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9 Ports&Shipping Photo: Thinkstock Intra-Asian trade developments
ShanghaiCreating a more compact Asean The ten member states of Asean are anything but homogeneous, which means they offer investors a broader range of possibilities. 9 Container indices show a poor start The region is benefiting from rising labour costs in China, and is continuing to build on its importance as a manufacturing location. EmergingIndonesia, ineconomies particular, wants to take advantage of this development, but its transport infrastructure leaves much to be desired.
Integration is at the top of the agenda for the Association of Southeast Asian more than 600 million people, the Asean Nations in 2015. By the end of the year region – if it was considered as a single intensive, and thus cost-intensive too, have Applyingthe ten member its skillsstates of Asean plan to country – would be the ninth-largest increasingly been shifting to Asean states 12 The shifting weight of shipping nations take the first steps toward even closer re economy in the world today. Its prospects bordering on China. Many obser gional commercial integration, through - remain good. Over the next five years, sider the diversity of the ten member statesvers con - the Asean Economic Community (AEC). the region is expected to see an average to be a positive factor, since the nations This includes an internal market that is annual real GDP growth rate of 6%, ac can meet such a broad range of demands modelled on the one in the European cording to figures from Germany Trade - as a result. Union. Said member states – Indonesia, and Invest (GTAI). The Asean countries have made intern Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Phil al advances their top priority. Indonesia, - ippines, Brunei, Singapore, Laos, Cam - Deep-pocketed middle class the Philippines and Malaysia have par bodia and Myanmar – expect the AEC - One of the most important drivers of these ticularly large consumer markets. Ever e par - to give their trade relationships a further positive developments in Southeast Asia’s more intra-Asean trade also results in a powerful boost. economies are demographic develop greater independence of the region from A unified market with the free flow ments, as well as the rise of a - external influences. middle class of goods, services, capital and labour with strong purchasing power. In addition, The association is nevertheless also an promises simplified commercial relation the region scores points for its expanding important exporter. Nearly 90% of the 13 Aviation ships in the entire Asean region, which - industries and their geographic proximity world’s palm oil and almost 80% of rub is currently growing faster than any to China. ber production comes from the region. - other area of the world. With an output In the People’s Republic, labour costs Goods such as coffee, cocoa, nickel, fish of USD 2.3 trillion and a population of have risen sharply over the past few years. and rice also frequently come from one Manufacturing processes that are labour- 13 QR Cargo’s Ulrich Ogiermann in conversation continued on page 27 15 Europe’s airfreight hubs in December 2014 17 New airports in Iraq and East Africa 17 Korean Air orders five more B777Fs 17 A new Sino-Russian wide-body aircraft Supplies 11 18 Forwarding&Logistics 18 Circle’s software for shipping and ports The lower oil price first fuelled the container 18 Japanese firms take two big stakes shipping industry, and now the owners of 19 Italy’s post office allowed to help Alitalia supply vessels are also banking ever more 19 Another acquisition for XPO on economies of scale and a reduction in 19 Kadmar and Swyng in tandem their units’ operating costs.
20 Rail/Inland Shipping/Road Haulage 20 Blocktrains to Suzhou a strong alternative 20 Indian inland shipping’s potential Alternatives 22 21 Packaging 21 An intelligent solution for fresh produce Containers are not only made of steel; their floors 21 UTC Overseas specialises are frequently made of renewable raw materials. 21 Chemist’s chain banking on synthetic pallets Bamboo, which is relatively cheap and readily 23 Individual industrial packaging available, is now often used for the floors instead of rare and expensive tropical hardwoods. 24 High-Tech Logistics
25 Asia Special 25 Expectations of an economic community 30 First direct link between China and Myanmar Olympics 29 30 Port project in Kerala takes a big hurdle 2015 may not be an Olympic year, but the 2020 31 Regional Focus summer games, which will be held in Tokyo, are 31 South&Southeast Europe/Turkey already casting a long shadow. ITJ editor Andreas 32 Baltic states/Nordic countries/Central Europe Haug found out how the capital city’s two airports are set to handle the event by visiting them. 33 Miscellaneous/Masthead
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Asia is one of the regions we focus on in this issue, which is So hardly anyone in the transport industry can get anywhere highly appropriate in the light of the fact that the Chinese without going via Asia. Reason enough for us to hone our new year began on 19 February this year. Asean, formed profile locally too – you can meet us at the Breakbulk China by the ten countries Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, trade fair in Shanghai in March, or during Singapore’s Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Maritime Week in April. Beyond that, destinations Vietnam is planning to become an even closer-knit integrated in Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and South economic area by the end of this year (see also page 25). Africa have been pencilled into our travel Local media have reported that the concept of an Asean itineraries up to the end of April. Economic Community (AEC) is partially still rather unknown Before that, however, we will be in some of Asean’s member countries, it is true. The same happy to get a big dose of our local cannot be said for Europe – as the EU’s economic association Fasnacht celebrations (carnival) here is a model for the AEC. This may also be down to the fact in Basel, the home of the ITJ. that many firms from the old continent believe they have a Wherever we meet up – we chance of establishing a stronger presence in the Far East. are already looking forward to Besides Asean, China is – and will remain – an important seeing you! regional engine. Even if the latter’s economic growth has stuttered a bit of late, the People’s Republic is still one of the most important global trade players. In 2014 there were several Chinese hubs ranked amongst the ten largest con- tainer ports worldwide again. Shanghai stayed the leader Antje Hanna Veregge when it comes to handling steel boxes. Deputy editor-in-chief
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The facility, the Manila Inter Mohamed Ghandar started with K Line in 1981. Whilst Suzuki managed the national Container Terminal (MICT), is Photo: ICTSI corporation’s containerships business group from 2006 located in the city that also houses ICTSI’s onwards and became a director in 2011, Aoki headed the headquarters. The MICT will benefit from Ghandar’s firm’s LNG group from 2003, and has been a director experience in the container terminal and liner ship since 2014. Yamauchi, who assumed a role in the com ping industries. His stints as CEO of ICTSI’s Kattupalli pany’s planning executive in 2006, has been a member international container terminal in India and as COO of the board since 2013. of APM Terminals’ Tanger Med facility in Morocco re present important stages of his career. The appointment to the MICT comes shortly after Ghandar successfully Two up, one out completed tasks relating to ICTSI projects in Asia. He reports directly to Christian R. Gonzalez, ICTSI’s Asia Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed two Pacific head. new senior managers to focus on the de velopment of its international network in Asia, Australasia, the Middle East and Tackling sales growth in India Africa. In Hong Kong Neil Vernon became vicepresident for international sales, a po Martijn Tasma has been named as Geodis India’s new sition that includes his current Asia and national sales manager. In this position he will be in Australasia focus, plus additional responsi charge of developing the company’s freight forward bility for sales in Dubai, Nigeria and South ing and logistics business in the Indian Subcontinent. Neil Vernon Africa. Steve Hughes will move on from His priorities will be to strengthen and increase specific Photo: Virgin Atlantic Cargo his role as regional sales vicepresident for trade lane activities, with a particular focus on Brazil, the Emea region to the newlycreated post China as well as the USA. He will also of vicepresident for transatlantic sales. He is in charge of expand business in key market vertical in sales in the UK, the USA, Canada and Mexico, as well dustry segments, including fashion, retail, as of developing Virgin Atlantic’s joint transatlantic ven industrial, automotive, hitech goods and ture with Delta Air Lines. Marie Epstein, regional vice pharmaceutical products. president for sales in the Americas, is leaving the airline. Tasma has more than 14 years of experi ence in the industry, including stints with TNT, Maersk Sealand and Maersk Logis Pan Asia awarded tics, and has collaborated with Geodis in driving its business development since Pan Asia Logistics has been recognised with a producti 2006. In his previous roles Tasma played an vity award by Singapore. The prize measures labour pro important part in driving forward Geodis’ ductivity as well as general efficiency and sustainable key strategies for business development. growth. Tan, Pan Asia Logistics’ CEO, received the acco He will report to Leif Voelcker, Geodis’ Martijn Tasma lade in the name of his corporation, which is planning cluster managing director in South Asia. Photo: Geodis to open ten more locations in China in 2015. 6Companies & People International Transport Journal 09-10 2015 Middle East Interim role now in the past Matthias Hansen became Geodis Wilson’s permanent regional vice-president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa recently. Hansen previously held the post on an Saudia Cargo director interim basis for the last few months and has now been confirmed as the replacement for Alain Chimene, who Mike Duggan is now director of charter first joined Geodis in 2001. Hansen became Geodis’ sales for Saudia Cargo. In the course of his managing director for Germany in 2009, which saw him 23-year aviation career Duggan has worked in charge of activities in Northern Europe too (including in the air cargo business in London as well Mike Duggan Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK). On top of his as Dubai (UAE), amongst other places, in- Photo: Saudia Cargo new role he will remain in charge of Northern Europe cluding spells with the Heavyweight Air until a successor is nominated. He reports directly to Express group and with Emirates SkyCargo. He was last Kim Pedersen, Geodis Wilson’s executive vice-president. in charge of Raya Airways projects in Malaysia. Duggan succeeded Steve Manser at Saudia Cargo, with the latter moving to Qatar Airways. His main task is to market Maritime operations the carrier’s freighter fleet as well as its passenger units’ belly-hold capacities in the airline’s expanding global Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), a mari- network. Saudia Cargo operates a fleet of thirteen dedi- time, cargo and supply chain solutions cated freighters and sells the belly capacities on the Saudi provider, has made a key addition to its Arabian flag carrier’s more than 140 passenger aircraft. marine outsourcing team by naming Tony Carter as the unit’s vice-president for ope- rations. He will report to senior marine outsourcing vice-president Trond Baade. Europe Carter has more than 30 years of experi- ence in the international port agency sec- tor, having worked for S5 Agency World and Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo WLL. In New CEO in the air Tony Carter his new role Carter will manage operations Photo: ISS between ISS service centres and stakehold- Ireland’s Aer Lingus has selected Stephen Kavanagh, cur- ers, as well implementing, developing and rently chief strategy and planning officer, as its new chief improving processes to meet customers’ requirements executive officer. He started on 1 March and replaced worldwide. ISS has service centres in Dubai, Singapore, the incumbent, Christoph Müller, who left the carrier on Houston and Immingham. 28 February. Müller was previously TUI Travel’s board member for aviation business and joined Aer Lingus in 2009. Kavanagh joined the Irish carrier in Euroairport seeking executives 1988, after studying economics at Dublin University. He has held various managerial The director of Basel/Mulhouse’s Euroairport, Jürg Rämi, positions with the airline, including the is taking early retirement on 31 July. His successor has yet post of chief commercial officer from 2009 to be named. His deputy director, Vincent Devauchelle, is onwards. Colm Barrington, the chairman also due to leave the bi-national hub a month before that. of the airline’s supervisory board, said that The executives spent twelve and thirteen years respective- he is delighted that an internal candidate is ly at the airport. Major projects were implemented under taking the airline’s top slot. their leadership, including zone 6, an aircraft conversion According to media reports Aer Lingus, and maintenance centre, as well as a new cargo terminal. which posted a turnover of EUR 1.42 bil- The integrators DHL, FedEx, TNT and UPS serve the lion and a profit of EUR 61 million in 2013, centre. Five airlines – ABC Airlines, Emirates SkyCargo, is the subject of takeover negotiations with Stephen Kavanagh Korean Air, LAN Cargo and Qatar Airways Cargo – ope- the International Airlines Group. Photo: Aer Lingus rate freighters to and from Basel Mulhouse.
