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PUBLISHERS Jason Chinnock [email protected] JANUARY 2017 issue Andrew Hucker-Brown [email protected] EDITORIAL featuring... Louise Dodds-Ely Editor [email protected] Jay Venter Deputy Editor [email protected] TRADE & COMMODITIES Samantha Smith Directories [email protected] Contrasting patterns in grain and soya trade 2 Stephanie Hodgkins Office Manager Conuma Coal re-opens another coal mine 3 [email protected] DRY BULK TRADE GROWTH REGAINING MOMENTUM 5 SALES Matthew Currin Senior Sales [email protected] Executive SHIPPING & TRANSPORT Gregg Franz Advertisement Sales [email protected] Executive Traffic boost for Mozambique’s Northern Corridor 13 Upgrade of Soo Locks would boost economy, says federal report 14 CORRESPONDENTS Brazil Patrick Knight We must future-proof industry, says InterManager 15 India Kunal Bose A BULK CARRIER MARKET REVIVAL BEGINNING?19 Asia David Hayes Europe Barry Cross Malaysia Wira Sulaiman PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS Philippines Fred Pundol South Africa Iain McIntosh Trois-Rivières opens modernized terminal ahead of schedule 22 UK Maria Cappuccio Transshipments at the Port of Gdansk exceed 2015’s record 25 UK Michael King UTCH RECKONING ETHERLANDS PORTS OFFSET COAL LOSSES UK Richard Scott A D ? N 27 USA Colby Haines USA Walter Mitchell ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE Business Publishing International SEA-Invest places order for a SAMSON Eco Hopper 49 Corporate Park, 11 Sinembe Crescent Eriez Europe continues to expand despite Brexit uncertainty 52 La Lucia Ridge, South Africa, 4051 Tel: +27 31 583 4360 FLSmidth wins order for complete cement plant in Pakistan 54 Fax: +27 31 566 4502 THE CHALLENGES OF HANDLING CEMENT AND CLINKER 67 Email: [email protected] CSUS EXTEND THEIR REACH 65 Twitter: twitter.com/drycargomag HEAD OFFICE REGIONAL REPORT Trade Publishing International Limited Clover House, 24 Drury Road, GERMAN DRY CARGO IN FOCUS: PORTS, MANUFACTURERS AND MORE 87 Colchester, Essex CO2 7UX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1206 562560 Fax: +44 (0)1206 562566 Email: [email protected] Website: www.dc-int.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES Twitter: twitter.com/drycargomag 1 year 2 years 3 years

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i BULK CARRIER TRADE & FLEET OUTLOOK by Richard Scott,Bulk Shipping Analysis, Tel: +44(0)127722 5784;Fax: +44(0)1277225784;e-mail: [email protected] Contrasting patterns ingrain andsoya trade G the USA. contrasting slightpickupelsewhere probably occur will in economy isexpected to decelerate further, whilemostof the improvement to 3.3%(basedonOECD figures). China’s 3.1% rise. andforecasts for 2017suggestjustalimited year isestimated to have beenbelow theprevious year’s limited supportfor trade. Average world GDPgrowth last be seenover theyear ahead. increased slowly in2016.Acontinuation of thistrend may trade globalseabornedrybulk apparentlyprominent, countries, Japan,European Unionmembers asagroup, and movements issimilar. Amongthemainiron ore importing annual changesinimportcargo volumes. Assessing iron ore hasthegreatestChina, whichusually potential for large other commodity sectors attention immediately focuses on increase inworld iron ore trade foreseeable in2017?In After regaining growth momentumlastyear, isanother large I beans into Chinaare forecast to grow by 3%,to 86mt. the firsttime, reaching a4%increase. 202mt, Importsof The total isexpected to exceed thesymbolic 200mtlevel for upwards trend inmarketing year 2016/17endingSeptember. soyabeans and meal movements are likelyto maintainan According to USDept of Agriculture estimates, global domestic corn stocks. set to continue falling amidattempts to reduce excessive the mainreason. Inparticular, China’sgrain importsseem Council calculations, lower region importsinto theAsian are shown by table1, asummaryof recent International Grains 2% declineto tonnes) indicated. 338mt(million isstill As brightened, compared withearlier expectations, butasmall grains) inthecurrent 2016/17crop year endingJunehave Prospects for grain trade pluscorn (wheat, andother coarse C O ORE RON RAIN tes8. 319. 759. 99.4 74.4 23.1 53.4 337.6 96.0 75.7 87.3 22.1 54.8 343.7 87.5 67.1 21.9 95.1 56.7 322.2 94.0 65.3 23.4 310.3 89.0 54.0 83.1 56.3 270.7 24.3 73.6 48.4 84.6 59.0 271.0 23.0 46.0 58.6 58.4 source: International Grains Council, 24November 2016*forecast July/Junecrop years World total Others Africa Middle East Japan Asia (excluding Japan) oss02010100000.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 +1.1 5.0 93.5 5.2 -0.1 0.0 +1.5 6.6 92.5 4.2 0.0 0.1 +1.3 5.4 91.2 6.7 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 90.0 6.3 8.3 -0.6 0.2 +1.6 90.6 10.4 5.3 -0.9 +4.6 89.2 10.3 source: data) &BulkShipping Clarksons(historical Analysis 2016forecast *forecast % changefrom previous year-end World at fleet endof year Plus/minus adjustments Losses Scrapping (sales) Newbuilding deliveries TABLE 1:GLOBAL WHEAT &COARSE GRAINSIMPORTS (MILLIONTONNES) TABLE 2:HANDYSIZE 10–39,999DWT BULKCARRIERFLEET (MILLIONDEADWEIGHT TONNES) The subduedpace of economic activityisproviding only A different pattern isoccurring inthesoya trade segment. months. Althoughadverse influences remained signs of reviving growth duringthepasttwelve ommodity movements around theworld showed 011 021 031 041 051*2016/17* 2015/16* 2014/15 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 0121 0321 052016* 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 M year ahead. forecasts suggest that thisrevival could bemaintainedinthe year are estimated to have risenby over Some one-fifth. 2015 to 204mt(includinglignite), China’scoal purchases last preceding rapid reduction. Following another large declinein greatly restrained by anupturn inChina’simports, after the based onpreliminary figures. Butthedownwards trend was subjective. Lastyear saw another decrease inthetotal, policies, whichinturnreflect politicaldecisions. largely determined by national government andinternational instrumental inshapingtrade flows, andtheseinfluences are Environmental influences have become muchmore consumption, inter-fuel competition andrelative prices. on commercial factors suchaseconomic activity, energy Changes inglobalcoal trade are nolongermainlydependent highly tentative calculations. 2017 thispattern of slow growth basedon could persist, last year, butscrapping alsodeclinedasshown by table2.In the two previous years. Newbuilding deliveries were lower carriersevidentlybulk grew at asimilarrate to that seenin During 2016theworld of Handysize fleet (10–40,000dwt) B and may remain fairly stable. similar volume to that seeninthepreceding twelve months, phosphates appear to have exceeded 150mtlastyear, a seaborne movements of urea, sulphur, potash and comprising raw materials andsemi-finished products. World A sizeable trade partof minorbulk consists of fertilizers, C may volumes seeflat orlimited growth. substitution of domesticsuppliesoccurs. Otherkey buyers Chinese buyers may againraise theirpurchases, asfurther over tonnes. 1billion Duringthenext twelve months dominant importer, sharplyincreased its2016quantityto volumes inthepasttwelve months.Bycontrast China,the South Korea appear to have experienced ordecreasing flat OAL L ARE FLEET CARRIER ULK NRBULKS INOR Forecasting globalcoal trade consequently isnow more NEWS Adani acquires Abbot Point Bulkcoal

In Australia, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), which is a subsidiary of its Indian parent company, TRADE & COMMODITIES has signed an accord to purchase Abbot Point Bulkcoal (APB), which operates Abbot Point Coal Terminal, in the state of Queensland. As part of the deal, Abbot Point Operations (APO) will acquire 100% of the equity in APB. This is currently held by Glencore Coal Queensland. However, the deal can only go ahead if certain approvals are forthcoming. The Port of Abbot Point currently features just a single coal terminal: Adani Abbot Point Terminal. This handles Abbot Point Coal Terminal. around 50mt (million tonnes) of coal annually, either as firm take or pay contract. The Adani Group acquired APB on 1 June 2011 on a 99-year lease from the government of Queensland. A release by the company noted, “The acquisition of APB gives APSEZ an access to operate 50mt per annum capacity in a developed economy on a cost plus basis with no capital investment. APO would operate as a stand-alone entity from AAPT and Adani Mining.” Barry Cross Conuma Coal re-opens another coal mine

On 2 January this year, Conuma Coal Resources restarted jobs created when Conuma Coal reopened Brule Mine in the Wolverine Mine near Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia, September [2016]. The restart of these two mines is a Canada. significant boost to the economy in the Peace Region.” Energy and Mines Minster Bill Bennet made the official The Wolverine Mine, located approximately 15 kilometres announcement. “Restarting the Wolverine Mine is west of Tumbler Ridge, was purchased earlier in 2016 from tremendous news for families living in and around Tumbler Walter Canada, along with the nearby Brule and Willow Ridge,” said Bennett. “ This mine will create approximately Creek coal mines, by Conuma Coal. 220 new good-paying jobs in the region on top of the 170 The hiring process for Wolverine has already started. Conuma Coal plans to have the mine fully staffed and operating at full production levels by 1 April this year. The company estimates it will produce 1.5 million tonnes of metallurgical coal annually from the Wolverine Mine. Ministry of Energy and Mines staff are also reviewing Conuma Coal’s proposal to possibly restart production at the Willow Creek Mine in July 2017. Timing for the restart of the Willow Creek Mine is dependent upon Conuma Coal’s ability to complete the necessary work to satisfy all JANUARY 2017 its permit requirements, as well as its Conuma Coal reopened Brule internal planning work and decisions to Mine in September 2016. proceed with the future operations expansion. DCi

