levels the industry Glenn says that the company expects to lopment and investment in agriculture has seen in the last three years.» Chung benefit from even greater operational ef- and industry. The latter also includes the underlined the fact that the group had ficiency in 2014, with the arrival of the re- textile sector. Maersk also expects exter- nevertheless managed to put in a better maining ten fuel-efficient vessels, which nal trade to grow, as demand for con- financial performance, despite the tough will replace 20 smaller vessels on expiring sumer products grows in the country’s market environment. NOL registered a charters. Antje Veregge population of 60 million. av 38 Asia Special International Transport Journal 09-10 2014

The end of an ice age? Asian emerging economies try to attract foreign investors Local media have reported that delegates from South Korea and Russia visited the Rocky road to infrastructure North Korean port city of Rason recently. A joint railway project between Pyong- Infrastructure projects in many Asian to increase, according to S&P. But to yang (North Korea) and Moscow (Rus- countries are mostly supported by local attract that money, the governments of sia) is undergoing evaluation.A 54 km countries such as the Philippines, Thai- stretch between the Russian border town banks. As they are reaching their limits, land, India, Indonesia and China must of Khasan and Rason, in North Korea, foreign countries are more in demand. provide more attractive returns on pro- is already in operation now (see ITJ jects than the profits registered so far, the 45-46/2013, page 39). In a recently-published report addressing report states. investment in Asian infrastructure, the Under current conditions, the fre- Korean detente a pre-condition rating agency Standard&Poor’s (S&P) quently high risks associated with invest- Representatives of the South Korean concluded that in future, countries with ing in infrastructure projects in these rail operator Korail, the steel producer economic growth of more than 5% find countries has not been sufficiently taken Posco and the shipping company Hyun- it difficult to adequately finance infra- into account, the paper continues. If this dai Merchant Marine (HMM), together structure projects. practice doesn’t change, this may lead to with participants from Russia, want to Domestic banks continue to play a these countries not being able to meet advance a project to connect pan-Asian large role in the development of infra- their national needs for the development energy and logistics infrastructure. Late structure, on account of their compara- of infrastructure, according to S&P. This last year South Korean president Park tively low cost and advantageous overall could slow down economic growth. Geun-hye pledged her support for more conditions regarding lending, However, In 2013, Indonesia set an example and integration, along with Russian president and increasing number of local institu- allowed foreign investors to invest in its Vladimir Putin. The project is dependent tions are finding it ever harder to keep up airports and sea ports for the first time, on a decrease in tension between the two with growing demand for infrastructure because economic growth in the country Koreas, however. investment. As a result, the demand for was at the lowest level since the start of Antje Veregge funds from the private sector is expected the downturn. Antje Veregge

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Swisslog wins Chinese Kopf&Lübben founds In brief tobacco industry order Hong Kong subsidiary Blue Dart. The Indian CEP company Blue Dart Express has reported income from op- The China Tobacco Zhejiang Industrial erations of INR 5.1 billion (EUR 59.7 million) Co, a leading Chinese cigarette manu- in Q3 (ended 31 December 2013). The figure facturer, has commissioned Swisslog to en was up by 10% on Q3 of the previous year. design and implement a new facility, fea-

Lübb Profits after tax fell severely, however, com- & turing highly-automated production lo- pf ing in at INR 230 million (EUR 2.7 million), Ko gistics, in the former company’s Ningbo : a decline of 49% compared to Q3 a year to