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The Broekman Group, from Rotterdam (Netherlands), has changed its name to Broekman Logistics. In addition EXG lauded to the new name, the company has also has revamped its corporate identity and its website, and simultaneously Express Global Logistics (EXG) has re- completed its restructuring process. The new company ceived a Gujarat Junction award for 2015 in structure is based on three clearly-defined business units: the category project cargo freight forwarder forwarding and shipping, warehousing and distribution of the year. The prize was handed over in and breakbulk terminals. The firm will focus more on Kandla, in the state of Gujarat (India). It is three niche markets in future: logistics for the energy selected by an independent jury made up and offshore industries, packed chemical products and The Gujarat Junction award. of industry experts and is recognised by road haulage activities. Photo: EXG Express Global Logistics the shipping ministry.
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RWI and ISL’s container throughput index In brief
More boxes. Container volumes in the US Sluggish world trade port of Charleston SC grew by a hefty 18% in January, in comparison with the same month last year. The South Carolina Ports The maritime economy accurately reflects Authority said that it handled 152,917 teu the current state of international trade, as in the first month of the year. The number of units shipped so far in this financial year well as of the world economy. 2015 did (July 2014 to June 2015) comes to 1.07 mil- not begin brightly. lion teu, a rise of 14% vis-à-vis the like-for- like period last year. www.scspa.com The early-year signals could have been better. The box throughput index pub- Joint boxes. Germany’s Hamburg Südameri- ISL
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research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches : (Hamburg Süd) has signed an agreement to to acquire the container liner activities of
Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) Pho and the same country’s Institute of Ship- The latest RWI/ISL index shows how the global Compañía Chilena de Navegación Inter- ping Economics and Logistics (ISL) stood economy has been relatively stagnant of late. oceánica (CCNI). The deal also includes the at 123.1 points in January. This represents general agency functions of Agunsa Agen- a small decline vis-à-vis the previous the belief that the level certainly reflects cias Universales. The takeover is scheduled month, when the figure had come in at a significantly slowed but not necessarily to take effect at the end of March, provided 123.2 points. regressive development in world trade. the anti-trust authorities involved give their The publishers can see no reason to An advance estimate published for approval. CCNI will discontinue its box liner services entirely and only still use its name panic, however. At least the indicator January is based on information from for its car carrier activities. Agunsa, in turn, 29 ports (they cover around 70% of the will still represent other lines as an agent, guide’s throughput). The barometer, and will continue to develop its port and which ISL compiles as part of its con- logistics services in South America. tinuous market observation activities, www.hamburgsud.com includes container throughput informa- tion gathered in 75 international ports Monitored boxes. The European Shippers’ that account for around 60% of the Council (ESC) has urged national competi- global box throughput. RWI and ISL tion authorities to agree on the monitoring was revised upwards by 0.5 points af- have stated that they can draw reliable of a certain type of sensitive data concern- ter almost all of the input data became conclusions about world trade from the ing competition between shipping lines, in available, which meant it was less clearly overall figures generated, as maritime order to generalise processes. The move below the December result than the ad- vessels handle most of the goods traded was triggered by a deal for closer coopera- vance estimate released one month ago. internationally. This, they say, makes the tion between CMA CGM and Hamburg Süd, The authors have thus given an all-clear in index a reliable early indicator. av announced earlier this month. The ESC has argued that this development will take the container liner market one step closer to World Container Index – Container freight rates (USD/feu) total convergence and will reinforce the risk 4,000 of reducing service quality and reliability.
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So can carry 2,250 line metres of rolling cargo, On 19 February the World Container Index stood at USD 2022.9 per feu, or 69.47 points lower than 170 cars and 1,000 passengers. Intermarine the figure for the previous week. The average rate on the Shanghai–Genoa route in particular fell, Shipping and Agemar are Grimaldi’s port namely by 246 points, bringing it to USD 2,636 for a 40 ft equivalent unit. On average shippers had agents in Ravenna and Trieste (Italy) to pay USD 1,979 to ship a box on the main Shanghai–Rotterdam route, which meant that the index respectively. www.grimaldi.napoli.it for that particular trade had declined by 108 points in the period under review. Traffic on the links www.imsravenna.it between Rotterdam and New York (–46), Shanghai and Los Angeles (–39), Rotterdam and Shanghai www.agemar.it (–16) and Shanghai and New York (–2) also cost less than in the previous week. av
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The market for support vessels Economies of scale still rule
The price for black gold is slumping – with varying knock- on effects. Operators of offshore vessels are currently
doing all they can to lower their expenses. Ship stock ink Th managers see opportunities. : to Pho The low oil price has far-reaching implications. Major oil Ships with relatively high operating costs, such as diving support vessels, will notice companies are earning less money and simultaneously the slump in oil prices working flat out to cut their costs. But one man’s sor- row is another man’s joy. The international firm Bibby notice the effects of the decrease in oil prices. The impact will be seen Ship Management, for example, has reported that de- particularly in the deployment of vessels with relatively high staff costs, mand from the offshore sector has risen by almost 20% such as units that support underwater work.» recently. Given the major oil producers’ need to lower The managing director expects the market in the North Sea to already expenditure, however, the owners and operators of sup- suffer from the effects of low oil prices this year. On the other hand, he port vessels are now following a model set by container believes that the platform supply ship sector still has a solid basis, and shipping lines and increasingly banking on economies that it will develop favourably in the foreseeable future. «Shipowners’ of scale and a reduction in their outlays to operate their key to success in this market is to prove that they provide top-notch units effectively. services,» is Rodden’s advice. av Andrew Rodden, Bibby Ship Management’s regional managing director for the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, pointed out: «Support units operate in expensive areas such as Aberdeen (Scotland) and Oslo (Norway), for instance. It is therefore particularly important that operating expenditures are cut. This is where the per- sonnel factor plays a major role. But naturally enough, scaling down outlays must not in any way jeopardise service quality.» Euro-Med Services TRANSPORTOFANY TYPE OF VEHICLE, EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT, FORESTRYPRODUCTS, Cost reductions worldwide STANDARD AND SPECIAL CONTAINERS, PROJECT AND HEAVY LIFT CARGO These developments are not limited to the offshore sec- tor in the North Sea region, however. The operators of facilities located in other parts of the world are also re- lying ever more strongly on making cutbacks in their financial expenditures. Rodden is certain that vessel managers can also gain from this approach. Bibby, for instance, has established an office in Mumbai (India), which concentrates primarily on the recruitment and training of crews, as well as on ship management. Direct weekly service from/to: When it comes to market conditions in the near future, • Alexandria •Esbjerg •Livorno •Southampton Rodden is realistic: «Many aspects converge in the off- •AlKhoms •Flushing •Malta •Tripoli shore business. However, I assume that we will really • Antwerp •Fos •Mersin (Lebanon) •Ashdod •Gemlik •Monfalcone •Tripoli (Lybia) •Palermo •Barcelona • Haifa •Tunis and Corrigendum • Beirut •Hamburg •Piraeus •Bristol (Prby) •Izmir • Ravenna Rades • Valencia In ITJ 1-4/2014, pages 35-36, we mentioned that Switzerland •Civitavecchia •Koper •Salerno •Cork •Lattakia •Savona • Venice was home to a large containership fleet. However, we did not • Derince •Limassol •Setubal •Wallhamn make it sufficiently clear that we were referring to units that ANTWERP HAMBURG LONDON are managed from the country. All of the shipping lines we Grimaldi Belgium Grimaldi Germany Grimaldi AgencyUK Tel: +32 35459430 Tel: +49 40 789707 12 Tel: +44 207 9305683 mentioned, apart from ABC Maritime and Suisse Atlantique, operate their vessels under the authority of foreign flag NAPLES GRIMALDI HEAD OFFICE [email protected] registers. av Tel: +39 081 496111 Fax: +39 081 5517401 www.grimaldi.napoli.it 12 Ports & Shipping International Transport Journal 09-10 2015
An overview of developments concerning what the global maritime fleet is worth USA and Singapore the hotspots
The balance of power between the world’s shipping nations is changing significantly. The overall value of vessels that are managed from traditionally-important maritime transport nations has sunk significantly in some places. Smaller players, such as the USA, are gaining ground. This development makes it clear how important risk capital now is to the shipping industry. e lu Va ls sse Ve p: Ma A glance at the world map reveals that a number of formerly important shipping nations are losing influence.