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4 JANUARY 2017 i TRADE & COMMODITIES NEWS ETRTIMES BETTER FOR UP GEARING ARE PRODUCERS MATERIALS NIAO THATINDICATOR AN IS EQUIPMENT MINING investments aspossible, minersboostedproduction andworked to buildup. were slashedduringtheslump, afundamental imbalancestarted As capital expenditures, andwiththeminvestments inmachinery, In facttheminerswere facedwithlittlechoicebutto ‘gear up’. On borrowed time back. positive territory, slowly theirappetite for investments iscoming beasts thanthey were five years ago. With cashflow backin bought inthegood times. As such, they are different now very cutting costsandinvestments, and ridding themselves ofassets undergone seriousrestructuring: reducing debtandleverage, equipment to Australia are onlevels lastseeninthelate1990s. well asacross thesupply chain. Current shipmentsofmining impact wasimmediately felt bothby equipmentmanufacturers as slamming thebrakes onthe Australian miningindustry. The economy, thegrowth inthedemandfor raw materialsdropped, and evolution from aninvestment-led toaconsumption-led infrastructure development andurbanization. needed todrive its ‘manufacturing miracle’, relentless driven largely by China’s insatiabledesire for theraw materials 2014. More than20years ofgrowth was intheminingindustry mining alonerose from 15,000to60,000between 2001and regions more thanmost. The number ofpeopleemployed incoal The globalcommodityboombenefited Australia’s resource-rich From boomtobust pick up. that couldbeaboutto Australian demandfor miningmachinery equipment deliveries during2016show increases thatsuggest absolute levels remain significant. ofimports And dataon exports, andalthoughitsgrowth islower thanbefore, the increase capital expenditures going forward. austerity appears tobeathingofthepastasminerslook prices have torecover, started andtheeraofcapital investment fundamentals appear toshow theworst isover. Commodity Logistics Wallenius Wilhelmsen Marjamaa, Vice President, HeadofGlobalMarket Intelligence, their businesses, to fundamentally rethink forcing miningcompanies economy, intheprocess strain onthe Australian 2000s placedasignificant ofthe the betterpart commodity markets for followed theboomin The spectacularbustthat A I Building momentum: optimisticaboutfutureaftertoughtimes Australian exporters CESDDMN FOR DEMAND NCREASED USTRALIA As they looked togetasmuch return ontheir existing However, there isreason tobeoptimistic. Mineowners have But asChina’s economicgrowth beganitsoverdue slowdown China continues tobethemainbuyer of Australian resource meagreAfter somevery years for commodityproducers, the ’ SRAW writes Ari writes . this valuablesupply chain. investmentwill meanfurther isneededonthe ground tosupport future for acontinued high level strategy ofcommodityexports fundamentals suggestwe are abouttoturnacorner. The nation’s Australian miningequipmentdemand mightseemoutlandish, the age andwear. replace machinesdeemedunfitfor continued operationsdueto than 10,000trucksand2,000excavators/loaders are neededto on 2015, Parker Bay statesthatover thenextfive years, more smaller machines. over thesecondquarter, growth withparticular inshipmentsof equipment deliveries of2016increased inthethird 13% quarter SurfaceMiningEquipment Indexwhichshows that quarterly The finalpieceofevidence isfrom theParker Bay Company’s inagreementExperts come. increasingly pickingupthebatonafterChinainyears to will becomeaneven biggerplayer intheworld metalmarkets, countries willalsodrive demand. industrializes,As Indiafurther it — willgo into reverse. investment ininfrastructure —andtherefore demandfor metals cities over thecoming decade, there’s noreason tothinkChina’s tens ifnothundreds ofmillionsmore are expectedtomove into China stillmakingupthebulkofthisdemand. growth indemandfor iron ore ofaround 2%until2030, with time tocome. MiningbehemothRio Tinto foresees annual global from Chinawillcontinue togrow inabsoluteterms for along growth hasslowed, theeconomy anddemandfor raw materials that itsdemandfor raw materialsiswaning. While it’s truethat A commonmisconceptionwhendiscussingChina’s economy is More tocomefrom theChineseeconomy replacement activitywillhave toincrease. to give. The existing equipment cannotbeusedforever, and yet happening atasustainablelevel. At somepointsomethinghas level ofshipments, itisquiteclearthatthisreplacement isnot that atsomepointhave tobereplaced andatthecurrent low today’s record-high levels. This production consumesmachines Australian resource production pointtocontinued growth from So, whileatfirstglance thethoughtofarecovery inthe Although itestimatesthattotal2016shipmentswillbedown Australiaisnot100%reliant onChina. Other Of course, With apopulationofmore than1.3billionpeople, ofwhom increased. operated in Australia has lifespan ofmachines Similarly, theaverage by asmuch as20%. ways toreduce idletime some minershave found before. ever harder andlongerthan loaders, runningthem life ofexcavators and extended theoperational focus onefficiencies production levels up. A assets harder tobring Forecasts for It’s beensaidthat i

TRADE & COMMODITIES JANUARY 2017 5 DC world’s number one world’s India has overtaken India steam coal importer. steam coal importer. China to become the to become China

Richard Scott, Bulk Shipping Analysis Bulk Shipping Scott, Richard The better global dry largely last year bulk trade performance Currently there is no clear evidence pointing to a return to pointing to a return is no clear evidence there Currently Until 2015, dry bulk trade expansion was robust over a dry over bulk trade expansion was robust Until 2015, the earlier robust upwards trend. Key influences enabling rapid Key trend. upwards the earlier robust to be repeated, and seem unlikely receded trade advances have of large sources New future. at least in the foreseeable outlook is the Consequently still awaited. are volumes additional positive. moderately only number of years. Three years in which strong 5–6% annual in which strong years Three of years. number a deceleration to 4% in by followed were occurred increases months the next twelve in meaningful growth Lack of any 2014. a very negative and was therefore foreseen was not widely prospects. of longer-term leading to a reassessment surprise, growth

momentum trade trade Dry bulk Dry regaining Last year’s dry bulk trade advance was relatively slow, based slow, dry bulk trade advance was relatively Last year’s Prospects for global dry bulk trade’s growth are still a cause of are growth global dry for bulk trade’s Prospects encouraging signs more some slightly were But there anxiety. almost after seaborne commodity movements during 2016, An unexpectedly months. twelve in the previous ceased growing mineral imports contributed China’s by performance robust greatly. historical with the recent compared figures, on provisional the pick up Nevertheless, rate of expansion. annual average demonstrated that potential for collapse the 2015 growth from Too eliminated. changes has not been entirely sizeable positive despite unrealistic, prove may pessimism about the trend much influences. clear indications of restraining Technology that makes the world go around

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TRADE & COMMODITIES JANUARY 2017 7 DC Japan’s steel demand was forecast to remain about flat in about to remain steel demand was forecast Japan’s The WSA expected demand for steel in 2016 as a whole to WSA expected demand for The Attention is focused on China because this economy has such on China because this economy Attention is focused materials — In most of the main countries importing raw In Japan, economic growth seems to have settled into a seems to have economic growth In Japan, TEEL INDUSTRY TRENDS 2016, decreasing by a minimal amount of less than half of one by decreasing 2016, a distinct stabilization after although that represented percent, prove marginally higher within the EU, growing by just under 1% just under by growing higher within the EU, marginally prove marginal Similarly, months. twelve with the previous compared negative But elsewhere Korea. was estimated for 1% growth prominent. changes were an enormous impact on global dry bulk trade. A sustained an enormous impact on global dry bulk trade. of result and is an intentional is in line with predictions, slowing from Shifting the balance away policy aims. Chinese government is consumer spending, towards spending and exports, investment 6% annual to approach expected to cause further slackening measures stimulus policy additional But last year GDP growth. decelerating too sharply. growth to prevent introduced were — steel Korea and South Japan Union, the European China, conditions in market experienced weak demand and production minimal Further or only decreases months. the past twelve highlighted in the were These developments was seen. growth steel estimates of annual recent Association’s Steel World parallel with exactly not always which are demand changes, variations. actual production pattern of annual increases of not more than 1%. Although the than 1%. of not more increases pattern of annual some time to raise for attempting has been actively government both fiscal and monetarythis sluggish pace with changes, policy been modest, so far have effects by affected are volumes steel and production Demand for Changes activity. patterns of spending contributing to economic materials determine raw in turn, in steel production, iron for mainly consumption and also influence import demand, supplies. in countries depending on foreign and coking coal, ore of global seaborne dryA large proportion bulk trade is comprised of these commodities. political problems are prominent. Domestic demand — Domestic demand prominent. are political problems high by spending — is being restrained consumer and business in some countries. levels and high debt unemployment S 2012 2013 2014 2015* 2016* 2017* 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* TABLE 2: WORLD SEABORNE DRY BULK COMMODITY TRADE (MILLION TONNES) TRADE (MILLION BULK COMMODITY SEABORNE DRY WORLD 2: TABLE TABLE 1: GDP GROWTH IN KEY ECONOMIES (% CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR) PREVIOUS FROM CHANGE (% ECONOMIES IN KEY GROWTH GDP 1: TABLE Recently published estimates by the OECD organization, the OECD published estimates by Recently the USA Only in 2017? will these economies perform How remains economy to OECD economists the world According 2% in below well to remain is forecast GDP growth Europe’s ORLD ECONOMY BACKGROUND source: OECD Economic Outlook, 28 November 2016 * forecast # mainly USA, Europe, Japan and Korea Europe, # mainly USA, * forecast 2016 28 November OECD Economic Outlook, source: EurozoneJapanOECD area#China -0.8 1.3 1.7 -0.3 7.7 1.2 1.6 1.2 7.7 1.9 0.0 1.5 7.3 2.1 0.6 1.7 6.9 1.7 0.8 1.6 6.7 2.0 1.0 6.4 USA 2.2 1.5 2.4 2.6 1.5 2.3 source: Bulk Shipping Analysis, December 2016 *estimate Analysis, Bulk Shipping source: Other dry bulk commodities 1,630 dry bulk tradeTotal year previous from % growth 6.5 1,670 4,035 4,247 1,760 5.3 4,524 1,780 6.5 4,710 1,810 4.1 4,734 1,820 0.5 4,797 1.3 Iron oreIron CoalGrain (including soyabeans) 343 1,048 361 1,014 1,105 390 1,111 1,183 428 1,191 1,330 452 1,172 1,355 1,117 462 1,415 1,100 During the past couple of years the world economy has under- economy the world of years During the past couple this by affected countries Industrial activity in many performed. in turn, or stagnation which, growth pattern experienced weak A of dry a number had implications for bulk commodity trades. and was especially in China continued growth of slowing trend USA, while among the advanced countries — mainly significant, — economic progress and Korea Japan Union, European subdued. remained and of goods a measure (GDP), domestic product gross showing These calculations 1. summarized in table are services output, the below 2016 slightly rate for GDP growth put the world of group In the OECD area at 2.9%. figure, year’s previous below well 1.7% is estimated, lower advanced countries a much fast expansion is still relatively China’s the 2015 increase. to an estimated 6.7% last year. slowing, the OECD to by among the advanced countries is expected GDP raising this group’s a noticeable acceleration, achieve rate to strengthen growth to 2% and assisting the world increase in Further slackening point to 3.3%. almost a half percentage by on restraint acting as a prolonged China to 6.4% is predicted, global progress. means of escape with no obvious trap’ growth ‘low stuck in a support. more changed to provide unless economic policies are weak spending is highlighted: in investment The slowdown public spending on weakening and investment business capital impact on a direct have These trends projects. investment imported to use of related dryindustries and activities closely bulk commodities. loose monetary support despite the added from policy 2017, Both economic and rates. interest low and accompanying W reflected two changes. First, iron ore trade grew more strongly, more trade grew ore iron First, changes. two reflected coal trade Second, huge rise in imports. of China’s as a result a benefiting from reduction, smaller a much saw apparently import rapidly demand which increased bounce-back in China’s large decline. year’s after the previous DC