cigarette factory. The order, which Swiss- Pho earlier. Blue Dart Express is part of DP DHL log will carry out as general contractor, is Kopf&Lübben has established its own offices in (DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding and worth approximately CHF 20 million to Hong Kong (pictured), Shanghai and Shenzhen. DHL Supply Chain). www.bluedart.com the enterprise. Swisslog will design and realise the The German forwarding and logistics Mapletree. The Singapore-based logistics new site, located in the Ningbo Fenghua firm Kopf &Lübben, which is based in real estate firm Mapletree Logistics Trust economic development zone, around Bremen, is expanding its business in generated revenues of SGD 78.1 million 250 km southwest of Shanghai. The logis- Asia. In line with this strategy the service (EUR 45.1 million) in Q3 (to 31 December tics for the cut-tobacco production pro- provider established a Hong Kong-based 2013), a 1% increase over Q3/2012. It re- cess will include the transport and storage subsidiary called K&L Cargo Services corded net property income of SGD 67.4 mil- of finished cut tobacco and semi-finished on 1 January 2014. The Asian subsidiary lion (EUR 38.9 million), a fall of 0.2% over cut tobacco for blending. has its own offices in Hong Kong, Shang- 2012. www.mapletreelogisticstrust.com The order also includes two high-bay hai and Shenzhen (all China). The par- warehouses with more than 12,000 con- ent company Kopf &Lübben, which was U-Freight Group. The Hong Kong-based logistics provider U-Freight has appointed tainer locations. Swisslog will deploy its founded in 1976, is an owner-managed the Colombo-based Lankan forwarder Care own warehouse manager and automation enterprise that offers customers solutions Logistics as its latest global network agency manager software, and install its convey- in the air and ocean freight, overland partner. www.ufreight.com ors and stacker cranes. transport and logistics sectors.

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Logistics real estate market in the Netherlands New logistics base in Oss

The Dutch logistics service provider Vos Logistics, which manages international activities, is expanding its infrastructure in the Netherlands. The company is set to establish a modern new logistics centre in the De Geer industrial development zone of the Dutch city of Oss. The facility is expected to enter operations in October.

Vos Logistics announced recently that it Method, the oldest and widest-spread Over and above this, the Dutch logistics is currently in the process of building a certification system for sustainable build- service provider can also make use of an new 24,300 sqm sustainable distribution ing activities. It was first developed in the option for more space for its logistics ac- centre in Oss, north of Eindhoven in United Kingdom in 1990. The new centre tivities in Oss by adding approximately the Netherlands. The new terminal will is slated to go into operation on 1 Octo- 2 ha of new land that is already available also have 680 sqm of office space and an ber. Vos Logistics is leasing the platform to the deal. 800 sqm mezzanine floor, as well as 33 for seven years. ra vehicle docks and facilities to load and unload Ecocombis.

Sustainable construction methods The centre will be built to the strict Breeam standards by Montea, a public property investment company that specialises in logistics real estate in Bel- gium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. s ic

Breeam stands for Building Research Es- st gi tablishment Environmental Assessment Lo s Vo : to Pho Vos Logistics is also focusing on sustainability aspects in the construction of its new logistics centre B Post makes handsome in the Dutch city of Oss. profit in 2013

The Belgian postal service provider P&O Ferrymasters in new deal with steel giant Tata B Post, which is headquartered in the country’s capital Brussels, managed to The transport and logistics service The agreement covers exports from the improve its sales to EUR 2.45 billion in provider P&O Ferrymasters, an inter- United Kingdom, which are largely man- business year 2013, a marginal 0.5% in- modal operations specialist based in the aged by Tata Steel Europe’s UK hubs in crease compared to the preceding year. Netherlands, has been awarded a new South Wales, Corby and Scunthorpe, to 2013 net earnings, in contrast, jumped by EUR 225 million pan-European road Europe – but excludes trips to destina- an impressive 20% to EUR 273 million. transport contract by Tata Steel Europe. tions in Ireland, Italy and Scandinavia. In the fourth quarter of the year turnover The three-year deal, which started in European cross-border distribution rose by 0.6% to EUR 641 million, whilst January, extends an existing partnership options will additionally be coordinated the company’s net profits vaulted by 78% with Europe’s second-largest steel produc- from the IJmuiden steelworks (Nether- to EUR 53 million. ra er. That contract dated from 2001. lands). ra

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Brussels is not by the sea, but it has the second-biggest inland port in Belgium,after Antwerp. Freight growth in 2013 was down to stronger transit traffic in particular. Container handling took a dive.