The world’s merchant vessel fleet is grow- how the valuation of the global fleet rose a value increment just under 26%. Nor- ing. Especially container shipping lines, by 3.2% in this period, from USD 659.61 way followed with approximately 12%, such as MSC and CSCL, have been mak- to 680.4 billion. If we break these fig- whilst Greece and Japan recorded com- ing the headlines since the beginning of ures down for those ten countries that paratively modest rise of just under 5% the year by taking delivery of ever larger control the fleets with the highest worth, and almost 1% respectively. units. In comparison with 2014 the value then the following picture emerges: the At the cut-off date in February 2015 of the worldwide fleet has thus already USA improved by just under 50%,main- China, Denmark, Germany, South Korea risen again in 2015. ly triggered by an augmentation in Jones and the UK, in contrast, all registered a The latest publication from the on- Act ships, but also thanks to risk capital decline in the overall worth of their units line platform vesselsvalue.com illustrates activities. Singapore, in turn, registered in comparison with last year. av
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Talking to Ulrich Ogiermann, chief cargo officer of Qatar Airways and Doha an ideal choice for airfreight flying to and from manufacturing centres in Asia and consumers in the US, Europe and Africa. Differentiating air cargo We’re engaged in an ongoing process of realising our corporate goals. They A lot has changed since the ITJ last spoke to Ulrich Ogiermann (see ITJ 21-22/2013, were expressed by our group chief exe- page 107). And yet much has also remained the same. Now Qatar Airways deploys cutive officer Akbar Al Baker at Iata’s World Cargo Symposium in 2013, when new aircraft on its way to becoming one of the most important airfreight operators. he stated that we aim to become one of the top five cargo carriers in the world by 2018. In so doing we keep in mind
s that an important part of air cargo service ay rw differentiation occurs onon the ground. For Ai example, we belbelieve ththaatt Qatar Airways Qatar
, Cargo’s so-called quick ramp trtraannssfferer rt po solution oofffferers the fastest airline air se transfer options in Doha. Addi- ou lh tionally, we’re the only carrier in Mu el the Middle East to offer reefer Bas
: truck services for ramp transfers to at its home hub. Pho Ulrich Ogiermann also comments on QR Cargo’s first Basel landing. What araree yoyouurr ex pectations ooff your Mr Ogiermann, Qatar Airways took two average nneeededs. TThhee new Basel MuMulhoulhouse destindestination, a huhubb new long-haul aircraft models on board best example ooff this that isis already served byby Emirates Sky- last year. What role can the Airbus A380s strategy is the deployment of Cargo too? and A350XWBs play in your airline’s car- our first five A350s, which have replaced our Shippers have already recognised the qua- go activities? B787s in two cargo markets, namely the links lity of Qatar Airways Cargo’s «QR Pharma» By taking these two new aircraft types into to and from Frankfurt and Singapore. product, and we expect to gain a significant our fleet Qatar Airways Cargo has added market share of pharmaceuticals origina- extra freight capacity thanks to the expan- What developments do you expect with ting from Basel. We’re differentiated from sion of our wide-body belly-holds. This is your full-freighter aeroplanes? our competitors thanks to our twice-weekly welcome for two reasons. One, belly capa- As new freighters join our fleet, Qatar services on premium days (Wednesdays city is very cost-efficient, which is useful Airways Cargo will be able to serve emer- and Saturdays), which link customers to in an industry in which yields are always ging freight markets and meet increasing our network through our modern hub in under pressure; and it is generally planned demand for cargo as and where it occurs. Doha, which complies with good distribu- every day, with the high frequency count Our all-cargo aircraft fleet currently in- tion practices (GDP). a key selling point for high-yield products cludes seven Boeing B777Fs and six Air- such as express consignments and pharma- bus A330Fs. Is there a future for freight activities in ceutical goods. With several large events on the hori- the Oneworld alliance? zon, such as the football World Cup in We view the alliance as a platform to build How will the two new units fit into Qatar Qatar in 2022, the state of Qatar is seeing on our strategic partnership. However, Airways’ fleet? substantial growth across a wide range of we’re also open to other opportunities. The A380 has a very high seat-count, to- infrastructure and industry-related pro- We signed a long-term agreement with gether with a more modest cargo offer, jects that are increasing the demand for IAG Cargo to purchase capacity on air whereas the B777-300ERs we operate have air cargo services. In addition, Qatar’s cargo freighters operated by Qatar Air- the second-biggest seat number in our fleet economy is growing rapidly and the cor- ways, which took effect in May 2014. In and are known for their huge cargo capaci- responding population growth is also crea- this context we operate five B777F flights ty. The A350XWB, conversely, has a much ting increased demand for perishables and a week between Hong Kong and London, smaller passenger capacity than the B777, food imports. via Doha, on behalf of IAG Cargo. We but offers two thirds more cargo capacity provide a continuity of service for IAG than its Boeing counterpart, the B787. Qatar Airways isn’t the only ambitious Cargo customers. Thanks to these differences, we at Qatar player in the region... Airways Cargo can now optimise the deploy- Our view of competition is global rather Any comments on the plans of IAG (in ment of our wide-body aircraft to each desti- than regional. That is why state-of-the-art which Qatar Airways has just taken a nation on the basis of demand: B777s/A380s cargo infrastructure is key to positioning 9.99% stake) to take over Aer Lingus for high passenger demand and A350s/B787s our country as a major international com- (with its minority stakeholder Etihad)? for average passenger numbers. In the cargo mercial centre. Qatar’s strategic location No, we have no additional comment be- segment the solution is B777s/A350s for in the Gulf, combined with efficient hub yond what has already been stated by Qatar high cargo demand and A380s/B787s for connections, make Qatar Airways Cargo Airways in its media release.