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i TRADE & COMMODITIES buyers. countries orgroups are ofsimilarsignificanceascokingcoal are asizeablecomponent,Chinese imports several other smaller, around one-fifth oftheiron ore quantity. Although China. Another contrastisthatthetotalworld volume ismuch are prominent.uncertainties evenboosting imports ifsteelproduction weakens. But other countriesmay beneeded. This substitutioncouldcontinue outputcuts,further additional suppliesfrom Australia, Braziland of whichproduce relatively low-quality material, implement international prices. Ifhigh-costChinesedomesticmines, many rises,has ledtopredictions offurther despiterecovering reaching about1,020mt, a7%increase. This largeextravolume have exceededthesymbolic1billiontonnesmark, possibly accelerating greatly inthepasttwelve months. small riselastyear. Iron growth ore imports continued, change occurred whensteelproduction declined, followed by a used (amidareducing proportion ofdomesticore). In2015a steel production andanenlargingproportion offoreign iron ore two years ago theupwards trend wasdriven by bothexpanding ore tradetotalaftervastexpansioninthepastdecade. Until usage, are likely toprove limited. advantages for steeldemandandproduction, andraw materials modestly improved economicperformance may beseenbut imports. Inothercountries—Japan, Korea, EUmembers—a concentrated iniron ore movements, andmostly inChina’s However, thepotential for growth seemstobemainly materials duringthetwelve monthsaheadseempositive. 2% lower ataround 290mt. shown by table2. Conversely, cokingcoaltrademay have been calculations, reaching more than1,400mt(million tonnes), as ore tradeapparently wasover 4%higher, basedontentative bulkcommoditytrade.of allglobalseabornedry Lastyear iron Iron ore andcokingcoalmovements compriseaboutone-third T decrease, of2%, whileinKorea a3%reduction isenvisaged. experience another contrast, Chinamay in Europe. By similar 1.4%growth accompanied by in steeldemand, limited 1.4%increase Japan couldseea likely toevolve. a mixed picture is 2017 suggestedthat previously. 5% fallseen reduced from the foreseen, sharply 1% decrease was months. InChinaa previous twelve decline seeninthe the severe 7% AEI TE A MATERIALS RAW STEEL IN RADE Based onprovisional calculations, Japan, IndiaandChina Global cokingcoaltrade, unlike iron ore, isnotdominatedby The 2016Chinairon volume ore isestimatedto imports China’s compriseover imports two-thirds oftheglobaliron demandprospects rawGlobal import for steelindustry Indications for which benefited from nuclear closures. begun, implying somenegative demand, effects oncoal import gradually allowing thesepower stationstooperateagain has severe power plantdisasterafew years ago. Butaprocess of requirements inJapan, suspended sincea hasbeenvirtually sector, whichpreviously provided almostone-third ofelectricity because nuclear generating is difficulttopredict. The nuclear largest. aboutfutureThere volumes, isuncertainty mainly where there isdomesticmaterialavailable. suppliesofcoalisoftenenvisaged,reliance onimported even boosting coal-fired generationcapacity are advancing. Growing satisfied by coal-fired power plants. Constructionprogrammes indicate thatrapidly risingelectricitydemandislikely tobe consumption andtrade. Insomecountries, longtermplans compelling economicadvantagesofcoalare likely topersist. universal, however. Inothercountries, mostly in Asia, the sources,energy orboth, iswell underway. This patternisnot and withinEurope, switching towards cleanerfuelsorrenewable demand.import countries, Inmany importing especially China at leastheavily curtail, coalburningishaving amajorimpacton become aprominent determiningfactor. Pressure tocease, or European UnionandIndia. in thepasttwelve months, lower volumes are estimatedinthe in 2016, toaround 810mt. Although China’s rebounded imports seaborne steamcoaltradeappears tohave decreased by 1–2% butsmallerdeclinelastyear.and anestimatedfurther World unfolded over thepastthree years, includingasharp fallin2015 S cement producers andotherindustrialusersare alsoprominent. principal importers, inmany countries, are power stationsbut global coaltrade, withover ofthetotal. three-quarters The of Seaborne steam(orthermal)coalcomprisesthelargestpart ensuring greater dependenceonexternalsupplies. quality available isgenerally inferior andquantityisinadequate, Although Indiahaslargedomesticcoalresources, cokingcoal could assist, boostedby therobustly performing economy. currently limited. An upwards trend inIndia’s steelproduction EMCA TRADE COAL TEAM Among majorsteamcoalimporters, Japan isoneofthe Several factorsare providing for steamcoal sustainedsupport Environmental influencesoncoalconsumptionandtradehave Following anextendedupwards trend, aweakening phasehas during 2016are coal movements growth incoking products. steel imported competition from demand andtougher by weak domestic production caused result oflower steel to have fallen, asa foreign originsseem purchases from Meanwhile theEU’s production volumes. increased steel maintained or amid year, last coal imports increased coking Signs pointingto i

TRADE & COMMODITIES JANUARY 2017 9 DC A MAJOR ELEMENT : A sizeable proportion of the world total is comprised of of the world A sizeable proportion Key influences on individual minor bulk commodity trades influences on Key Based on highly tentative calculations, last year’s world last year’s calculations, tentative Based on highly Looking ahead to the crop year 2017/18 first half, beginning 2017/18 first half, year crop Looking ahead to the the most prominent are products and forest Steel products During the present year, a slower 3% rise in China’s 3% a slower year, the present During INOR BULKS TRADE OTENTIAL FOR FUTURE GROWTH China’s minor bulk commodity imports. These apparently minor bulk commodity imports. China’s at a similar remained have 270mt in 2015 and may totalled over and products forest The largest elements are last year. level economic activity and industrial output Slowing bauxite/alumina. importsin China had implications for of of a number commodities in this group. vary widely, and some are specific to one or more movements. specific to one or more and some are vary widely, economic activity in or slowing But a common factor is slow construction and affecting importingmany countries, been restricting to have This pattern appears manufacturing. industrial minor bulk global Import numerous demand for commodities. seaborne trade growth in the entire minor bulks group may have may minor bulks group entire in the seaborne trade growth as the total to 1,820mt, raising 1%, been marginal at around Further occur in 2017, expansion could in table 2. shown pointing to is an absence of clear signs there although at present performance. growth a stronger P dry modest pick up in global seaborne bulk trade, Last year’s months, twelve in the previous almost disappeared after growth in the expansion more confidence in predicting partly restores still visible, which are influences, Some of the negative future. have as earlier signs may quite as unfavourable not prove may to justify expectations of a is little evidence there Yet suggested. only Currently, expansion rates. higher overall to greatly return to resume. seems likely trend upwards a restrained mid 2017, prospects for grain and soya trade are very hazy. trade are grain and soya for prospects mid 2017, of changing as predictions guesses, largely are currently Forecasts patterns and their effects weather unpredictable and inherently and import yet not demand are production on grain and soya of mid-2017 is available picture accurate When a more plausible. domestic harvests in northern grain importing hemisphere useful. become more calculations will countries, Other large ‘industrial’ sub-group. individual elements within the cement, and steel scrap, iron bauxite/alumina, components are ‘agricultural’ Among ores. and other plus nickel petcoke salt, phosphate oilseed meals, rice, sugar, minor bulk commodities are fertilizer materials and semi-processed other fertilizer raw rock, products. soyabeans imports is envisaged by USDA analysts, resulting in an in resulting analysts, USDA imports by is envisaged soyabeans supplies on foreign dependence country’s The 86mt total. by production soyabeans domestic low relatively reflects consumption increasing coupled with strongly Chinese farmers, of livestock ingredient is a key Soyameal meal and oil. of soya and manufacturing in food is used extensively while soyaoil feed, domestic cooking. M including trade in many The minor bulks sector is extensive, not minor but very voluminous. some of which are commodities, this categoryConsequently in total amounts to huge quantities. to related range of commodities comprises cargoes The diverse also agricultural cargo and industrial and construction activity, to contribute is estimated this group Altogether movements. of global seaborne dry one-third bulk trade.over and elsewhere have also grown vigorously. grown also have and elsewhere India has overtaken China to become the world’s number the world’s become China to has overtaken India and years, two imports steam coal for steeply fell China’s Agricultural commodity trade statistics are usually compiled usually Agricultural commodity trade statistics are grains) In the grain (wheat plus corn and other coarse ending June 2016/17 year during the current By contrast, changing illustrate how currently envisaged Variations a to be maintaining sub-sector appears within the soya Trade during the trade uptrend the global soya A huge impetus for RADE IN CEREALS AND OILSEEDS one steam coal importer. During the past two years, however, years, past two During the importer. coal one steam suggest that Estimates weakened. have purchases foreign India’s the about 7% from by declined have total may in 2016 the Although a huge coal-fired 160mt. to around year, previous amid a strong is progressing, programme plant building power has been coal production domestic trend, usage power upwards to import coal. pressure reducing strongly, more evolving Instead, expected to occur in 2016. another decline was widely A sharply. rebounding shortages in the volume resulted and specific cleaner energysustained emphasis on sources a massive having and imports to curb coal use measures were coal production domestic months, in the past twelve impact but, strongly. causing imports to revive too drastically, was reduced raising being relaxed, now are Domestic output controls uncertainty import greater about future and much supplies, is evident. volumes Global seaborne trade in grain, soya, plus other oilseeds and soya, Global seaborne trade in grain, the by at least in the short term, influenced, meals is greatly variations, These weather impact of varying patterns. weather in importing both domestic crops affect unpredicted, typically import and also countries (with implications for volumes) Fluctuations in determine harvests in exporting countries. influential as well. are consumption trends or trade years. marketing labelled as crop, basis, ‘split year’ on a the the pattern of harvests around This technique reflects rather than as ‘batches’ at set times, occurs in Production world. period. any throughout process a continuous Grains Council the International calculated by figures segment, 2016 2015/16 ending June year that global trade in crop show Larger high total. a record 344mt, reaching 7%, by robustly grew countries were Asian and European imports of a number by notable, wheat and coarse grains trade is expected to be world 2017, according at 338mt, volume year’s the previous about 2% below Reduced imports likely into China are IGC estimates. to recent partly higher offset by change, to be the biggest negative shipments into Europe. in import or harvests patterns affecting result increases weather a reflect imports into China forecast The weaker decreases. A years. in the past few domestic grain crops sequence of good which the build up of stocks (particularly has occurred, corn) weather adverse In Europe, is aiming to reduce. government in resulting in the mid-2016 harvest, caused a large reduction importadditional requirements. ending in year Using a marketing trend. solid upwards and meal trade in 2015/16 global soyabeans September, based on US Department of 194mt, reaching 6%, expanded by a year 2016/17 marketing In the current data. Agriculture total to 202mt. raising the annual further is forecast, 4% increase expanding soyabeans rapidly from past decade has been derived which totalled 83mt in These imports, imports into China. and volume of the world two-fifths comprise over now 2015/16, Asian countries other by Purchases the dominant influence. are T DC 10 JANUARY 2017