The 6.6 million t of freight that the in- shipping representatives are proud that land hub in the Belgian capital handled the 11,450 freight vessels that called in in 2013 mean that the port of Brussels the port last year replaced about 618,000 ls se

achieved growth totalling 3% over the transports by truck in the metropolis. Brus of

previous year. While the goods destined rt Po for Brussels fell slightly, transhipment Netherlands’ biggest trading partner : rose strongly, by 24%. The volumes of to 59% of the goods handled in Brussels Pho crude oil, foods and chemical products were exchanged with ports located in the More inland ships called at Brussels in 2013. shipped to Brussels remained stable. Netherlands. Domestic destinations follow at a distance, as did ports in Germany Foods and construction materials and France. While fewer containers and construc- The 18% drop in container traffic is Husa abandons rail tion materials were handled for Brus- explained by the switch in terminal op- sels itself, significantly more foods and erator with effect from mid-2013. France’s The Dutch Husa Group is abandoning luxury goods were posted in transit. Ap- CFNR made way for Trimodal Terminal its railfreight activities on 1 March. Rot- proximately one third of this increase of Brussels (TTB), the new operator that terdam Rail Feeding (RRF) will take over 332% consisted of the transportation of consists of three companies acting in parts of the business. Husa, which was biodiesel. Construction materials han- partnership. It was granted a licence for a started in 1989 as the first private rail op- dled for shipment to onward destinations period of ten years. erator in the Netherlands, considers this (+23%) also posted growth. The inland Christian Doepgen business unprofitable today. cd

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Flower Group (DFG), which includes more than 30 specialised flower wholesalers. It renewed an old partnership with

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: eternal spring city, were also places where to LAN Cargo flights took off. In addition Pho The perishable goods business is flourishing in Amsterdam. Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo, to the Netherlands, the Latin American represented by Eelco van Asch (on the left), collaborates with the Dutch Flower Group and its operator also served Australia (landing CEO Marco van Zijverden, amongst others. in Sydney) and to a larger extent North America (landing in Miami). Airports in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg specialise Transatlantic relationships The USA and Belgium are connected by Pharmaceuticals from Brussels, an additional time and temperature-critical service. DHL Aviation’s B747-400F aircraft fly six times a week between flowers to Amsterdam Brussels and DHL’s hub in Cincinnati KY, and also have reserved capacities for Although many flowers come from the Netherlands in February, the country is a hub for life sciences products. perishable goods coming from southern countries, above all. In the meantime, the airport Both real-time flight-tracking and temperature-measurement data are avail- in the Belgian capital is positioning itself in the healthcare sector. able for every flight, and can be retrieved by logging on to a dedicated web portal. «Tulips from Amsterdam», the old hit by 40% in 2014 compared to last year.» «With this service, we’re further expand- goes, but many of the flowers that are The airline had four additional Boeing ing our commitment to the industry, and distributed in Europe are actually only B747Fs operating between Nairobi and are also responding to changing regula- shipped via the Dutch capital. This Amsterdam in February. tory requirements in the sector. This is season in particular they come from The top dog in this field, Air France- the first of many routes with a dedicated a wide variety of regions around the KLM-Martinair Cargo, was also involved air cargo service for temperature-sensitive world, where the climate is less wintry, for in the flourishing business, and conduct- products. More of the same is currently instance from East Africa. Ken Mbogo, ed additional charter flights between in the planning stage,» Ingo Alexander regional sales head for Africa at Saudia 30 January and 9 February. Rahn, DHL’s executive vice-president Cargo, commented that «we’ve increased The customer of a full charter between and global head of airfreight, announced. the capacity of the Kenyan export market Nairobi and Amsterdam was the Dutch ah International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 Southern Europe 43

Portuguese plant celebrates 50 years of Fuso

After producing more than 200,000 light trucks, the German and Japanese partners are completing the latest investment step. ks uc Tr er

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a century of history, has produced more than 200,000 Phot vehicles and is the backbone of Fuso in Europe. At cel- The next light truck of the Fuso brand. ebration of its 50th anniversary on 12 February, both Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation and Daim- global economy, in particular in the southern European markets in ler representatives honoured the centre, in the presence the past few years. The availability of the new truck, with a permitted of the Portuguese prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho. total weight of 8.55 t, should result in a further increase in sales of the At the event Dr Wolfgang Bernhard, who is on the brand in Europe this year. board of directors of Daimler and is in charge of Daimler To prepare the plant for the future, Daimler Trucks invested a total Trucks and Daimler Buses, said that «the Tramagal plant of approximately EUR 27 million between 2011 and 2014, in upgrad- is an outstanding example for the international setup ing and continuously enhancing the Fuso Canter production facility in of Daimler Trucks. The colleagues working in Portugal Tramagal. EUR 5.5 million of the total will go to new plants and the cooperate closely with partner plants in Japan and India, production of the battery-powered Fuso Canter E-Cell this year. The making them a prime example of our in-house collabora- Portuguese government is supporting the plant by investing EUR 3 mil- tion between Europe and Asia.» lion of its own in the centre. ah