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Growth slows at Europe’s airfreight hubs in December In brief
New member I. Barig, the Board of Airline A little less in the end Representatives in Germany, has expanded its airfreight expertise. The association was fortified in February by the membership of The volume of cargo handled at European airports improved by 2.1% in December 2014, the Leipzig-based company Aerologic. The vis-à-vis the last month of the previous year. At 3.5% the growth was stronger twelve joint venture, which was founded in 2007 by DHL and Lufthansa Cargo, operates a fleet months ago, however. Detailed annual accounts will follow in ITJ 11-12/2015. of eight Boeing B777Fs. Barig represents the interests of around 100 airlines in Germany, Germany’s Rhein Main airport in Frank including about a dozen full-freighter furt stayed ahead by a nose in the Euro operators. www.barig.aero pean airfreight stakes in the twelfth www.aerologic.aero month of the year too – even though it was one of five hubs in the top ten whose Extension I. The Swedish all-cargo operator volumes declined in comparison with go West Atlantic will continue to fly airmail for Car December 2013. Flights that had to be a Posten Norge in the latter’s home market for ns
ha the next five years. The two Scandinavian cancelled on account of strikes as well as ft Lu bad weather were cited as reasons for the : enterprises extended an agreement after a ce centre not doing so well. Stefan Schulte, ur public tender closed. Their first contract was So airport operator Fraport’s chairman of signed in 2007. www.posten.no the board, was nevertheless able to look Quick Cargo Service was awarded Luf www.westatlantic.eu back at the entire year with satisfaction. thansa Cargo’s quality and ecargo prize Extension II. Panalpina and the USA’s Atlas «We’re happy that – despite the strikes – for the excellence of its offerings for the Air have strengthened their long-standing we were able to attain a growth figure for second time after 2011. The criteria were partnership. The Basel-based Swiss logistics 2014 in the range that we had aimed for.» the punctuality of the firm’s physical corporation said that one of the cornerstones The hub’s freight performance improved cargo handling and its electronic mes of the new five-year contract was the exten- by 1.7% to approximately 2.2 million t. saging standards, which were lauded as sion of its network through the exchange We will provide more information on the being particularly errorfree. Managing of one of its leased aircraft for 200 regular annual results in ITJ 1112/2015. director Stephan Haltmayer (on the left charter flights a year. www.atlasair.com in the picture) and founder Dieter Halt www.panalpina.com Success in Frankfurt mayer (right) were proud of the fact that Local hero Lufthansa Cargo showed its the recognition came from the country’s Success. Miami airport handled around clear commitment to Germany as a place flag carrier, represented by J. Florian Pfaff 2.2 million t of airfreight in 2014, or 55,000 t to do business by adding a fifth Boeing (centre), Lufthansa Cargo’s vicepresident more than in the previous year. It thus im- B777F to its fleet recently (see ITJ Daily area management Germany. proved its in-house record for the third year of 17 February 2015) The allcargo ope Budapest airport improved by 12.7% in succession. Despite numerous challenges rator can bank on robust local forward to 5,164 t in the month, with Turkish in key foreign markets last year the centre ing scene. A twoday customer relations Cargo contributing to growth. The lat nevertheless added eight new international event in January saw the carrier recognise ter’s freighter flights were upgraded from links to its flight plan in 2014. Qatar Air- the strong performance of some of these a weekly A310F option to thriceweekly ways’ service to and from Doha – the only forwarders. The mediumsized enterprise A330F services in January. ah direct connection between Florida and the Middle East – deserves the newcomers’ Freight throughput at leading European airports in December 2014 crown, according to the southern Floridan hub’s managers. www.miami-aiport.com Rank (December 2013) Airport Country Airfreight in t ±% 1 (1) Frankfurt DE 164,835 –1.7 Flower power. Ten LAN Cargo freighters a 2 (2) Paris (CDG) FR 164,300 –0.7 day supplied the flower markets in Miami 3 (3) Amsterdam NL 133,886 –0.7 and Amsterdam with blossoms from Ecua- 4 (4) London (LHR) UK 126,134 +6.2 dor and Colombia in the recent run-up to 5 (5) Leipzig Halle DE 81,235 +11.3 Valentine’s day. The Latam Airlines Group’s 6 (7) Cologne Bonn DE 63,290 +3.2 freight division expects its results in the field 7 (6) Luxembourg LU 62,909 –0.3 to have improved by 3% vis-à-vis the same 8 (8) Istanbul (IST) TR 58,327 –0.9 period in 2014. www.lancargo.com 9 (9) Liège BE 52,965 +11.1 10 (10) Milan (MXP) IT 39,147 +3.1
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www.sda.it International Transport Journal 09-10 2015 Aviation 17 New airports in the Five triple seven UAC and Comac to Horn of Africa and Iraq freighters for Korean Air design new widebody
The first Iraqi airport with a focus on Korean Air, one of the largest air cargo ope The United Aircraft Corp (UAC), a Rus airfreight activities is set to be built in rators worldwide (see also ITJ 3536/2014, sian stateowned aircraft manufacturer, and Al Diwaniyah. The country’s national in page 15), has ordered five more Boeing the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of vestment commission signed a correspon B777 fullfreighters. Boeing – the only sup China (Comac), its Chinese opposite num ding contract with the Kuwaiti enterprise plier of allcargo units to the Far Eastern ber, have published initial designs for the alNasiriyah at the end of January. The carrier – said the deal’s list price came to joint development of a widebodied aero new hub, located centrally between Bagh USD 1.5 billion. Korean Air Cargo’s fleet plane. If realised, the unit could break Air dad and Basra in a particularly fertile pro has 26 aeroplanes, including 17 B747400Fs, bus and Boeing’s duopoly in the segment. vince, is expected to cost approximately five B7478Fs and four B777Fs. Korean Air It may have a range of 12,000 km and be USD 1.35 billion to build. It will be has another 86 passenger units from the US able to carry 250–280 people, which would come a key export centre for agricultural producer, as well as almost 40 widebodied also ensure it an important airfreight role. produce, play a crucial import role and aircraft with substantial freight capacities on Comparable models from its established simultaneously facilitate the distribution order. This booking includes twelve B777 competitors from Europe (the A350800) of goods in the south of the nation. 300s, ten B7478Is, ten B7879s and two and the USA (the B7878) offer coloading Djibouti in turn, a small (23,000 sqkm) B7478Fs. capacities of approximately 130 cbm. country in the Horn of Africa, is planning Ihssane Mounir, Boeing’s senior vice It will take a few years and plenty of to establish two new airports. They will be president for Northeast Asia, said that «we investment for the designs to bear fruit, built by the China Civil Engineering Con really appreciate our longstanding partner however. Once the initial rough blueprints struction Company, for USD 599 million. ship with Korean Air.» It may well grow have been completed in July, the partners The larger of the two new hubs, to be lo more in future. Boeing’s market projec will commence their more detailed plan cated 25 km south of Djibouti City, will tions predict that global air cargo volumes ning effort. The USD 13 billion, nine have an annual capacity of 100,000 t (from will increase by about 4.7% annually over year development project will commence 2018 onwards), and will also play an im the next 20 years, with the equivalent fi in 2016 and envisages a maiden flight in portant cargo role. gure for Asia coming to 6.5%. 2022. ah
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International circles A big deal in Southeast Asia Software suppliers discovered the logis- tics industry decades ago. The sector’s A great leap forward big names are in action, such as SAP; whilst Navis is another example of a firm that has successfully entered the Japan is the national economy that has the highest investments abroad. Now Kintetsu maritime field. It’s system is deployed in World Express landed the latest coup recently, by acquiring APL Logistics. The shipping more than 50 terminals, including South Africa’s Transnet Port Terminals, the port line NOL, a heavyweight from Singapore, needs to consolidate its business. of Haifa, Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, and the Italian company Contship. The opportunities are endless. The Italian provider Circle is a con- sultancy that optimises port, intermodal and logistics chain processes. The Genoa- based firm became more international earlier this year when it opened an office in Brussels. Circle focuses on two areas: Central and Eastern Europe, mainly Hungary, Romania and Poland, and the Mediterranean region, mainly Morocco,
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Heavylift Special page 15), also aims to s: make Milos, a platform developed by to Pho Circle, readily available in the Turkish Singapore’s APL Logistics has been taken over by Japan’s KWE. market. Milos is a framework made up of modular applications that offer solu- APL Logistics (APLL) has a new owner, these words by putting his money where tions for handling containers, trailers and after one of the most spectacular recent his mouth is. KWE decided in November general cargo in the intermodal logistics business dealwas announced not long ago. 2014 to join the bidding process for APLL chain, enabling rapid handling and tracing Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) will receive (see also ITJ Daily of 22 August 2014). too. It integrates, automates and digitalises USD 1.2 billion from the Japanese corpo- terminal, port and corporate processes, as- ration Kintetsu World Express (KWE) for NOL consolidating its position similates RFID and OCR elements, and the sale of APLL. The purchase remains NOL president and chief executive Ng digitalises procedures with a focus on cus- subject to NOL shareholders’ as well as Yat Chung underlined the fact that his toms formalities. the relevant regulatory approval. corporation will now concentrate on its The Japanese buyer underlined its aspi- shipping business after the sale of its European and intermodal ration that it will in future be able to com- logistics division, and simultaneously Some of the Milos modules have passed a pete more keenly with its US and Euro- repay some of its borrowings. Just a practical test in European projects, which pean logistics rivals. KWE’s president and short time ago NOL had reported a were co-financed by TEN-T. These inclu- chief executive officer Satoshi Ishizaki loss for the latest quarter that was 79% ded a programme called «transit via inno- said in a media release that «since 2013 lower in comparison with the like-for- vative gateway concept solving European we’ve laid out a strategy of strengthening like period of the previous year. For the intermodal rail needs» (giving the acro- our international presence, especially in entire financial year 2014 the company nym Tiger, which should not be mistaken the USA and in Asia. This transaction fits has nevertheless made a net loss of for the USA’s economic stimulus package right into this approach.» USD 260 million. of the same name). In Europe the objec- The KWE group, which was founded Beat Simon, who formerly worked tive is to provide relief to congested road in 1948 and is listed on the Tokyo stock ex- for Agility, will retain the post of chief networks by offering improved port hand- change, has thus come substantially closer executive officer of APLL, which he has ling operations. The use of the framework to its medium-term aim of generating held since March 2014. The headquarters in Genoa helped to reduce transit times in sales worth USD 2.7 billion by 2016, and of the corporation, which will operate as the corridor by almost 40%. reporting a net profit of USD 151 million an independent unit within its new parent Another EU project in which Circle pro- by the same year. In a statement released company, are expected to remain in Singa- vides its technical services is called Wider- at the end of 2014 Ishizaki had announced pore. KWE, which reported a healthy MoS, which is coordinated by the La Spezia a strategic focus on the automobile logis- operating profit of USD 84 million from port authority. The objective is to help ports tics sector in Latin America, as well as March to December 2014, underlined its in Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal im- increased activities in Taiwan, Indonesia intention of making further investments prove their interoperability. cd and Singapore. He has now underpinned in APLL. Christian Doepgen International Transport Journal 09-10 2015 Forwarding & Logistics 19 State aid: Alitalia XPO fortifies Egyptian and Tunisian measure permissible the last mile partners in new alliance