i TRADE & COMMODITIES OMDT XOT ILBNFTGETYIN GREATLY BENEFIT WILL EXPORTS COMMODITY extra willbeavailable for export. A maizecrop of83.5mtis could beavailable thisyear, compared with95.5mtin2016. The in 2017, almost30mtmore thanlastyear’s crop. 102mtofsoya 2016/17 crop. A record grainscrop of215mtisnow hopedfor prices andbuoyant demand, farmershave plantedmore for the in2016thanwasthepreviousexported year. Attracted by high year for Brazilian soya andmaize, soabout5%lessgrainswere are notwashedintotheriver duringthecurrent rainy season. ensure thatresidues leftalongriver bankswhenthedamburst, Santo statetore-open aswell. have Efforts beenmadeto of thisyear. This would allow pelletizationplantsinEspirito waste afteradamcollapsed, may resume production by theend 2015 following theescape intotheRiver Doceof30mttoxic competitors. Vale’s low production costsgive itanedgeagainstmost common withtheworld’s othergiants, BHPand Anglo American, year thanexpected, disposalsmay further notbeneeded. In slow investments. Butwithrevenues $10billiongreater last Brazil, theworld outputofsteel continues togrow, ifslightly. bythe destinationofabouthalf400mtore exported Following new tostimulate theeconomy efforts ofChina, now about 60%lastyear, toend2016atclose$80atonne. mergers isexpected. tonnes), butonly 52mtwere madein2016, soawave of last year. hasthecapacity tomakeThe industry 100mt(million in Brazil, expectsthesituationtobeworse in2017thanitwas processing. Brazilianslabsfor further importing marketleading export for Brazil’s steel, withmany USmills Trump’s plansfor re-building USinfrastructure. The USisthe see arecovery onthedomesticmarket, andiseying president boost toBrazil’s thisyear aswell. pulpindustry for bothsoya andmaize. ofnew millswillgiveThe start-up a fall inthevalueofcountry’s currency. Brazilian goods have beenmademore competitive by thesharp commodities hasbeenontheriseinrecent months, while anaemic, economy, atatimewheneconomicgrowth athomeremains of thecommoditieswhichare ofkey toBrazil’s importance good yearIt isexpectedthat2017willbeavery for theexport W Brazil anticipatespositiveexports2017 T RCSADDMN NTERISE THE ON DEMAND AND PRICES ITH Adverse weather meantthat2015/16wasarelatively poor It ishopedthattheSamarco mine, closedsincetheendof Vale hadanticipatedbeingforced tosellmore assetsand After slippingbadly in2015, thepriceofiron ore rose by Only cement, hard hitby asharpdownturn inconstruction more expensive,With imports hopesto thesteelindustry Prospects are favourable particularly for iron ore, aswell as mudslide. It ishopedthatitwillre-open thisyear. The Samarco minedamcollapsecausedadevastating writes Patrick Knight Patrick writes . The world priceofmost , B RAZIL 2017 ’ S years ago. capacity itbought. The priceaveraged $100pertonneafew difficulty, Cofcopaid only $50–70for eachtonneofthecrushing capacity tocrush15mtofcane. With somany companies in company, whichhasboughtfour mills inSaoPaulostate, with One ofthelatestisChinese stateowned Cofcofood through badtimes, foreign investors are stillbeingattracted. gains adherents. Although Brazil’s hasbeen sugarindustry traditional caneaswell. More willbeheard ofthis crop, asit produced from eachhectare of cane’plantationthanof ‘energy is possiblewithnormalcane. Slightly more sugarcanalsobe ‘second-generation’ ethanol, from the extra leaves andtips, than Mills willalsobeabletomademore ofwhatisdescribedas the caneinmodernfurnacesthanwhentraditionalisused. which meansmuch more canbeobtainedfrom energy burning varieties containmuch more fibre thanthetraditionalones, the growing outputof cane’inBrazil.‘energy cane Energy Thailand andrisingprices. An interesting new development is the difficultiesfacedby itstwo leadingcompetitors, Indiaand sugar thisyear thanthe25mtofsugarshippedin2016, despite stagnated. only about1mtmore Brazil isexpectedtoexport sugar from the400mtofcanegrown inthecountry, outputhas switching emphasisfrom makingethanolfuel, tomakingmore investment inthepastfew years. Becauseofthat, anddespite companies have alsowithdrawn fundsfrom thecompany. Eldorado, whilethepensionfundsoftwo largestateowned finance for Brazil’s pulpindustry, hassuspendedcredit to Rousseff. The NationalDevelopment Bank, theleadingsource of helped causetheimpeachmentofBrazil’s lastpresident, Dilma become entangledinthe ‘car wash’corruption scandal, which the company’s parent, theworld’s leadingmeatproducer, JBS, has building asecondlineatitsmillinMatoGrosso statesoon. But lower costSouth American and Asian mills. expected tocloseinthenextfew years, leaving spacefor the But numerous high-costmillsinEurope andNorth America are is neededeachyear worldwide tomeettheincrease indemand. eventually add about3mttocapacity. About 1mtadditional pulp wayis part through anexpansionprogramme whichwill One concernisthatthemassive Asian PulpandPaper company from Brazillastyear, compared withonly 14%tenyears ago. pulp willbeexported. Chinabought37%ofthepulpexported from thepresent 17.4mtayear toalmost21mt. producer ofpulp, aftertheUnitedStates. Outputwillsoonrise the nextfew monthstobecometheworld’s second-largest Brazil isnow oncoursetoovertake bothCanadaandChinain fibre pulp, Fibria, upby theendofyear. isalsoduetostart 1.95mt millbeingbuiltby theworld’s largestproducer ofshort company isduetoreach fullcapacity inmid2017. A new come from Brazil. 110mtby 2022.will needtoimport Mostoftheextrawill maize aswell, about90mtofsoya andwhichimported lastyear, the mainmarket for theirsoya, andnow amajormarket for Argentina. about4mtofmaizelastyear,import from theUnitedStatesand poormaizecropvery obligedBrazil’s to massive feed industry expected thisyear, compared with66.5mtin2016. Lastyear’s Brazil’s hassuffered badly sugarindustry from alackof The largeEldoradocompany hadbeenexpectedtostart With only 10mtofpaper madeinBrazil, alltheextra virtually A new 1.1mtayear-capacity pulpmillbuiltby thegiantKlabin Brazil’s farmershave beenencouragedby news thatChina, DC i i JANUARY 2017 TRADE & COMMODITIES 11 DC Kunal Bose Kunal

While these are statements of facts that apply to other statements of facts that apply While these are The shared concern of WSA members as was amply evident amply WSA members as was concern of The shared regions and countries also such the European Union and India, and countries also such the European regions have that must testy) remarks made some testy (repeat Ferriola about the fact He made no bones infuriated China to no end. being so being filed and that they’re cases are “so many that blatant the to just how testimony are prosecuted successfully We taking action... about time we’re It’s cheating has become... need to be they them, When people break in place. laws have Steel managing Tata the law.” breaking held accountable for WSA economics who also headed TV Narendran, director in their speeches was China raising steel exports 2.4% to by the for the highest ever January85.1mt between and September, A peek into the kind of sneering that was part of Dubai period. to the media by interviews given could be had from proceedings For WSA meeting. some participants on the sidelines of the who was Ferriola Nucor chairman and CEO John example, comments 2016/17 made scathing WSA for of elected president to the in an interview with S&P Global Platts in reference outcome of the series of US trade action against steel positive it? seen benefits from we “Have He said: China. imports from cold rolled sheet cases — hot-band, The flat-rolled Certainly. seen a and we’ve been successful, and galvanized — have in those areas. in the importreduction of subsidized products up is coming rebar on plate; pursuing trade cases now And we’re there.” the same kind of results hope have again — we has got much to do with benchmark steel rebar prices on the prices to do with benchmark steel rebar much has got to in July the highest Exchange averaging Shanghai Futures quarter months of 2015. September of any three since the first

fair on steel? fair on Is China playing China Is Chinese steel ‘washing’ the Chinese steel ‘washing’ trade market skews global China, which alone had a share of 804mt (million tonnes) of which alone had a share China, Trade measures needed to provide Indian steelmakers with a level playing field Indian steelmakers to provide needed measures Trade Capacity much in excess of demand — even after accounting for in excess of demand — even much Capacity and rampant exports years steel use in the next few additional principal reasons the two — are of underpriced steel products a It was then metal industry. of the global ferrous the woes for and steel capacity excessive ‘no-brainer’ that the highly half the global steel which accounts for in China, production priced exportsoutput and its unfairly most of the times taking of receiving washing the markets of tidal waves the form deliberations at be at the top of the agenda for would countries, Steel World general meeting of the held annual the recently in this instance the If the plaintiffs, Association (WSA) in Dubai. expectedly importing steelmakers, countries hosting injured the possible words, their submissions with strongest peppered made might be its case, weak however China, defendant and building walls of protectionism attempts to raise the bogey of goods. movement against free 1.6bt (billion tonnes) in 2015, of nearly steel production world had to export — higher than Japan’s 111.6mt last year of 105.152mt — as domestic use at 672.3mt showed production China outside The world year. the previous a fall of 5.4% over heed to a growing in expecting that paying wrong was proved to rein its powers exercise Beijing would of protests, crescendo China’s WSA data show and exports this year. in production in the first nine months of 2016 was up 0.4% to steel production steel China’s Remarkably basis. 603.780mt on a year-on-year the in September advanced 3.9% to 68.2mt over production same month in 2015 and in October it was up 4% to 68.5mt on of this order to lift production The move basis. on year a year DC 12 JANUARY 2017