Investment in site and product The plant is located about 150 km northeast of Lisbon. The workforce of more than 300 employees working on nearly 40,000 sqm of production space make the light truck Fuso Canter for approximately 30 countries in Europe, as well as for Israel. In the course of the year, Morocco will be added to the list of export markets. The export share amounts to nearly 95% today. The key sales markets are Germany, the United Kingdom and France. Fuso sales in Europe rose last year to ap- INTERNATIONAL proximately 4,500 vehicles, recovering from a volatile TRANSPORT www.transnatur.com

In brief ROAD Paper-free in Portugal. Groundforce Portugal, a local cargo handler for TAP Air as well as other airlines, has collaborated SEA with the IT service provider Hermes to develop a real-time in- AIR terface that would meet recently-overhauled new Portuguese customs authority requirements that stipulate more electronic CUSTOMS and less paper-based operations. ROAD www.groundforce.pt; www.hermes-cargo.com SEA EXHIBITIONS Iberia flies the «Miami» to Florida. Spain’s Iberia airline LOGISTICS took delivery of its sixth Airbus A330 – called the «Miami»– AIR and flew it to Florida’s largest city early in February. In April the carrier is adding Boston and Los Angeles to its US destina- BARCELONA -ALICANTE -VALENCIA -MADRID tions of Miami, New York and Chicago. www.iagcargo.com SEVILLA -IRÚN -ZARAGOZA -BILBAO VIGO -TENERIFE-LAS PALMAS -TARRAGONA PORTO -LISBOA Logistics foundation in Livorno. A foundation for research into and development of logistics technologies has been Carrer Ca l’Arana,15-17-ZAL II 08820ElPratdeLlobregat (Barcelona) founded at the university of Pisa’s logistics centre in the Tel. +34 93 480 45 00 •Fax +34 93 480 45 01 northern Italian port city of Livorno. els.adm.unipi.it e-mail: [email protected] •www.transnatur.com 44 Southeastern Europe & Turkey International Transport Journal 09-10 2014

Expanding intermodal options between West and Southeast Europe New trains to and from Romania

From April onwards Belgium’s H. Essers group’s is set to expand the range of intermodal road/rail logistics services it provides between Belgium and Romania from four to five trains a week. This means that 250 intermodal loads a week can be carried, with Essers working both with 45 ft containers as well as trailers on trains.

The Belgian transport and logistics group H. Essers, which has been operating an intermodal road/rail link between Bel- gium and Romania since 2006, recently announced that it will be adding a fifth train on the route between Genk (Bel- gium) and Curtici (Romania) from April onwards. The route is covered in approximately 38 hours. The extra train between Belgium and Romania means that the company can also increase the volume of goods it car- ries to Turkey. From Curtici, Essers will

truck the loads to Istanbul, where its local s er

partner Horoz will deliver the shipments Ess H. to local customers. The Essers group’s : to

cooperation with Horoz provides it with Pho a distribution network with 28 hubs in The Belgian logistics provider Essers is expanding its services to and from Romania and Turkey. Turkey. This means that the partners can almost double the volume of full loads and 2,200 trailers, making it one of the and Eastern Europe. The transport cor- carried, the company said. largest logistics providers in Europe. The poration operates an asset-based strategy, company is headquartered in Genk and owning all of the transport fleet, ware- Extending services has more than 3,000 employees working houses and IT systems it needs and uses The firm is additionally also expanding in 30 offices in ten countries in Western itself. ra its transport services to Russia. Three years ago Essers started operating to and from the country with one transport a In brief New Milšped affiliate in Croatia. The week. Now it manages about 30 links a Milšped Group, a Serbian transport and week from all over Europe, via its office New Gefco storage hub in Romania. Gefco logistics provider headquartered in Belgrade, in Vilnius (Lithuania), to Russia, Bela- Romania, the Romanian affiliate of the French is expanding. The company recently estab- transport and logistics provider Gefco, is ex- lished its own national company in Croatia. rus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, panding its presence in the country. It recently In southeast Europe Milšped is now present Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan as well as began operations at a new warehouse in the in Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia. Mongolia. All transports are tracked by Cefin logistics park, which is located near The company, which was founded in 1993 and the corporation’s own control tower in Arad, an important city in western Romania which employs around 960 people today, is Romania. that is also close to the Hungarian border. also planning to extend its business activities H. Essers has about 850,000 sqm of www.gefco.net to Albania this year. www.milsped.com warehouse space, a fleet of 1,050 trucks