The European Commission has completed XPOLogistics,aUStransportandlogistics Two North African transport firms have a preliminary investigation launched in service provider based in Greenwich CT, started the new year by entering into a 2013 into whether measures in favour of has acquired the firm UX Specialized strategic alliance. The Kadmar Group, an Alitalia constituted state aid that should Logistics, a North American provider of Alexandria-based Egyptian logistics service have been disallowed under its competition last-mile logistics services for major retail provider that includes the Kadmar Ship- law. Ryanair and IAG had each submitted a chains and e-commerce enterprises. The ping Co, Egyptian Global Logistics and formal complaint, asking for an assessment purchase price was USD 59 million. UX Kadmar Logistics, and the Sousse-based of the legality of a guarantee by the state- Specialized Logistics, which was founded Tunisian firm Swyng Logistics, announced owned Italian postal service Poste Italiane in 1978, will be integrated into a division a long-term strategic alliance in Tunisia to to subscribe to EUR 75 million of Alitalia’s called XPO Last Mile. XPO already stuck provide services in that country’s market. capital increase. The sum was a part of a out in 2013 with several strategic acquisi- Swyng Logistics was founded by a group of EUR 500 million rescue package which the tions that substantially expanded its port- Arab companies and shipping and logistics Italian government had initiated to tide the folio. UX Specialized Logistics generated experts in 2014. The two undertakings are airline over in the period until a new inves- revenues of USD 113.2 million and pro- managed by experienced and recognised tor came on board – which turned out to fits (adjusted ebitda) of USD 8.2 million specialists in their fields. The Kadmar be Etihad (see ITJ 47-48/2013, page 52). In in 2014. The company had increased its Group is headed by Mahmoud Hatim El December 2014 the authority informed the revenues at a compound annual growth Kady, the chairman of the Arab Federation two complainants that it had come to the rate of about 19% for five years prior to of Chambers of Shipping, whilst Swyng is preliminary assessment that the evidence the purchase. UX has approximately 700 led by Jamel Gamra, formerly the president gathered by the Commission suggested employees and the contracted capacity of the Tunisian state-owned shipping line that Poste Italiane carried out the invest- of more than 1,600 independent carriers CTN (2012), the Tunisian tourism mini- ment under the same terms and conditions and installers. XPO Logistics currently ster (2013) and the president of Utica, a as two private operators that were in a com- already facilitates more than 37,000 de- union for industry, commerce and skilled parable situation. liveries a day. trades (2011–2012). ah
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Europe–Manzhouli–Suzhou railway link – an alternative transport route From Europe to the Venice of the East
Container haulage between Europe and China is still considered something of a great race track amongst logisticians. In the meantime the railway presents users with an alternative to cost-intensive air solutions or time-consuming maritime transport options. At the best of times blocktrains run by Far East Land Bridge since 2014 have covered the route from eastern China to Western Europe in 14 days.
The railways have been an alternative to Xu Ming, the deputy mayor of Suzhou, expensive air transport or slow ship haul- praised the flexible rail booking options age for five years now. The main busi- in comparison with air and sea haulage. ness of the Cyprus-registered company A Russian-led team with seven years of Far East Land Bridge – with offices in experience in rail shipments from Europe Vienna, Shanghai and Beijing – is trans- has contributed substantially to success, porting containers between China and as has the firm Express International Europe. The frequency of transports has Freight Forwarding, the scheme’s Chinese been steadily expanded; nowadays a train partner, and the full support of the Suz- runs nearly every day. Trains starting hou municipal government. from China (identification WB) are con- LB FE solidated at the border in Manzhouli/ Suzhou in comparison : Zabaykalsk, whilst those from Europe Suzhou is one of the most developed to Pho (identification EB) are consolidated at industrial centres in southeastern China Suzhou (China) is an important transport hub the crossing in Brest/Małaszewicze, or and is famous for electronic products thanks to its rail links, amongst other things. in Chop/Dobra. (laptops, tablets, LCD displays, hard drives, computer chips and other high- its own customs clearance office in the Transit time cut from 20 to 13 days end products). In 2013 transport from centre, which leads to a nigh-on 98% On 30 November the first EB block- Suzhou through Russia to Europe was clearance efficiency for goods entrusted train was dispatched from Europe with responsible for an export volume of more to Suzhou. Finally the rail link’s good goods from Hamburg, Duisburg, Berlin than USD 45.1 billion, which accounts infrastructure in Manzhouli/Zabaykalsk and Warsaw on board. It travelled via for 15% of Suzhou’s imports and exports. and Brest/Małaszewicze contributes to Małaszewicze, Moscow and Manzhouli Some of the advantages of the Suzhou the change from broad to normal gauge to Suzhou, which it reached in 16 days. train include the fact that, compared to taking just 24 hours – including customs The transit time on the return leg is a trains from Zhengzhou, Chongqing and clearance. mere 14 days from Suzhou to Warsaw, Chengdu to Europe, the Suzhou–Europe The project is expected to develop well But that is just the beginning. link can guarantee a weekly run without also because the Suzhou government is A new policy is ready for implemen- an excessive subsidy policy. The con- set to enlarge the operating team there tationin2015,whichwillresult ina60hour nection also offers the advantage that from 30 to 200 people.A next step will express train running on the Chinese part Russia relies on a strong market and see cooperation with the parcel handlers of the route between Manzhouli and Suz- supports railway options. Suzhou also DHL, Pony Express and TNT, who are hou at a speed of 120 km/h, as fast as provides geographical advantages, for its also interested in the service. In addition a passenger train. This will dramatically entire catchment area can be reached in there is a post office in the Suzhou rail reduce the transit time to thirteen days. four days by truck. Furthermore, it has logistics centre. Christian Doepgen
India’s great untapped inland waterway potential
When logisticians talk about India they are India transports a grand total of 0.15% of that can be made navigable and on which usually thinking of maritime ports. The its domestic cargo by barge. In the USA this inland ports can be set up. large flow of goods into and out of the eco- figure comes to 15%, in China it stands at The government’s argument focuses less nomy is growing steadily on the country’s 43% and in the EU at 42%. on the ecology and more on costs. Freight 7,551 km coast line – and for many hubs transport on the waterways is significantly congestion is an all-too-frequent pheno- Gadkari knows the costs, and has plans cheaper compared to other modes of trans- menon. The subcontinent’s inland water- Now the Indian government wants to take port. Cargo hauled by road costs USD 0.24 ways rarely get mentioned, even though the initiative by establishing measures to per tonne-kilometre, on average, and rail- the 14,500 km of canals, with five main promote the waterways. On 23 January freight costs USD 0.02 per tonne-kilometre. arteries, offer a comprehensive network. transport minister Nitin Gadkari published By inland waterway this figure comes to The reason for logisticians’ focus is simple: a programme which identifies 101 rivers less than 1 cent. cd International Transport Journal 09-10 2015 Packaging 21
Intelligent packaging for fresh produce Texan logistician A micro-perforated solution sets up new division Houston-based UTC Overseas has formed The Dutch packaging specialist PerfoTec has presented a new bag that can transport fruit a new division to serve the logistics needs or vegetables with just the right amount of oxygen, depending on the variety or season. of specialised food and beverage packa- ging manufacturers. UTC Overseas execu- This extends the shelf life of the produce and opens up new marketing opportunities. tive vice-president Marco Poisler said that «the move is based on UTC’s leadership in service to the aluminium beverage can industry.» It continues UTC’s expansion through the creation of market-specific divisions for certain sectors, he added. For the food and beverage industry UTC’s services include forming the initial cup and washing, coating, imprinting, filling stock
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A new bulk perishables bag called the the former help to maintain the quality The firm Zentek Pool System has signed «PerfoTec flexfresh liner» was presented of the vegetables for much longer. These a multi-year contract do for the deploy- recently by the Dutch firm PerfoTec. micro-perforations are added directly in ment of rented synthetic pallets with the The plastic bags can be used in almost the manufacturing process. They achieve enterprise DSV Stuttgart, the logistics any crate or box. The main advantage of the best results with cut flowers, helping to service provider to the German firm DM the bag is that it saves shippers money, extend their shelf life by seven to ten days. Drogerie Markt. The units in the Euro as the packet extends the shelf life of the PerfoTec’s product was initially offered pallet format will be used for deliveries goods therein, reduces their weight loss to the retail industry for packaged fruit to individual outlets of the chain of che- and improves quality preservation. This and vegetables. Now it is additionally mist’s shops. More than 15 million pal- additionally cuts transportation costs and available for bulk and transport consign- let movements are expected to be carried opens up new export opportunities. ments, however. «With our new focus out over the duration of the agreement. Bas Groeneweg, managing director of on bulk containers we can prevent more Stefan Frye, the managing director of PerfoTec, which he founded in 2004, had waste than before,» Groeneweg explained. Cologne-based Zentek Pool System, be- observed the beneficial effect of packaging Retailers can also benefit from the new lieves that «synthetic pallets are almost that is expressly adapted to its contents. He bulk bags, as the improved supply chain certain to become ever more popular, due established, for example, that smaller holes allows a better quality of goods to be pre- to their long life span, carrying capacities are better for Brussels sprouts, and that sented in shops. ah as well as their easy traceability.»