i TRADE & COMMODITIES roadmaps in theirimplementation. and participate ready toputinmoney inthebusinessesanddraw recovery fundinggetastrategicpartner in distress andinneedoffurther Nothing much hascomeout ofthesuggestionthatsteelgroups loansalsoremain engagedinrestructuring servicing loans. start banks asthey are puttingpressure onborrowing steel groups to come outofthedebttrap before long. Simultaneously, the isableto building onalargescalesothatthesteelindustry series ofinfrastructure related projects house andsupporting through itstradeactionsandraise steeldemandby launchinga The government tosecure bettersteelprices isdoingitspart sector oneofthelargestcontributorstonon-performing assets. owe more thanRs3lakhcrore tovariousbanksmakingthe Rs6,000 crore per1mtcapacity. operation. Buildingagreenfield steelmillwillcostaround brownfield capacity development andmodernizationofmillsin on asustainablebasistojustifyinvestments innew greenfield or This besides, thedomesticsteelmarket must stay ingood shape targeted capacity inlessthan15years willnotbemissedby any. resources, includingskilledmanpower neededtoachieve the now. The enormityofinvestment andmobilizationofallother course tobuildcapacity of300mtby 2030againstabout120mt for theIndiansteelindustry,important whichmust remain on backed by subsidiesofkindsmilitatingagainstfree tradeis production between 2000and2015fell from 102mtto79mt. developed Western countrieshasshrunk. For example, USsteel mergers andtakeovers have taken placeandproduction in in thetwo regions have disappeared from themap, many environment-damaging mills. A few iconicnamesintheindustry haveparticular over theyears scrapped many high-costand said. The fact, however, intheUSandEU remains theindustry when itcomestocapacity phasingoutintheirown lands,” Liu “spoke volumes criticizingChinabutthey hadlittletoshow In contrast, spokespersons industry from many othercountries “great toaddress efforts” theovercapacity issueintheindustry. rest oftheworld would notbuy, hadmade thathiscountry generalLiuZhenJiangclaimed,secretary which, however, the well-calibrated response, ChinaIron &Steel Association protests by countriessuffering becauseofsteelimports. Ina tariffs. steelthroughare transporting Vietnam toevade USimport has launchedaninvestigation intowhetherChinesesteelmakers large volumes. Inthemeantime, theUS commerce department countries affected by arrivals offoreign-origin subsidizedsteelin in mindwasbroader andmoretariffsby stringentimport by Chinaandsomeothercountries. What Mittalobviously had a “comprehensive tradesolution”tounrestrained steelexports company’s (July third quarter toSeptember)results spoke about financial officerof ArcelorMittal, saidwhileannouncingthe prepared todealwithany suchreactions. were inevitable. According toNarendran, is theIndianindustry anti-dumping dutyonseveral steelproducts, somereactions priceand Delhi tookaseriesofstepssuchasminimum import ofsteelby alongmarginlastyear.importer ButwhenNew dutyrateswere anet import negligiblethatmadethecountry because ofunfairtrade.” A year anda halfago, India’s steel thathasinvested,“industry you don’t wanttoseeitsuffer committee pointingtothelogicofIndiantradeactionsaid The globalrecovery insteelisarecent phenomenonlinked Because ofyears ofunprofitable working, steelcompanies Protection from imports, specially if theseare found tobe Don’t expectChinatobesilencedby therisingcrescendo of Mittal, Aditya Some weeks afterthe chief WSA meeting, alloy and non-alloy steelfrom China. ofwire roadsimposition ofanti-dumping dutyonimports of sees thelogicofSingh’s argumentasisevident from the recent provide Indiansteelmakers withalevel playing field.” New Delhi warrants, according toSingh, “protracted trademeasures to taken for granted inany geography. The situationas it obtains future.” cannotbe This meanssustainabilityinsteelfortunes world willhave tocontendwithoversupply ofsteelinthe “near production cost. metallurgical coke, whichaccountsfor atleast40%ofsteel considered inthecontextofrecent phenomenalriseinpricesof 2015. Nearly 50%riseinsteelpricesthisyear istobe demand baseof1.499btshrunkby a3%fallinworld steelusein then by 0.5%to1.51btin2017. And thisistohappen onalow the globalsteelusewillbeuponly 0.2%to1.501btthis year and 5.7% to89.1mtin2017. Indiandemandgrowth standsoutas 80.1mt in2015willrise5.4%to84.4mtthisyear andthenby WSA says Indiansteeldemandafterhaving grown 5.3%to an exception. rangeoutlookfor themetal, Initslatestshort moment thatisstrong enough.” don’t thinkitwillberobust becausethere isnoregion atthe the turningpoint. The questionisnow aboutfuture growth. I relatively have confidentthat we (thesteelindustry) negotiated Bulletin, improvement insteelmargins. with Inaninterview better. Butquestionsremain astothesustainabilityof hasfinally reached aturningpointforthat theindustry the endedSeptember2016are seenasapointer Asia inthequarter may happen withsteelalso. to revenue lossesandjobsshrinkageattheprovincial level. This central economicdirectives whoseimplementationwould lead the decades, the localauthoritieshave managedtosubvert trimming steelandcoalcapacity isnottobedoubted. Butover polluting theenvironment. President XiJinping’s commitmentto andbelchinghugeamountsofsmokeusing oldtechnology with capacity ofatleast1.2btishighly bloatedwithmany mills 150mt capacity inthenextfive years. The Chinesesteelindustry on puttingpressure onBeijingtohonouritscommitmentcut building ornot, must go by Chinesesteelexports countrieshurt price inflationwasuptothree timesmore. A property bubble prices inthepastyear is16%butinmajorChinesecitieshouse and thesamewithChinesehouseprices—average risein buying isthree timesmore inleadingdistrictsofmid-sizedcities; for owner occupation. While thisisnationalaverage, investment nearly one-fifthofhousepurchases are for investment andnot according toanindexofleading100cities, are up66%; Economist building development. by Considerthisobservation principally toBeijingpeppingupinfrastructure andhouse steelmakers around theworld are keeping theirfingerscrossed. China, whichmay burstatsomestage?Opinionsdiffer and would bethecase. Butisnotaproperty bubblebuildingupin around 6.7%. thought This ismore thanwhatmostexperts market hadhelpedthecountry’s GDPgrowth tostabilize GDP.” NodoubttheBeijingdecisiontoshore upthehousing fill new homes), ofChinese itaccountsfor aboutaquarter investment andconsumption(allthefurniture andgizmosthat significance. Totting uptheproperty sector’s impacton the upsanddown ofChina’s housingmarket are ofglobal Steel Authority ofIndiaLimitedchairmanPKSinghsays the Whatever thatmay be, Indiahopefully willcontinue toremain Results ofleadingsteelcompaniesinIndiaandelsewhere in Causes for concernare: Chinese landpricesthisyear, Edwin Basson, generalof secretary WSA, said: “I am (repeat The Economist ): “As thepastdecadehas shown, Metal The DC i NEWS

Traffic boost for Mozambique’s Northern Corridor

In Mozambique, the amount of coal being moved by the Port of Nacala. so-called Northern Corridor will greatly increase as of 2018. The SHIPPING & TRANSPORT aim is to increase the current annual movement of 8mt (million tonnes) to 22mt. This will be achievable thanks to the signing of three contracts amendments covering both the North Logistics Corridor (CLN) and the North Development Corridor (CDN). These new agreements, which were signed between the government, the Brazilian operator Vale and Mozambique Ports & Railways authority, will ensure that investments made by concessionaires will become viable. A total of $3 billion is being invested in the Northern Corridor. In future, Vale will be exclusively responsible for securing finance to guarantee operations on the rail link between the mines at Moatize and the Port of Nacala. Henceforth, all international movements of coal along this line will become more competitive. Above all, Malawi will become a direct beneficiary of the upgrade, given that coal trains from Moatize need to cross its territory in order to reach the coast. These make use of a 1,000km line that was built by the operating consortium. Barry Cross

Opportunities for GAC arising from market disruption

Major shipping, logistics and marine services group GAC is changes just for short-term effects.” pushing for greater innovation and flexibility in dealing with “Here in Dubai, we’ve broken ground on a new turbulent global markets, according to GAC Group President distribution centre and similar developments are under way in Bengt Ekstrand. Indonesia and Thailand. Dubai-headquartered GAC has maintained a solid balance “We’ve entered a joint venture for operating a container sheet despite slumps in key markets such as shipping and oil terminal in Cyprus, and we have ordered five new vessels for & gas. Ekstrand used a conference of GAC company our Marine fleet.” managers in Dubai in mid-November last year to outline the Ekstrand explained that the biggest challenge was to approach that the group would be taking over the next five ensure the skills, values and attitudes of GAC management years. and staff were kept strong and responsive to changing market “Disruptive forces are reshaping our markets almost on a conditions. weekly basis but in the process, new opportunities for growth “GAC is known worldwide for going the extra mile for are coming into view,” he says. customers and for maintaining strong and clear ethical and “Companies that are willing to rethink their business compliance practices,” he says. “We have to keep our ‘can-do’ models, put their customers first, and take advantage of new attitude to the fore while exploring ways to ramp up our use technologies will find ways to prosper in these turbulent of smart technologies that deliver increased efficiency to our times. people and increased value to our customers.” “The challenge is to evolve in a smart way and not throw out important values that have served GAC for 60 years.” ABOUT GAC GROUP GAC has continued to invest in capital assets such as GAC is a global provider of integrated shipping, logistics and vessels and warehouses in key locations around the world marine services. Emphasizing world-class performance, a despite the difficult conditions. In 2016, total investment long-term approach, innovation, ethics and a strong human JANUARY 2017 commitments have reached more than US$65 million. touch, GAC delivers a flexible and value-adding portfolio to “We need to keep our focus on the long term,” says help customers achieve their strategic goals. Established since Ekstrand. “It’s important not to get swept away by the 1956, the privately-owned group employs over 9,000 people disruptive forces in our markets and start making wholesale in more than 300 offices worldwide. DCi