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cat, amongst other things. The Gulf Pro- jects Index of the Middle East Economic

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: USD 13.7 billion of this has been allo- to cated to the transport sector. One am- Pho Oman hopes to become a more important Gulf hub by expanding its infrastructure. bitious project is in the port of Salalah, which will be expanded to include new Middle Eastern divide continues to grow container terminals. The situation in the countries of the Arab Spring, such as Egypt, Bahrain or Polarised developments Lebanon, remains uncertain however. At least the port of El Dekheila, near Alexan- The Middle East continues to benefit from its key strategic location between three dria, is expecting slight growth in turno- continents. Whilst Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states continue to deepen their presence ver of approximately 1.8%, equivalent to an increase to 25.9 million t in 2014, in global trade networks, the economic development of other countries goes unnoticed. according to the Egypt Shipping Report. By 2018 the average growth rate may rise It is not difficult to pick out strong per- Other countries in the region in the to 2.9% per year. formers in the Agility 2014 Emerging top ten attractive markets for interna- Many in the Middle East are pin- Markets Logistics Index. Thanks to its tional investors and service providers are ning their hopes on Africa. According to enormous investments in infrastructure, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan surveys by the WTO, trade flows have Saudi Arabia has moved up from 45th to and Kuwait. In the run-up to the World increased. African exports to the region 3rd place in the rankings designating the Cup that it will stage in 2022, Qatar has have reached approximately USD 21 bil- best markets for the logistics and trans- embarked on an ambitious programme of lion annually, whilst exports from the port industry. airport expansion. Middle East to Africa have reached Saudi Arabia is not only planning to Dubai is doing the same for the Dubai around USD 38 billion. Trade in both invest USD 79 billion in the development Expo 2020 and other global events. directions has been increasing steadily of a railway network and in a seaport in Dubai is set to invest USD 8–9 billion in since 2010. the King Abdullah Economic City by construction projects. 2020, but it is also building up its export Stable growth industries in glass, cement, steel and plas- The third markets The Middle East is expected to experi- tics, amongst others. As far as imports The efforts of a state such as Oman should ence stable growth this year, at the level are concerned, the availability of ware- not be forgotten against the background of last year’s performance. In 2014 the housing and cold storage is given, as in of these heavyweights. It is building a lo- International Monetary Fund set its 2014 Asia – an important precondition for the gistics and industrial centre at the coastal growth forecast at 3.7% for 2014 and country’s ability to compete. town of Duqm, south of the capital Mus- 3.9% for 2015. Christian Doepgen

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Kuwait takes delivery of a C-17 and orders 25 Airbus aircraft g

Ordered and collected ein Bo : to Kuwait Airways may overrule a majority decision taken in parliament and Pho pursue an order placed with Airbus. In the meantime, the country’s armed A C-17 on its way to Kuwait. It remains unclear whether 25 Airbus planes on order will ever follow. forces have taken delivery of a military transporter. the 100% state-owned national carrier of the emirate, Kuwait took delivery of its first C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft had announced an agreement in principle to purchase on 17 February this year. The fact that its livery sets its apart from ten Airbus A350-900s and 15 units from the A320neo every other one of the 259 Globemasters that have been delivered to family at the beginning of December. customers around the globe has a reason. «When this C-17 delivers aid, The order, part of the airline’s strategy to upgrade its anywhere in the world, the people in need will immediately know that it fleet, was not welcomed by the elected representatives of comes from Kuwait,» deputy air force commander Abdullah Al Foudari the people, however, who want to audit all agreements explained. Whether it will be possible to say the same of 25 new Airbus made by the airline. Its management has made it clear aircraft in a couple of years’ time remains to be seen. Kuwait Airways, that it will go ahead with the deal though. ah