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Sustainable container production There are numerous manufacturers of this type of floor now active in the market, with production rising by approximately A green alternative 55% in 2014 to around 1.25 million teu. In 2013 this figure stood at 806,000 teu. Bamboo instead of tropical hardwoods. Container manufacturers frequently chose the The increase in the volume of dry box fast-growing natural resource over more traditional timber for container floors. production was driven primarily by grow- ing world trade and replacement units A recent report on alternative materials ers Association (COA), has reiterated an taking the place of older units in the for container floorboards, which was unsurprising fact: namely that Bamboo container fleet. published by the new materials commit- and bamboo hardwood/softwood hy- tee established by the Container Own- brids remain the preferred alternative Improvements versus costs components in place of tropical hard- COA reported that 3.14 million teu of wood plywood used by the industry to dry containers were made in 2014. In make boxes. 2013, in contrast, this figure came in at The seventh edition of the commit- about 2.4 million teu. The challenging tee’s annual report states that there have conditions for the industry keeps the not been any major developments in the pressure on firms active in the sec- search for alternatives to tropical hard- tor. Instead of trying to improve wood plywood for container floors since their new the publication of the body’s previous re- containers’ port in 2014. The adoption of bamboo, specifications or bamboo hardwood/softwood hybrids as impact on the envi- stock
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Clients and concepts Single machines or project cargo; «80% of our orders are one-offs, for which there are With the combination of our services -since 1990 all from one source -wecan offer our clients unique and neither serially-produced packaging units nor any stand- cost-efficient solutions for the export logistics. ards,» Schaffner explained. Goods are usually measured directly at the client’s premises, and the specifications and requirements clarified before the packaging concept export packaging industrial &project transportation is handed to a client. trade fair logistics When dealing with pharmaceutical products, for trade fair marketing instance, the correct mode of transport for each ship- ment has to be taken into account too. In addition to solid wood, plywood, chipboard and fibreboard are also deployed. For land and air transport the firm’s range includes wrap-around and hood packaging options made of reinforced or normal cardboard. They provide weight savings as well as all-round protection to parts that stand on solid bases. The packing and packaging teams spend a lot of time on the road, as goods are often packed on site. In good years like 2014, Packexport occasionally had to deploy extra staff from partner firms. Clients mainly stem T-LINK GRUPPE SCHWEIZ • Schwerzistrasse 6 • CH-8807 Freienbach from the engineering and plant construction industries, Phone +41 (0) 43 288 18 88 • Fax +41 (0) 43 288 18 99 • [email protected] • www.t-link.ch though niche markets such as removal goods frequently 24 High-Tech Logistics International Transport Journal 09-10 2015
Facing new tasks Rising demand for special transports
The range of companies operating in the high-tech products field is expanding. As a result, new logistics firms are being established or enterprises already active in the segment are developing their services. One good example is the Munich-based Neumaier Logistics Group, which also focuses on this demanding sector.
The IFP Institut für Produktqualität, which was established in 2004, is an in- dependent centre of excellence for the analysis of foods, drinking water as well as pharmaceutical goods. It provides de- tailed results of its examination of food- stuffs and pharmaceutical products. One focus of its activities is the identification of germs as well as substances that cause stock allergies. ink Th : to
Pho Distributor network for hi-tech devices Sensitive goods such as laboratory equipment require high-quality logistics. Neumaier was established in Munich in 1990 and has specialised in the transport The Neumaier Logistics Group, a Munich- particular order was placed by the com- of precious and fragile cargo of all kinds. based German service provider for the pany IFP, which was moving from two By systematically enhancing its services, haulage of high-tech equipment, is facing separate Berlin locations to the Adlershof it can today look back on many years a fresh and demanding challenge. The part of the city. The task in hand in that of experience in the fields of transport, enterprise has been commissioned with case also involved transporting labora- logistics, relocation and warehousing, as relocating laboratory devices and furni- tory devices and furniture to a new loca- the company points out. ture, as well as the administrative units tion. The IFP completed the transfer to its Thanks to Neumaier’s convenient of the Robert Koch Institute in the city of new centre of excellence for food safety location immediately adjacent to the Berlin. The task is going to be carried out in the Adlershof science and technology motorway, all key Munich transport in the months of June and July this year. park in January 2015. hubs can be reached with ease. What is In this context Neumaier pointed out A total of EUR 10.5 million was in- more, Neumaier also offers its services in that some of the laboratory equipment vested in the new centre. The expansion the commercially important Ruhr area, will be disassembled and reassembled in of the location has not been completed thanks to an office in Düsseldorf. the new laboratories by its own staff. yet, according to IFP managing direc- The company also offers its customers tor Dr Wolfgang Weber. «We’ve already international flexibility by using a broad One project successfully completed had the ground plate for an annexe network of distributors for high-tech The company was already tasked with cast.» Weber expects to see 100 more equipment, as well as scheduled connec- carrying out a similar removal job as re- employees working in Adlershof in the tions to Germany’s neighbouring coun- cently as the beginning of this year. This medium term. tries in Western Europe. it
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Intra-Asian trade developments Creating a more integrated Asean
The ten member states of Asean are anything but homogeneous, which means they offer investors a broader range of possibilities. The region is benefiting from rising labour costs in China, and is continuing to build on its importance as a manufacturing location. Indonesia, in particular, wants to take advantage of this development, but its transport infrastructure leaves much to be desired.
Closer economic ties are at the top of the more than 600 million people, Asean intensive, and thus costly too, have in- agenda for the Association of Southeast would be the ninth-largest economy in creasingly been shifting to Asean states Asian Nations in 2015. By the end of the world today, if it was considered as bordering on China. Many observers con- the year the ten member states of Asean a single country. Its prospects remain sider the diversity of the ten member states plan to take the first steps toward even good. Over the next five years, the re- to be a positive factor, since the nations closer regional commercial integration, gion is expected to see an average annual can meet such a broad range of demands through the Asean Economic Communi- real GDP growth rate of 6%, according to as a result. ty (AEC). This includes an internal mar- figures from Germany Trade and Invest For the time being, Asean is focusing ket modelled on the European Union’s (GTAI). on driving internal growth. Indonesia, version. Asean’s member states – Brunei, the Philippines and Malaysia have par- Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Deep-pocketed middle class ticularly large consumer markets. Ever Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, One of the most important drivers of these more intra-Asean trade also results in a Thailand and Vietnam – expect the AEC positive developments in Southeast Asia’s greater independence of the region from to give their trade relationships a further economies are demographic develop- external influences. powerful boost. ments, as well as the rise of a middle class The association is nevertheless also an A unified market with the free flow with strong purchasing power. In addition, important exporter. Nearly 90% of the of goods, services, capital and labour the region scores points for its expanding world’s palm oil and almost 80% of rub- promises simplified commercial relation- industries and their geographic proximity ber production come from the region. ships in the entire Asean region, which to China. Goods such as coffee, cocoa, nickel, fish is currently growing faster than any In the People’s Republic, labour costs and rice are also frequently produced in other area of the world. With an output have risen sharply over the past few years. of USD 2.3 trillion and a population of Manufacturing processes that are labour- continued on page 27
International Transport Journal 09-10 2015 Asia Special 27 continued from page 25 one of the association’s member states. It comes as no surprise that the Asean mar ket has dethroned previous great hopes for growth, such as the Bric states. Indonesia in particular could take a leading role in the community in the coming years. The world’s largest island nation has become increasingly important in the global exchange of goods since the end of its military dictatorship in 1998. The country is not only the fourth most populous nation in the world, but also the driving force behind the establishment of stock ink Th
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Indonesia has additionally already for Pho ged several bilateral partnerships with im Indonesia’s ports need to be enlarged to be able to handle growing cargo volumes. portant trade nations such as China, India and the USA, and is a major player in the activities, rather than exporting mainly volumes and accelerate economic develop G20, the group of the twenty major indus raw materials, as was the case in the past. ment. The efforts of the previous govern trialised and emerging countries. In pursuit of this new policy the nation ment are also bearing fruit. A number of is bumping up against its limits, however, international companies are already invest Infrastructure limiting expansion particularly due to its congested maritime ing in the country. They include a consor The Indonesian government has been pur hubs and airports. tium made up of MOL, NYK and PSA, suing reform over the past few years and That is set to change. President Jokowi which has joined forces with local firm is aiming to transform the country into Widodo intends to eliminate bottlenecks Persero to set up a container terminal (see an important location for manufacturing in goods transport, increase investment ITJ 2015 /14, page 13). Antje Veregge ® e zurMark
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Tokyo Narita airport gearing up for growth A partner for Japan’s economy
In April the Narita International Airport Corporation will inaugurate a new terminal that g will focus on business with low-cost airlines. The hub’s freight volumes, which are Hau eas dr expected to grow, account for a larger share of its activities than LCCs do, however. An : to Pho Tokyo’s Olympic year is casting a long a year) is to remain in Narita’s sights. The A view of the new terminal that is being built. shadow. «2014 was a good year for us, centre’s long-term aims include the length- LCCs will not overtake the cargo segment. and we have equally good prospects for ening of its two runways as well as the 2015. But 2020 is going to be the really construction of another one after 2020. Japan’s international air cargo. Its most big milestone,» Koichi Okawara told the The opening of a facility that caters to the important national rivals are Osaka International Transport Journal recently. (rather limited) needs of low-cost carriers Kansai (20.7%), Tokyo Haneda (5%), The deputy vice-president in charge of is also imminent. Even large aeroplanes Okinawa’s Naha (4.8%), Nagoya Chubu aviation marketing with the Narita Inter- can pass under the facility’s bridge. (4.3%) and Fukuoka (1.5%). national Airport Corporation (NAA) ex- Fumio Gunji, who is NAA’s deputy Half of Narita’s cargo is transported in pects the number of annual aircraft move- vice-president for air cargo activities, full-freighters. It has 200,000 sqm of space ments at his hub to rise from 270,000 in added that the hub, which focuses on dedicated to ground-handling activities, 2014 to 300,000 this year and thence to international traffic, amongst other located in two zones of the airport com- 340,000 in five years time. things, is the market leader when it comes pound. 38 freight forwarders who work in The NAA is investing heavily in crea- to cross-border business. Its all-time high the immediate vicinity of the hub have the ting the requisite capacities to be able to of 2.35 million t of cargo in fiscal 2004 same space again available. So it is really compete with its Japanese and Asian rivals. has been succeeded by its handling of easy to understand Gunji’s sentiment that USD 1.5 billion is needed if Haneda, just over 2 million t of airfreight in 2014. Narita «is a good partner for the Japanese Tokyo’s second hub (447,000 movements This accounts for almost two thirds of economy». Andreas Haug
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Myanmar gaining in importance First direct link to and from China
Economic development is progressing well in Myanmar, the second-largest country in Southeast Asia’s Asean alliance. The fact that the country borders on India and Bangladesh in the west and on China, Laos and Malaysia in the east also accounts for the nation’s increasing importance as a trading partner – especially in business with China. This partially explains why MCC Transport, which is a part of the Maersk Group, has established the first direct maritime connection to and from China.