13 DC 14 JANUARY 2017 i SHIPPING & TRANSPORT NEWS Upgrade of SooLocks would boosteconomy, says federal report it would cost. locks. A federal reportlistsupgradestotheSooLocksamong40proposed projects nationwidetoboosttheeconomy. The project wasauthorizedin1986buthasn’t beenfunded. The reportsays buildingasecondPoe-sized lockwould pumpupto$1.7billionintotheeconomy —aboutthree timesmore than The reportsays more than60%oftheshipsinUSandCanadianfleetare solargethatthey canfitthrough only one of the The locksnetwork atSaultSte. Marie, Michigan, enablesvessels tomove between Lake SuperiorandtheotherGreat Lakes. Inchcape Shipping Services celebratesnewLondonheadoffice Inchcape ShippingServices to markourofficialopening.” alike andwe were delightedtohave somany guestsjoinus positive from customers, employees andotherstakeholders maritime market. located closertoourkey principalsandLondonisakey focus oncustomerengagementhighlightedaneedtobe contacts. journalists andotherindustry number ofISS’key customers, trade opening celebrationsrepresented a andaccounts. support include innovation, marketing, sales core functionsnow basedinLondon and staffvisitingfrom overseas. Other offices andmore accessible for customers it closertokey customers’London leadership teamhasbeenopenedtobring of theCity, thenew officefor ISS’ new headofficeinLondon. has celebratedtheofficialopeningofits provider (ISS), Inchcape ShippingServices Leading maritimeandlogisticsservice “Feedback onournew Londonbase hasbeenextremely Chris Whiteside, ChiefExecutive Officer, ISSsaid: “Our Guests joiningISSattheofficial Based inFenchurch Street intheheart in London. of ISS’ newheadoffice at theofficialopening CEO, Chris Whiteside, solutions through its subsidiary ShipNet. solutions through itssubsidiary management andsophisticatedEnterpriseResource Planning global crew andmarinespares logistics, hubagency port offers agrowing including rangeofoutsourcing services voyage-management technology. The company additionally andinnovativewell asarangeof associatedmaritimeservices logistics, transit, offshore support, information anddataas governmental organizations. ISS provides landsidecommercial andhumanitarian A operations team. Information Technology andtheISSUK teams includingHub Agency Services, Essex, remains openfor operational naval, government andinter- and bulkcommoditysectorsaswell as intheoil,charterers cruise, container customer baseincludesowners and workforce, thecompany’s diverse global countries anda4,000-strong With over officesin70 300proprietary provider.maritime andlogisticsservice amajor Inchcape ShippingServices BOUT ISS’ officeinChafford Hundred, I NCHCAPE S HIPPING S ERVICES NEWS

TRACE and RightShip partner to support anti-bribery compliance

TRACE International, the globally recognized anti-bribery organization, has announced a partnership with RightShip, provider of comprehensive online maritime safety and environmental risk management system, to support anti-bribery compliance in the maritime industry through TRACEcertification of vessel owners. TRACEcertification is a comprehensive due diligence review, analysis and approval process which is based on internationally SHIPPING & TRANSPORT accepted standards and administered by TRACE. Completion of the certification process underscores a vessel owner’s commitment to commercial transparency, reducing risk to charterers. RightShip’s enhanced vetting platform, RightShip Qi, harnesses big data, predictive analysis and real-time risk assessments which allow charterers to make well-informed decisions about the vessels they choose to engage. Risk ratings and credentials for vessels are displayed on the RightShip Qi dashboard alongside the TRACE Compliance Rating (CR), however the CR does not form part of the RightShip risk assessment. Vessel owners who have completed TRACEcertification receive a rating of CR-1, CR-2, CR-3 or CR-3s. The lower the number, the lower the level of bribery risk associated with that vessel owner. Upon viewing a vessel owner’s CR, the charterer is strongly advised to contact them directly to obtain and review a full copy of the TRACEcertification Due Diligence Report regardless of the risk level. TRACEcertification reduces the cost of compliance throughout the shipping supply chain; vessel owners save time and budget by not having to complete due diligence reviews for multiple charterers, and charterers have pre-vetted entities available to them. “Shipping is considered a high-risk industry and we are pleased to partner with RightShip to increase commercial transparency in a traditionally opaque industry,” said TRACE President Alexandra Wrage. “Completing TRACE Certified Due Diligence is a practical way for vessel owners to demonstrate their commitment to international anti-bribery standards while keeping compliance costs low.” “Shipping carries 90% of the world’s trade and RightShip Qi works to improve maritime safety and efficiency,” said Warwick Norman, CEO of RightShip. “The TRACE Compliance Rating is an excellent addition to the new platform, promoting transparency and assisting charterers to select the right vessel and the right owner.” This partnership is part of TRACE International’s Shipping and Maritime Initiative, established to raise awareness of anti-bribery compliance in shipping with the goal of substantially reducing corruption in the shipping supply chain.

ABOUT TRACE TRACE International and TRACE Incorporated are two distinct entities with a common mission to advance commercial transparency worldwide by supporting the compliance efforts of multinational companies and their third party intermediaries. TRACE International is a non-profit business association that pools resources to provide members with anti-bribery compliance support while TRACE Incorporated offers both members and non-members customizable risk-based due diligence, anti-bribery training and advisory services. Working alongside one another, TRACE International and TRACE Incorporated offer an end-to-end, cost-effective and innovative solution for anti-bribery and third party compliance.

ABOUT RIGHTSHIP RightShip is a leading maritime risk management and environmental assessment organization. RightShip Qi is the organization’s comprehensive online risk management platform. Qi brings all the benefits of big data and predictive analytics to maritime risk management, providing users with sophisticated, real-time vetting insights and enhanced reporting capabilities. RightShip’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Rating enables customers to include the growing importance of supply-chain carbon emissions in their vessel selection process. It is now used as a vessel selection tool for 1 in every five ships chartered, equating to over two billion dwt per annum. We must future-proof industry, says InterManager InterManager, the third party and in-house ship management struggling to provide the education to give young people the association, has urged the maritime industry not to neglect its training they need to develop the skills and competence our duty in ensuring a sustainable future. industry requires. We must work together to address a At the CrewConnect Global event in November last year, maritime education system that is struggling to meet even the InterManager’s President Bjørn Jebsen and Secretary-General existing requirements.” Capt Kuba Szymanski spoke of the need to work closely with The notion of ensuring a sustainable future was further key decision makers to maintain a resilient industry. heighten by Capt Kuba Szymanski, who chaired a panel on the Addressing delegates, Jebsen said: “If we look at the overall findings of Project MARTHA; a fatigue study co-ordinated shipping industry we can assume that the world fleet will between InterManager and other industry bodies. “We continue to grow, which means an increased requirement for cannot ignore the findings, so what ship managers do next is

skilled and competent seafarers. This may present itself with a crucial; whether that be reducing bureaucracy or listening to JANUARY 2017 few problems, though. With the downturn in the industry, vessel’s staff comments and suggestions,” Capt Szymanski said. shipping companies are cutting costs and may not make the “If fatigue is not addressed soon, seafaring could be in required investment in manpower for the future. jeopardy of becoming an out-of-touch profession. It is vital “This is being seen through maritime schools, which are the whole industry works together, starting today,” he added. DCi

15 DC 16 JANUARY 2017 i SHIPPING & TRANSPORT NEWS New ISO 19030 will haveNew $30bn ISO19030will on impact industry, says Jotun In March lastyear, thefirmreleased datafor thefirstever five ofavessel year treated dry-docking withthesolution— vessel hulls, launchedto themarket in2011. Ithassinceproved itsabilitytodeliver long-termefficiencyandperformance g for publication. the methodology accountability for shipowners.” measurement criteriawillsuffice. For less-demandingperformance levels ISO 19030-3 isacceptable. Performance Solution(HPS)offering. smallspeedloss,As theguaranteeconcernsavery under1.5%, only themostprecise Sales Director, HullPerformance Solutions. “We useitasthefoundation for theHighPerformance guaranteeonourHull order toincrease theapplicability ofthestandard. exacting requirements andgreatest measurement accuracy; andISO19030-3, allowing for ‘alternative methods’andincluded in spiritofcollaborationandconsensus.”extraordinary Norway, includingKnut Aune, asthesecretariat whohasserved for ISO19030, and, ofcourse, ISOitself. Svend Søyland, formerly ofBellonaandnow Research, withNordic Energy whohasconvened theISOworking group, Standards environmental performance and vessel efficiency. I’d like tocongratulateallthekey players involved inthisprocess, especi shipowners, whiledetailingtheenormouspotentialfor GHGandcostreductions. such asadvancedantifouling coatings, cantacklethatissue—providing accountabilityandROI [return oninvestment] for costs[US$30billion]andgreenhouseenergy gas[GHG]emissions. With thisstandard we canfinally quantifyhow solutions, propeller performance accountsfor around 10%oftheworld fleet’s to, theglobalshippingindustry,” hecomments. “Poor hulland the project for itsentire durationonbehalfofISO. Business Development Director, HullPerformance Solutions, managing has beencentraltotheprocess, withGeir Axel Oftedahl, Jotun performance. Jotun, aglobalprovider ofmarineantifouling coatings, measuring theefficacyofsolutionsimproving hullandpropeller working togethertodevelopindustry auniform framework for stakeholdersa collaborationof53expert from throughout the costs. US$30 billioninannual energy green house gasemissionsby 10%, whilesaving operatorsupto development, themove hasthepotentialtoreduce theindustry’s measure changes in ship-specifichullandpropeller performance. published thelong-awaited ISO19030, anew standard conceived to The InternationalOrganizationfor Standardization (ISO)hasnow Jotun’s HPS, antifouling andafullsuiteofsensorsattachedto combiningadvancedSeaQuantumX200silyl methacrylate In developing thestandard, theISOworking group metacross more thanthree years andspentover 12,000hoursrefining “We believe thiskindofguaranteeprovides theperfect illustrationofhow ISO 19030provides completetransparency and “Jotun, for itspart, already adheres tothemost stringentdemandsofISO19030-2,” notesSteinKjølberg, Jotun’s Global The standard offers atwo tiermethodologicalapproach: ISO19030-2, thedefaultmeasurement method, withthe most “This isahugeleap forward for shippingandtheenvironment, anditwould nothave beenpossiblewithoutan “The standard provides andwillbeacentraldriver atransparency for enhancing thathasbeenlacking intheindustry “This isaday ofcelebrationfor allstakeholders in, andconnected ISO 19030hasbeenmore thanthree years inthemaking. It’s seen According toJotun, inthestandard’s whichhasledtheindustry Solutions. Performance Director, Hull Development Jotun Business Geir Axel Oftedahl, office inSandefjord, Norway. seven geographical regions, andhasitshead Group isorganizedintofour segmentsand in 2015were NOK16.3billion. The Jotun offices anddistributors. The Jotun Group’s sales own subsidiaries, jointventures, agents, branch are available inmore than100countriesthrough and more than9,800employees. Jotun products and 37production facilities onallcontinents, powder coatings. The group has64companies decorative paints, marine, protective and 12,055 tonnes, across the60-monthperiod. US$1.5 million, cuttingCO organisms onthehull, enabledafuelsaving of HPS, by successfully limitingthegrowth of Gearbulk’s Jotun isarenowned manufacturer of Penguin Arrow . This documentedthat 2 emissions by some ally ains. RELIABLE BUBULKLK CCARRCARRIERRIER