Far East: Emirates follows SkyCargo However complex it gets, we’ll point you in the The carrier Emirates is expanding its range of destinations to the Far East, starting flights from its hub in right direction Dubai (UAE) to Taipei (Taiwan) on 10 February. Barry Brown, Emirates’ divisional senior vice-president for commercial operations in the East, said that «since 2003, Emirates SkyCargo has operated a freight connection to Taipei. Given the significance of the city as a global centre of trade and with a view to local demand, it’s an obvi- ous step for us to now also start a passenger service to and from there.» The long-haul service is also of interest to freight, because the six weekly nonstop connections are operated with Boeing B777-300ER aircraft, which can carry up to 23 t of airfreight in their belly. Taipei is a production location and export airport for electronics, textiles, plastics, rubber, optical and photo- graphic instruments as well as chemical products. ah

Dubai and Abu Dhabi post records

Looking back on the throughput figures of last year, More demanding customers. Tougher regulatory ACI Asia-Pacific, the regional airport association whose compliance. Harsher penalties. In today’s increasingly remit includes Middle Eastern locations, referred to the challenging market, you need an expert who doesn’t above-average performance of the two leading airports just understand the specific pressures you’re under, in the United Arab Emirates. but who knows exactly how to solve your particular Posting an increase of 7.4% compared to 2012 and problems and help you get the results you want. a volume of 2.44 million t, Dubai (DXB) remained in Because we don’t do anything else, we lead fourth position, but has now closed in on the number 3, the way in transport and logistics insurance. Seoul Incheon (2.46 million t), because the growth rate www.ttclub.com was weaker at the South Korean hub. The same was true for the continental market leader Hong Kong (4.1 million t) and for Shanghai Pudong (2.8 million t). However, this figure was even stronger at the airport of the neighbouring emirate of Abu Dhabi, of all places – growth there came to 24.4%, and resulted in a volume of 706,000 t of airfreight there. ah International Transport Journal 09-10 2014 Middle East 47

Zim continues to pursue a new business plan Debts substantially reduced m Zi

The Israel Corporation will transfer two difficult current market environment. : It simultaneously hopes that the move to thirds of its shares in Zim to the latter’s Pho will establish a better basis from which Zim hopes for plain sailing in the new structure. debtors, restructuring Zim’s liabilities. to launch a future initial public offering (IPO). The line also expects to receive its stake will be cut from just under 100% The Israeli container line Zim, together an injection of capital amounting to today to 32%. The rest will largely belong with its parent company the Israel Corpo- USD 200 million from the Israel Cor- to overseas banks and shipping lines. Zim ration, has established a working plan for poration, providing the board and the managing director Rafi Danieli said that its financial restructuring. The company company’s annual general meeting give the line is planning to make use of the said that after a long discussion, repre- the move the green light. new structure to found new joint venture sentatives of its creditors had agreed to a Even though the Israel Corporation in different parts of the world. proposal. The deal sees creditors waiving will remain the largest Zim shareholder, Antje Veregge their claims in return for stakes in Zim. The formal acceptance by the board and investors is still pending, however. In detail the agreement foresees a More capacity on the Red Sea reduction in liabilities from USD 7 to 7.5 billion – as agreed in the context of Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Islamic Port is set the terminal’s quay by 255 m, bringing it a rescue plan established in 2009 – to a to undertake expansion work on its Red to more than 1,300 m in total.A second maximum of USD 1.5 billion. Zim thus Sea Gateway Terminal, the newest of its berth will be converted from a feeder to hopes to create a better framework in three container facilities, to expand its ca- a new 474 m berth, where deepsea vessels which to successfully conduct its opera- pacity from 1.8 to 2.5 million teu by next will also be able to call. The tender for the tions, especially in the light of the rather year. The plans also include lengthening project is due to be announced. av 48 North and Latin America International Transport Journal 09-10 2014

Railfreight in Mexico is not just a poor relation Debate over sharing of freight lines

Railfreight occupies an important position in Mexico. Since the industry was privatised in 1994 the volume of traffic, particularly across the border with the USA, has experienced steady growth, thanks also to investment from US firms. Following the merger of the big operators Ferrosur and Ferromex, a quasi-monopolistic structure has existed since 2011, which Mexican legislators now plan to break up.