MCC Transport has launched a new direct service, called Intra Asia 5 (IA5), between China and Myanmar. It will deploy eight 1,100 teu vessels on a 56-day rotation. Calls will be made at the ports of Shang- hai, Singapore, Port Klang, Sihanoukville, Busan and Ho Chi Minh City, amongst others. The option will reduce transit times from China to Yangon (Myanmar). Goods from Shanghai destined for Yangon, which may previously have spent 18 days in tran- sit, will arrive after thirteen days, as the IA5 is a direct service that eliminates the
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One eye on the USA and Europe Phot «An estimated 45% of all imports from MCC Transport’s China–Myanmar round trip will be completed in 56 days. Asia to Myanmar originate in China,» according to MCC Transport chief execu- exports to other Asian markets, but also an office in Yangon, the largest city by tive officer Tim Wickmann. «Imports in to consumers further afield, such as those far in the nation, placing them among the general are continuing to grow, not least in the United States of America and few shipping lines that operate from their thanks to increased investment in Myan- Europe, to fulfil their great development own office and not through sales repre- mar over the past few years.» Bo Wegener, potential.» sentatives. This presents Maersk Line Maersk Line Thailand’s managing direc- The new IA5 service underlines the and MCC Transport with opportunities tor (in charge of activities in Thailand, fact that Maersk Line and MCC Trans- to work directly with customers, supp- Myanmar and Laos), is of the same opin- port believe in the country’s promising liers and the local authorities. The lines’ ion. «The country has a huge potential for future. They have invested in strong co- managers believe that this will help to growth in terms of international trade,» verage, human capital and a new national develop the country’s transport industry he said. «We expect Myanmar’s garment office. In May 2014 the carriers opened and supply chain. it
Indian port project finds funding to help it take shape
A planned port in Vizhinjam, in the Kerala to call for price quotations from lion teu, demand permitting. Vizhinjam southwestern state of Kerala, has re- bidders who have been short-listed, in- will also have modern facilities to handle ceived approval from the country’s cen- cluding Adani Ports and Special Econo- bulk cargo. tral government for so-called viability mic Zone, Essar Ports, Gammon Infra- A spokesperson said that the govern- gap funding. Viability gap funding is a structure Projects, a consortium of Srei ment of Kerala has set a so-called upfront one-off grant to support public-private Infrastructure Finance and Obrascon rate for the hub, which is 25% higher than partnerships in the infrastructure sector Huarte Lain, and a joint venture between that levied in the international container that are economically justified, but fall Concast Infratech and Hyundai Engi- transhipment terminal run by DP World short of financial viability. A project is neering and Construction. at Vallarpadam (port of Cochin, Kerala). allowed to cover up to 20% of its capital Vizhinjam, which has been billed as An upfront rate represents an upper limit costs through the VGF grant. The VGF the biggest infrastructure project ever in or ceiling beyond which a private opera- for the project is estimated at INR 8.2 bil- the state of Kerala, will be developed as a tor cannot charge customers. The project lion (EUR 115 million). container transhipment terminal with the has a contract period of 40 years, and This latest development has prepared initial capacity to handle 600,000 teu a it can be further extended by another the ground for the state government of year. This can later be scaled up to 1 mil- 20 years if appropriate. it International Transport Journal 09-10 2015 Southern-/ Southeastern Europe & Turkey 31
Southern Italian hubs face stiff competition Lagging behind
A new study by the institute Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzo giorno shows that freight traffic in the Mediterranean area almost doubled between 2000 and 2013. Southern Italy has steadily lost its regional market share, however. stock ink
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e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno», published by the Fo above-mentioned research institute that is supported In Süditalien stehen Boxen einer italienischen Studie zufolge zu lange am Kai. by the Intesa Sanpaolo bank, notes that there was a decline in Southern Italy’s share of container traffic Gioia Tauro, Genoa and La Spezia are the only three Italian gateways between 2000 and 2013. It is reported to have fallen to be found in the ranking of the 20 largest European ports. The Italian from 28 to 16% in the period. At the same time, other system, which encompasses 23 authorities and the transport ministry southern Mediterranean countries have been able to in Rome, also fails on numerous efficiency criteria. Customs clearance show an overall increase, namely from 18 to 27%. processes, above all, must be simplified. The share of the Italian port of Gioia Tauro fell from In addition, not enough money is being invested in the maritime 20 to 12%; that of the nation’s other facilities in Cagliari industry in general. Algeria provided USD 286 million to the sector dropped from 4 to 3% and Taranto from 4 to 1%. Egypt’s between 2010 and 2014 for example, whereas Italy only managed to Port Said, in comparison, improved its share from raise USD 70 million. In Morocco, projects totalling EUR 560 million 10 to 14%, Morocco’s Tanger Med hub from 0 to 10% will be carried out up until 2018. Tunisia, in turn, is in building a new and Greece’s Piraeus from 9 to 12%. The Spanish gate- container hub with an annual handling capacity of 5 million teu in the ways in Valencia, Algeciras and Barcelona also registered Gulf of Hammamet. hdj positive developments. The strategic role of the Mediterranean area in the cargo segment is confirmed by growing investment from China, Russia, India and Brazil. Dynamar, a Dutch analyst, pre- dicts a 14.9% regional augmentation in container volumes to around 17 million teu by 2017. It expects the ports to handle a total of 15.6 million teu in the coming year. The significance of the Mediterranean should continue to increase – 19% of the world’s box traffic already passes through the region, after all. The commercial value of goods handled between Italy and the other Mediter- INTERNATIONAL ranean littoral states was estimated at EUR 57.7 billion in TRANSPORT 2011, according to the study. The figure for Germany, in www.transnatur.com comparison, came to EUR 56.6 billion, and for France to EUR 46.8 billion. Overall, Italian trade is expected to be ROAD worth EUR 74 billion in 2014. SEA North Africa surging ahead The reason for the better ability to compete by Italy’s AIR North African rivals is particularly noticeable in the shape of lower operating costs, better infrastructure and ROAD CUSTOMS fewer bureaucratic obstacles. Italy’s combined maritime EXHIBITIONS industry generates a turnover of more than EUR 240 bil- SEA lion, which represents about 15.3% of GDP. One weak LOGISTICS point of Italian ports, however, is the relatively heavy AIR administrative burden. For example, a container arriving from China can be processed in 48 hours on average in BARCELONA -ALICANTE -VALENCIA -MADRID SEVILLA -IRÚN -ZARAGOZA -BILBAO Rotterdam, whilst the same box will take at least seven VIGO -TENERIFE-LAS PALMAS -TARRAGONA days to proceed in Italy – with around 70 documents PORTO -LISBOA and no less than 17 checks! Carrer Ca l’Arana,15-17-ZAL II Whilst other Mediterranean facilities are keeping their 08820ElPratdeLlobregat (Barcelona) fees stable, and even reducing towing costs, the opposite Tel. +34 93 480 45 00 •Fax +34 93 480 45 01 e-mail: [email protected] •www.transnatur.com is happening in Italy. It is therefore not surprising that 32 Baltic States & Nordic Countries / Central Europe International Transport Journal 09-10 2015
Duisburg’s Danish multi- Germany’s minimum wage and its impact on Poland modal options expanded Flagship under fire The Dutch company Samskip Van Die ren Multimodal (SVDM) has plans to link Duisburg to Denmark more effectively Polish road haulage companies are currently under fire on two fronts. Besides trade from 1 March. The firm will expand its restrictions in the east, a dispute about the minimum wage in Germany is also making intermodal network by adding rail shuttle services from the German city to Taulov itself felt. ITJ correspondent Sebastian Becker sheds a light on the Polish perspective. and Copenhagen (both Denmark). SVDM will thus complete the expansion Germany is arguing with EU member of its services to the north. In January it states from the east of the union about had already added extra rail connections a minimum wage of EUR 8.5 per hour between Melzo (Italy) and Rotterdam. that has had to be paid to all truck drivers SVDM’s Duisburg railway terminal on German roads since the beginning of already handles numerous rail shuttles to this year. Firms from those eastern na and from Scandinavia, including destina tions transport a substantial amount of tions in Sweden. From March the com the freight moved on German roads, pany will provide five northbound and mandated by forwarding companies from southbound departures a week, connec the latter country. In the fight to obtain