www.fednav.comwwww..fednavv..com DC 18 JANUARY 2017 i SHIPPING & TRANSPORT NEWS bellows has noshelflife andnoscheduledreplacement. torsional vibrationandmaintainstherequired springforce throughout theallowable range ofaxialshaftmovement. This elast nearest port, preventing permanentsealdamage. The uniqueomega ‘ tugs andtow boats. supplied more than180 TG100 sealstooperatorsofawiderangevessels, includingworkboats, naval patrol vessels, ferries, bearings by afactoroftwo ormore,” hesaid. wear ratesof0.075mmto0.100mm(0.003”0.004”)in6,0007,000hoursannual use. tear, whichwasamazingconsideringtheenvironment inwhichRamonaoperates.” RiverTough water-lubricated tailshaftbearingemergedcompletely free ofwear andtear. with RiverTough since2007, Groves said: “After nineyears ofoperationintheharsh, abrasive watersof Alaska’s Yukon River,boat Development ManagerScottGroves. of sand,” said Thordon BearingsBusiness waters, suchasthosewithahighcontent exceptional performance inabrasive shaft bearingsystemisproven todeliver and coastalwaters. conditions workboats encounterinriver capable ofmeetingthetoughoperating and TG100 shaftseal, bothofwhichare exhibited itsRiverTough tailshaftbearings last year. Orleans, USA, inNovember/December Workboat Show, whichtookplaceinNew for workboats, attheInternational shaft seals, whichwere developed specially RiverTough tailshaftbearingsand TG100 environmentally safe andlong-life Thordon Bearingspresented its Thordon Bearingsshowcases itstoughbearingsandsealsforriverwork “While the TG100 sealiseffective asastand-aloneinstallation, theoptimum solutionisincombinationwithourwater-lubrica A uniquefeature ofthe TG100 istheemergencysealthatpermitsstand-aloneoperationtoallow thevessel tosafely return to Thordon showcased its TG100 ShaftSealattheInternational Workboat Show. Sinceitsmarket introduction, Thordon Bearingshas “This provides clearevidence ofRiverTough’s superiorwear abrasive life invery waterconditions. They routinely outlastrub Groves saidthat Thordon Bearingsalsohasdatafrom workboats operatingontheMississippishowing typicalRiverTough bearing “When theowner outhullrepairs, drydockedthevessel tocarry theRiverTough bearingandsleeves hadnoappreciable wear and Referring toInlandBargeService’s push “Our RiverTough water-lubricated tail- The water-lubricated bearingpioneer Ramona , whichhasbeenoperating Ω ’ shape elastomericbellows oftheproprietary minimizes The unique shape ofthe proprietary elastomeric minimizes omega ‘ vibration. torsional bellows Ω ’ than 400vessels,” saidGroves. have now beeninstalled tomore RiverTough tailshaftbearings, which 15-year wear life. propeller shaft systemfor a COMPAC seawater lubricated guarantee itsaward-winning of propeller shaftbearingsto Bearings istheonly manufacturer without oilorgrease. Thordon bearings operatepollution-free industrial markets. The polymer pump, offshore oil, andother marine, cleanpower generation, sleeve bearingsolutionsfor complete rangeofnon-metallic designs andmanufactures a technology,Bearings Thordon years’ experienceinthis technologies systemswithover 35 A globalleaderinpolymer bearing A BOUT T HORDON RiverTough Bearings prior todelivery. B EARINGS Taking stock. Ramona’s yachts, omeric ber ted the A bulk carrier market SHIPPING & TRANSPORT revival beginning?

In the Capesize vessels segment, fleet expansion has been just under 2%.

Richard Scott, Bulk Shipping Analysis

Another distressing period for shipowners operating bulk Great uncertainty about several key influences also reinforces carriers was endured over the past twelve months. Last year ideas that a sustained improvement could prove slow to evolve. started extremely badly, from an owner’s viewpoint, with record Looking ahead at the beginning of 2017, it seems quite likely low freight rates in the first quarter. But it ended rather less that growth in the bulk carrier fleet will continue slackening over badly, with much higher although still very subdued and the next twelve months, while dry bulk trade could continue unprofitable rates. Tentative signs pointed to a recovery possibly growing at a modest pace. These indicators are not always extending through 2017. entirely accurate guides to the balance between ship supply and The freight market revival seen during 2016 reflected positive demand, but imply a further move towards a reduced freight contributions from both the demand and supply sides of the market imbalance. market balance. Global dry bulk trade growth picked up, aided by expansion of both coal and iron ore imports into China. SLOWLY GROWING FLEET Meanwhile slow growth in the world bulk carrier fleet was During 2016 slow fleet growth was again a feature. The world sustained, assisted by heavy scrapping which offset a large bulk carrier fleet is estimated to have increased in deadweight JANUARY 2017 proportion of new tonnage being introduced. capacity at a similar rate to the 2.4% increase seen in 2015. As the year-end approached, optimists began to sense that Both newbuilding deliveries and scrapping last year were the prolonged stormy weather might be abating. Nevertheless, apparently slightly lower than seen in the preceding twelve views expressed in public mostly remained cautious, since there months. are few obvious reasons for expecting a strong market recovery. According to figures compiled by Clarksons Research, at the DCi