The figures of Mexican freight railroads are quite impressive. In the years 2010 to 2012 the volumes transported by Ferro carril Mexicano (Ferromex) increased from 103 million t to almost 110 mil lion t of freight. A decrease in the pro portion of bulk goods such as grain, coal and metals was offset by volume gains in automobiles, food and chemicals. Overall in Mexico’s freight traffic, é Jos rt

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Kansas City Southern (KCS), the joint Pho owner of Ferrosur together with Grupo Mexican railfreight operations have benefited from booming trade with the USA for many years now. Mexico, described the affiliate as a cata lyst for the growth of his group. In 2011, ing investments worth approximately traffic, the auto industry is also boom Ferrosur alone contributed 46% of the EUR 1.6 billion. KCS plans to upgrade ing. In 2013, the export of cars from the corporation’s earnings. In the last finan the line from Monterrey to Nuevo Honda production plant in Guadalajara cial year, 2012, the turnover of Ferromex Laredo, complete additional expansion or Nissan’s facility in Aguascalientes reached the billion euro mark. Growth of plans at Sanchez Yard and the San Luis brought Ferromex a 13% increase in its 12.6% is expected for 2013, which would Potosi logistics park, and continue the freight volume, compared with the pre bring turnover to EUR 1.2 billion. development of a doubletrack corridor vious year. Ford plans to expand its fac between Sanchez and Nuevo Laredo. tory in Hermosillo, and Mazda, Nissan, Political and economic interests The existing operators have an under Honda and Audi intend to establish new Rail is booming in Mexico, and this has standable interest in maintaining their plants by 2016. brought politics onto the scene. In Feb position. Besides large increases in oil Christian Doepgen ruary Mexico’s lower house of congress approved a measure to reform its rail freight law, and passed it on to the senate. Under the proposed law, freight line con Airfreight in the profit zone cessionholders will be required to share them with other concessionholders. The According to a study published by the overall volume improvements, but also reasons named for the proposed legisla International Air Transport Association margin ameliorations. These may increase tion are a lack of transparency in the (Iata), the airfreight industry in Latin from 3.1% last year to 5.1% this year. After operators’ pricing policy and inadequate America is set for a boom year in 2014. achieving estimated net earnings of around investment in tracks and rolling stock. Airfreight experts expect the region to be USD 800 million in 2013, the industry is Grupo Mexico and KCS argue that the most successful area, after the Asia expected to increase this figure to nearly their concession guarantees them exclu Pacific region. USD 1.5 billion in 2014. The lion’s share of sivity for another 14 years. Furthermore, Iata estimates that the Latin American this increase will be generated in Mexico the two companies have announced com airfreight industry will not only achieve and Brazil. cd

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SDV to establish sports centres in East Timor, es, at ir one of the world’s poorest countries. SDV Em