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Copenhagen shuttle will see the bundling to offer their services relatively cheaply – Pho of options for clients in Denmark. until this year. Polish transporters are under fire – first from the east, now from the west too. Well-equipped for the future Polish hauliers under pressure Duisburg will thus become an even more Polish firms that generate an important that «we’ve established our own repre important hub for the distribution of part of their business with their German sentation in Frankfurt an der Oder that goods. Destinations in Germany, Bel neighbours particularly fear for their abi will act as a point of contact for our com gium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg lity to compete, should they actually have panies in Germany.» The office will be will be linked by road haulage services. In to pay their employees the minimum initially operate for about nine months addition France, Spain, the UK, Ireland, wage. Some of the transport companies and offer ZMPD members legal advice. Italy and Turkey will also be connected by are frightened that they could face insol The Poles, who are collaborating with a rail and shortsea services. DB Schenker, vency and disappear from the market. Dortmundbased German law firm, want which provides the traction for shuttle Many of Poland’s road hauliers depend the minimum wage ruling to be perma trains that have been running to and from on German business. Moreover, they ge nently abrogated. Italy since January, as well as to and from nerate around 10% of the country’s gross Sweden, will also be in charge of traction domestic product and are regarded as a The prime minister intervenes for these new connections. sort of flagship of Poland’s economy. Ewa Kopacz, the Polish prime minister The train will have the capacity to carry There would be an immediate negative and head of the political party called Civic 42 units and offer A–B transit for both impact upon the economy should the Platform, has also taken on the matter Taulov and Copenhagen. The shuttle will trucking industry be suffer. and intervened. The country’s TV chan be able to handle all types of intermodal nel TVN24 reported that Kopacz phoned units, including 45 ft containers, 13.6 m International skirmishes her German counterpart, Angela Merkel, megatrailers, reefer units as well as tank Given this backdrop, Polish road hauliers and questioned the measure. Later, at a and bulk containers. have lodged a complaint with the Euro press conference in Warsaw, Kopacz sta According to Johan Logtenberg, mana pean commissioner for the internal mar ted that «I’ll always defend Polish compa ging director of SVDM, «the blocktrain ket, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs. nies.» Backup came from Maria Wasiak, will provide the fastest and most frequent The commission is headed by Poland’s the Polish minister for infrastructure, who links between the Ruhr Basis and Den Elzbieta Bienkowska. After the EU made emphasised that «our goal is to ensure that mark.» Logtenberg further underlined the inquiries the German federal minister of German domestic regulations don’t have service’s positive environmental impact labour, Andrea Nahles, initially reacted by a negative impact on our economy.» and the fact that the market will benefit suspending the new wage regulation in the Germany has apparently been granted financially from higher payloads as well as freight haulage sector until the matter can additional time to decide whether its the avoiding of German road tolls. be clarified. minimum wage regulation for German After an initial test phase Samskip Van However, Germany’s national govern roads is compatible with EU law. The Dieren Multimodal expects to be able to ment will have to prepare itself for long EU’s first deadline for an answer expired increase the frequency of its new shuttle and difficult discussions. Jan Buczek, on 18 February. Word from Brussels has service to six departures a week in the head of Poland’s association of inter it that Germany now has 40 more days to near future. cd national road hauliers ZMPD, explained present its position. Sebastian Becker International Transport Journal 09-10 2015 Miscellaneous 33
From Malaysia and China to Qatar – just in time Wabco and Tata in India A historic world championship
France has now won most men’s handball world championships, having beaten the host Qatar in the latest final. Some halls remained rather empty – but not because of the logistics. o bc : Wa The 24th handball world championship to the VIP area on time from China and Pho took place in Qatar from 15 January to Malaysia – despite full aeroplanes around Twelve tractors are set to fight for the T1 Prima 1 February tthhiiss year. France’s ffiifftthh Christmas. InIn China the compa- Truck crown – with Wabco on board every truck. world ttiittllee wwaass lleessss ooff a susurrpprriissee ny ororgaganised the transport than ththee fafacctt that ththee hohosstt from Be ijing aiairrppoorrtt,, in On 15 March the Indian commercial ve- federation mmaadede iitt all Ma Mallaayyssiaia it wawass inin charge hicle manufacturer Tata Motors is staging the wa wayy to tthhee ffiinnaall.. right from ththee gagatteess ofof a T1 Prima Truck championship race at The big crowds were the factctor ory in KuKuaallaa the Greater Noida race track, about 50 km nevertheless missing Lumpur. Christian east of New Delhi. Formula 1’s Indian fromthetournament. Goedden, Lo gwin’s Grand Prix took place on the same track An average of 3,478 national sasalleess manamana-- from 2011 to 2013. Wabco, a corporation fans watched each of ger in MaMallaayyssiiaa,, exex-- that specialises in spare parts for commer- the 88 matches – but plained that «3«300 t is cial vehicles, will again be the brakes part- the new hall inin Lusail, an eennoorrmmoouuss volume, ner for the six teams, as was the case for for example ((ppiiccturtureedd so wewe split the equip- the first edition last year. P. Kaniappan, right)t),, co uld have w weellccoommee ment upup into eieigghhtt coconnssiiggnn-- the vice-president of Wabco India, which 15,300 spectators. ments, whwhiicchh mamadede ththee boobooking has already worked with Tata for five de- The logistics enterprise Logwin deli- of cargo holds as well as onward transport cades, said that the firm is «very proud of vered the seats and about 100 tables for from Doha easier.» its role in the event.» ah
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Of networkers and impostors
«Nothing is quite as interesting for people as people.»» Günter Prinz (*1929), German journalist
Networking – it is one of those words we both in their professional and private lives. conducting research,I was delighted have come to take for granted as a fixture Every meeting, any kind of interpersonal re- for the opportunity to make a segue of a daily European routine and its profes- lationship needs its tag – perhaps for fear of and mentioned that I too had spent sional, social and economic life. And we excessive spontaneity. several years there as a correspondent also take for granted that the Americans What are the rules for a networking for a German daily newspaper. Her reply can somehow do it better than we can. event? Name tags are very important. They – «anyone can say that» – flabbergasted After ten years living in America with are worn on the right lapel so that power me at the time. Today I know that the a US passport I appreciate the pragmatic networkers in a hurry can determine in woman – her lamentable manners aside – and straightforward way that Americans a single glance at the chest of a person was simply giving voice to an issue well maintain their professional contacts.I whether this is a professional of importance, known to seasoned networkers: that have learned that a bit of tooting your worthy of note or otherwise of some eco- blowing smoke is frequently the collateral own horn can be helpful, as long as you nomic benefit. If none of these criteria apply, damage of such organised interaction. keep it genuine; and that the pained, self- the observer can immediately move on and Even without such outgrowths, it effacing modesty that some Europeans devote his attention to other potentially far seems to me that American networking – Germans in particular – constantly more promising candidates. culture comes up short in at least one re- demonstrate usually just comes across as Practiced networkers like to move from spect: chance – a factor that often results uptight over here. group to group, pass out their business in some of the most stimulating acquaint- Nevertheless, after ten years in the cards – even to people with whom they have ances, without any ulterior motive of de- land of the professional networker I am not spoken a single word – and then rattle riving any benefit. And chance can result overcome by the sneaking suspicion that off a brief speech listing their services, suc- in connections which, once forged, can maintaining networks American-style is cesses, projects and personal connections. at some point in the future – even years not as effective as it is cracked up to be. Such aggressive self-promotion blurs the line later – bear fruit. A networking event in the USA is almost between actual and embellished – or even A recent study came to the conclusion always billed as such, an affair with a invented – success stories. that participants in organised networking clear goal – and a clear time window. It Back when I still believed that committed events often felt uncomfortable because starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 8 p.m. Unfor- networking held out the promise of inter- they believed that they constantly had to tunately it is often held in a windowless esting encounters – a time long past –I promote themselves beyond reasonable conference room. At the cash bar there had a conversation at an event with an measure. The study was not conducted in is wine and beer served in plastic cups American professor. When she told me that Europe, by the way, but at Harvard Uni- at inflated prices. Americans love labels, she had spent a long time living in Brussels versity in the USA. Katja Ridderbusch
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