s: Logistique Internationale, which has had to offices in the port and the airport of the Pho SDV is sponsoring a skier from tropical Timor-Leste in Sochi, whilst a footballer from Brazil was capital Dili since 1999, shares the enthu- presented as a new Emirates global ambassador in the world’s tallest building. siasm of Goutt Goncalves, and will thus support him until he completes his stud- Logistics enterprises and their «draught horses» ies. Rafael Ribeiro, the managing director of SDV Timor-Leste, said that «this spon- sorship is in line with our commitment From East Timor to Rio de Janeiro to the local economy, as the only French company in Timor-Leste.» Sponsoring sports personalities and events is an attractive option for logistics companies The airline Emirates, in turn, has en- to share the limelight with the stars. Two global players from the industry are pursuing gaged the services of none other than Pelé, the unofficial king of football. The differing approaches to the two major sports events of the year. carrier, an official partner of the world football body Fifa, has named the former The Winter Olympic Games held in Sochi 19-year-old slalom skier Yohan Goutt player as one of its global ambassadors. (Russia), which have just come to an end, Goncalves is the son of a French hobby «In many ways Pelé represents the same and this summer’s football World Cup in skier and an East Timorese woman who values as Emirates does,» said Sheikh Brazil, are the premier sports events of fled from her home in 1974. Goutt Gon- Majid Al Mualla, the firm’s divisional the year – where major industry players calves, who is currently ranked 3,849th senior vice-president for commercial op- can seek to raise their public profiles. in the world, is the first ever participant erations. Pelé, who was born as Edson In this context the logistics firm SDV, in the Winter Olympics from Timor- Arantes do Nascimento, was just 17 when a member of France’s Bolloré group, is Leste, which became a sovereign state on he first won the World Cup – in Sweden, banking on an athlete for whom the say- 20 May 2002. a classic winter sports country. ing «it’s taking part and not winning that Once he concludes his sports career, www.skycargo.com; www.sdv.com counts» is more important than a medal. the student wants to use his experience www.yohangoncalvesgoutt.com

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Resilience – a blessing or a curse?

«If you get knocked down, you should get straight back up again.» Nikolaus von Flüe, Catholic saint and patron saint of Switzerland

Resilience is not a common term.A man in the form of instructions and feedback. What is significant, however, is the recur- quick look in the dictionary reveals that Destination – monitoring – feedback – cor- rent discovery that resilience often only it means the «ability of a system to deal rection. These are the simple tools which we becomes apparent during or following a with change», whereby the meaning of can use to perfect any system over time, and severe personal crisis. So once again, a change is primarily disruption, which in are therefore ever-present in various forms in crisis can prove to be an opportunity. If turn explains the close conceptual rela- today’s working environment. you wanted to increase peoples’ resilience tionship with self-regulation. However, numerous companies can in time of crisis, you would be confronted Yet the general public has been aware recount sorry tales of times when chasms with two major paradigms. On the one of this concept for a very long time, af- have opened up between theory and reality. hand, a personal crisis might lead to ad- fectionately referring to it as the «ability to Because the ship analogy ignores one crucial verse changes in behaviour, whilst on the always bounce back». When described like question. What does the captain do if the other hand, a change in personality is all that, everyone is immediately familiar with helmsman fears for his life during a storm? the more unlikely the older a person is. its meaning. Because even if a system is perfected, it is Both paradigms are wrong, as dem- Self-regulation is a much-used word still always the human factor which provides onstrated not just by the statistics. It may when talking about process optimisation the greatest – and above all most unpredict- well be the case that a person cannot and process-oriented management, and able – source of disruption. This is all the change how they are. But common sense viewed objectively, even appears to be de- more significant as humans are (still) far supe- and personal experience teach us that sirable. One might imagine what benefits rior to any machine in terms of flexibility and we are free to choose, think and act how a system or process might provide, if these decision-making capability. we want. And everyone can learn how to were self-regulated and any disruption was In this context Emmy Werner, a develop- achieve this. capable of being independently resolved. mental psychologist, has undertaken valu- But please let us not forget one thing. And the best thing about this is its sup- able cognitive work through her extensive Resilience and self-regulation may well be posed simplicity. studies in the field. She has discovered that worthwhile ideals, but ultimately they have The well-known neurophysiologist around one third of all people have an ability one serious weakness. Someone with the Rainer Klinke logically explains this as to repeatedly fight their way out of the most ability to always bounce right back also follows. A helmsman steers the ship on difficult circumstances. Life-long learning and never moves from the spot. a pre-determined course to a pre-deter- mature personality attributes, such as high mined destination. The numerous disrup- self-esteem, helpfulness, and above all a high Frank Goffin tive influences (the current, the weather, level of social responsibility, are the main Senior coach at Clover Coaching, etc.) are continuously monitored by the reasons for this, as well as a stable childhood Reinach,Basel-Land (Switzerland) captain and exchanged with the helms- which encourages personal development. www.cloverweb.ch

 ITJ 11-12/2014, with an Iberia and Latin America Special, will also appear in Spanish and Portuguese, and will be published on 14 March 2014. (Deadline for printing data – 7 March 2014.)

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