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i SHIPPING & TRANSPORT any given period. effectively removes capacity in asignificant amountoftransport steaming. Bylengtheningvoyage duration, thispractice profits, orlackofurgencytodeliver cargoes, prolonged slow- extremely weak freight rates, depressing andofteneliminating the mosteconomical, orslowest practicable, speed. Butweak or Relatively low bunker fuel costseasedpressure toproceed at steaming’, speedlower than aservice ‘normal’ progress atsea. and therefore fleetdeadweight isusually thechosenindicator. services. Statisticaldataontheseaspects isoftenhard toobtain delays, are crucialInfluencesaffecting thesupply oftransport ballast voyage patterns, visitsincludingany anddurationofport greatly onhow productively shipsare employed. Shipspeed, decreases incapacity tomove cargoes, withinany period, depend capacity available?changes inactualtransportation Increases or remained rapid ataround 5%. Ultramax bulkers now beingbuiltinlargenumbers, growth Handymax (40–65,000dwt)group, whichincludesthepopular well under1%respectively were seen. Bycontrastinthe (65–100,000dwt) categories, slower rises ofjustover 1%and to theentire fleetaverage, atjust under2%. (100,000dwt andlarger), expansionappears tohave beenclose Handymax andHandysize. IntheCapesize vessels segment among themainbulkcarrier sizegroups —Capesize, Panamax, stable, resulting ina broadly unchangedgrowth rate. scrapping) added tothefleetlastyear consequently remained 29m dwt. Net deadweight capacity (newbuildings minus Sales for scrapping alsoseemtohave decreased, by about4%to 48m dwt, new bulkcarriers delivered in2016were 3%lower. more completeinformation becomesavailable. At anestimated months. This estimatemay berevised, possibly substantially, as year were slightly below thetotalseeninprevious twelve main influences. probably reached about794mdwt, basedonestimatesfor the comprised of10,700ships. Bytheendof2016thisfleet 10,000dwt upwards amountedto777milliondeadweight tonnes, end of2015theworld bulkcarrier fleetofvessels from Bulk carrier operationlastyear continued tofeature ‘slow- How dothesedeadweight growth figures translateinto In theHandysize(10–40,000dwt)andPanamax growthWidely varying rateswere seeninthepastyear Provisional calculationsshow thatnewbuilding deliveries last of cargoes shippedisstilloftenthemostusefulguide. (usually) readily available orup-to-date. Sothetonnagevolume basis involve complexcalculationsand assumptions andare not influences isthe ‘tonne-mile’ unit, butstatisticscompiledonthis reverse occurs. commodity volume transported. When distancesshorten, the in any given periodoftimeeven whenthere isnochangeinthe (assuming unchangedspeed), demandfor shippingcapacity rises voyages lengthen, andtherefore take alongertimetocomplete capacity required. When distancesfor ship’s cargo-carrying representation. Transport distancesalsodeterminethecarrying ships’ capacity, althoughnotalways anentirely accurate countries. volumes ofthedecliningcoalimport seeninother large part actually increased strongly. This reversal ofthetrend offseta other industries, whichhadbeenexpectedtocontinue falling, most expectations. Coalpurchases for power stationsand ore for steelmills inChinaexpandedrobustly, greatly exceeding influenced events inthepasttwelve months. Purchases ofiron iron ore pickup. and minorbulktradesprovided extravolumes, adding tothe Last year’s negative impactfrom coaldiminished, whilethegrain offset nearly alltheincreases inotherbulkcommoditytrades. major negative influence, when ahugereduction inthissector a smallerdeclineincoaltrade. In2015coaltradehadbecomea rate seenintheprevious twelve months. Also contributingwas acceleration iniron ore trade’s growth rate, following theslow robust expansioninpreceding periods. fluctuations often reflect otherdrivers aswell. freight ratevariations. But, term, especially intheshort rate explanation,a partial andsometimes mostoftheexplanation, for annual growth bulkcargo moved, inthevolume ofdry provides annual deadweight capacity growth inthebulkcarrier fleetwith known asthe ‘fundamentals’ —already mentioned. Comparing influenced by thechanges invessel demandandsupply —often Bulk carrier freight market ratesduring2016clearly were E UIEDEMAND LUSIVE In theHandymax group, The indicator reflecting both of the transport demand The indicatorreflecting bothofthetransport These tradechangesare ausefulindicatorofdemandfor Substantial changesinChina’s volumes import heavily Overall trade evolution in2016benefitedgreatly from an rapid ataround 5%. growth hasremained / UPYBALANCE SUPPLY contrasting sharply withmuch more are historically low annual increases, around 4,900milliontonnes. These world totalmay have reached growth intheprevious year. The improvement afteralmostnil 1–2% in2016, alimitedbutdistinct bulktraderosevolume by ofdry here. only abriefoverview isincluded regaining momentum’ from p5), so DCI inthiseditionof separate article More detail isprovided ina based onprovisional calculations. began tolookslightly healthier, regained some momentumand bulktradegrowthseaborne dry Over thepast twelve months, global R CPRTN RD PACE TRADE ECUPERATING Estimates suggestthatthe (see bulktradegrowth‘Dry i JANUARY 2017 SHIPPING & TRANSPORT 21 DC i DC fleet capacity could fleet capacity a further advance evolve, a during 2017 towards bulk carrier stronger could be seen. market consolidation of More in this ownership vessel fragmented sector may assist the process. may progress However, and prove be limited, difficult to especially if some of the achieve rather prominent affecting risks, downside become influences, key reality. Source: Baltic Exchange Source: Based on the broad indicators of how trade volumes and trade volumes indicators of how Based on the broad Other influences may have a noticeable impact on the market have Other influences may A massively reduced world orderbook for bulk carriers, and bulk carriers, for orderbook world reduced A massively The global seaborne trade outlook arguably seems positive, The global seaborne trade outlook arguably Over the next couple of months the BDI remained within a BDI remained couple of months the the next Over UTURE MARKET VISTA outcome. A change in the world fleet’s average speed over a over speed average fleet’s A change in the world outcome. a could have a small change such as half a knot, even whole year, in Variations if it occurs. sizeable impact on carrying capacity, and congestion also distances and port delays voyage average None of these factors is easy to available. capacity affect predict. much lower scheduled newbuilding completions this year, completions scheduled newbuilding lower much Assuming that in 2017. will fall sharply indicates that deliveries rate could decelerate growth the fleet’s high, remains scrapping the past twelve over as demonstrated clearly However, further. freight the how influenced by hugely sales are recycling months, sentiment about the future. and market is progressing market uncertain. also are predictions Thus fleet growth but great uncertainties are prominent. Politics as well as as well Politics uncertainties prominent. but great are in the Economic growth a large impact. economics will have no signs of strongly is showing advanced countries group such as industries many suggesting that benefits for accelerating, will be modest. importing dry bulk commodities, steel, a clear coal trade are world affecting pressures Environmental imports of iron rises or falls in China’s large Any factor. negative could be partlyThese and coal will be very significant. ore economic policy changes (with implications for determined by to specific policies related or more steel and energy demand), the coal sector. fairly narrow range before climbing again later to reach 1257 to reach climbing again later before range narrow fairly movement a downwards there From points in mid-November. as a whole, the year Viewing was seen. the year-end towards at the beginning, depression extreme despite an upturn from market. freight bulk carrier the for year 2016 was a weak F the twelve for prospects year, At the beginning of another is a likely How reassessed. traditionally months ahead are in the balance a closer demand/supply towards move continued A rates? higher freight implying during 2017, market bulk carrier certainly assist, would growth volume sustained pickup in trade very by if it was accompanied limited fleet especially enlargement. the end of April, the index had climbed back up, doubling to 715 doubling up, back had climbed the index April, of the end charter carrier bulk rates levels, at these However, points. costs. ship operating above yielded no profit still mostly 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Baltic Dry Index 2010 2011 500 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 Among these additional drivers, cargo volumes loaded often volumes cargo drivers, these additional Among has built up in the bulk carrier Substantial surplus capacity in the fundamentals in 2016 broadly A comparison of changes was rates, freight low with record weakness, market Extreme market depressed generally prompting These circumstances, Continuing a progressive decline in the final months of 2015, a progressive Continuing REIGHT MARKET HIGHLIGHTS vary from week-to-week, or month-to-month, within broader or month-to-month, vary week-to-week, from partly for also alter, trade patterns while geographical trends building or In some trades inventory seasonal reasons. Port importers by destocking impact. has a noticeable sentiment Market flows. cargo disrupt and delays congestion instrumental are trading, as derivatives as well and expectations, rate fluctuations. market freight in driving short term physical although estimates vary case and the calculation is in any market, surplus had its origins in the capacity The partly theoretical. subsequent many from and results collapse, market 2008 freight with trade volume (compared fleet growth when excessive years experienced the market Consequently expansion) persisted. interspersed with brief upturns varying of weakness, degrees balance of a sustainable market false signals which often gave returning. Fleet rates trend. market freight aligns with the bulk carrier growth while trade volume slow, relatively remained growth balance As the deterioration in the underlying improved. a gradually of and the approach to be ending, appeared rates freight feasible, balance began to seem improving was uneven. year the But the pattern through responded. signs then few were There months of 2016. seen in the early as a the year for trade performance a stronger pointing towards entering the market still were bulk carriers Newbuilding whole. enlarging capacity. at a brisk pace, which demolition, in surging ship sales for resulted sentiment, to a minimal amount in the year’s down fleet growth brought of a tonnage demand improvement When evidence first half. from pushed upwards rates were freight emerged, progressively earlier. prevailing the very levels low F This index, The Baltic Dry these changes. Index (BDI) reflects is based on bulk the Baltic Exchange, by compiled each day a wide time charter rates) for rates (mostly hire freight carrier as a It can be regarded variety of ship sizes and employments. market. bulk carrier the entire indicator for useful very broad further in the BDI was seen in dramatic weakness levels, to low to an all-time low took the market This meltdown 2016. early months to in less than three of 290 index points in February but, DC 22 JANUARY 2017 i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS NEWS Authority ($19m)andtheprivatesector($15m). had cometotheendofitsusefullife andhadtobedemolishedmake placefor thenew terminal. access totheinfrastructure. This project hasalsonecessitatetheconstructionofHangars16, 24and25toreplace Hangar13 Dock 14andthedevelopment oftheexternalstoragefacilitiessituatedalongdocksinsuchaway astomaximizeroad andr capacity,” saidMichelParent, director ofoperations. draw more water. The externalstoragefacilitieslocatedadjacenttothedockare modernandoffer asignificantloadbearing 11m, compared withthe 10.7matourotherdocks. This new depthputsusinaprivilegedsituationwhere we canhandleshipsth Rivières proudly said. Trois-Rivières hascompletedthree years aheadofschedule,” GaétanBoivin, president anddirector generalofthePort of Trois contribute tothecreation ofjobs. The works onDock13constitutethefinalelementofCap sur2020plan, whichthePort meet thereal needsofourusers. willalsoprovideThe port betteraccessfor companiesintheregion toexteriormarkets, an years. “With theseworks, we thecapacity are thatwaslostwiththesetwo givingbacktotheport docks. This new dockwill condemned inrecent and 14hadtobe outdated, Docks13 As they hadbecome O acres). around 23,500m in atotalarea of cargo hasbeenstored to callatthequay, and vessels have beenable December 2016, budget. Since schedule andunder a monthaheadof of November lastyear, completed attheend Rivières in Canada was the Port of Trois- Work onDock13at modernized terminal ahead of schedule opens Trois-Rivières OF DEPTH WATER A WITH ACCESS EALBETTER VERALL These projects represent aninvestment of$50m, financedjointly by theCanadiangovernment ($16.2m), the Trois-Rivières Port The constructionworks at Terminal 13includedthedemolitionofhangar, thereconstruction ofDock13, theconsolidationo “We are happy toprovide aninfrastructure whichbettermeetsthereal needsofexporters. The new dockwillhave adepthof State-of-the-art warehouseState-of-the-art forPuerto Ventanas 11 programme. The 3,200m Warehouse SystemUpgradefor Copper Concentrates its new bulkwarehouse, LaGreda dry ofits aspart In Chile, company Puerto port Ventanas recently inaugurated environmental credentials. high level andallow Puerto Ventanas toboostits quality inandaround thewarehouse canbemaintainedtoa which features highqualityfilters. These ensure thatair highlighted thedustemissionscapture andcontrol system, the reception, bulk. storageandtransfer ofdry Above all, he warehouse, headded, in incorporatesallthelatesttechnology Ventanas incentralChile. istheleadingprivateport The new residential community. tonnes andistheclosestwarehouse tothesurrounding M According tomanaging director Jorge Oyarce, Puerto : E DOCK NEW 2 (5.81 2 facility hasacapacity of46,000 Evaluación deImpacto Ambiental company. favourable environmental qualificationby theSistemade inenvironmentalnecessary protection, beinggranteda in themovement andstorageofbulksolids. Ventanas toconsolidateitspositionasthereference company efficientlighting. energy optimize thefootprint ofthebuilding, whichalsoincorporates added. thanks toasystemfor remotely monitoringoperations,” he thatallows operationwithlowertechnology riskexposure, Puerto Puerto Ventanas than pridesitselfongoing further Oyarce stresses thatthewarehouse willenable Puerto The overall designofthewarehouse to allows theport “In respect ofworker safety, we have incorporated The 23,000m last year. Two rail theterminal. routes andshippassagesserve 2 Terminal handlingcargoinDecember 13started Barry CrossBarry which - d will fully of ail at f NEWS

Belledune welcomes ‘Tundra’ with 2017 First Ship of the Year Award

The Canadian Port of Belledune has welcomed its first ship of the year, the Tundra, which called at the port on 5 January this year. The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) officially greeted Captain Sergiy Dolmatov, Master of the Tundra. The Tundra is registered in Limassol, Cyprus and her last PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS port of call before arriving in Belledune was Fortalexa, Brazil. The vessel’s agent is Calypso Marine Agency (CMA), represented by Robert Lagace. The Tundra docked at the Port of Belledune on 5 January 2017, where the vessel loaded approximately 22,000 metric tonnes of wood pellets. The next stop for the vessel was Hull, UK. The Director of Marketing & Business Development at the BPA, Jenna The Director of Marketing & Business Development at MacDonald, presented the Tundra’s Captain Sergiy Dolmatov with a the Belledune Port Authority (BPA), Jenna MacDonald, commemorative gift at the BPA’s Administrative offices. presented Captain Dolmatov with a commemorative gift at the Belledune Port Authority’s Administrative offices. “Wood pellets fall within our forestry sector which is a very important sector to the port as it contributes to the development of the operation,” said Denis Caron, President & CEO at the BPA. “The forestry sector is one of our five key sectors. The other four sectors include energy, agriculture, mining & minerals, and the modular sector.” In 2016 the port received a total of nine vessels that served the forestry sector. Within that same year, the port handled 226,304 metric tonnes of forestry cargo. The Tundra is the first vessel of many which are expected to lay anchor at the Port of Belledune this year. Last year, the port played host to 97 vessels, which is 26 more than it received in 2015. The port also handled approximately 2,027,431 metric tonnes of bulk cargo, which is up 14% from the previous year. “Here at the Port of Belledune we are focused and we are seeing results,” said Caron. “We will continue our efforts to enhance our capabilities, create new opportunities and encourage new development at the Port and in Northern New Brunswick.” The Port of Belledune therefore finished 2016 on a high note, increasing its vessel traffic and tonnage handled — the first ship of the year marks the beginning of yet another new chapter for the port, JANUARY 2017 which looks forward to the year ahead and to welcoming captains and their crews from around the world. DCi

23 DC 24 JANUARY 2017 i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS NEWS ‘Sunda’: firstvesselof2017tocallatTrois-Rivières operation attheport.” crossing to Trois-Rivières andperforms anunloading fromvessel thatdeparts anoverseas port, makes anon-stop qualified for thetitle. Indeed, itmust beanocean-going vessels have docked atthePort since1January, butnone Rivières Port Authority (TRPA), explainsthatafew other Caroline St-Pierre. reproduction ofthepaintingÀbonport, by Mauricieartist Mendoza DoChavez were presented withagiclée and theship’s chiefengineer, IoannisSevastou andDelfin vessel oftheyear atthePort of Trois-Rivières, thecaptain 28 Decemberlastyear. stop Atlantic crossing. ItleftthePort ofBilbaoinSpainon on8January,the port at6:51pm, following an11-day non- todockatthePort of port Trois-Rivières in2017. Itreached The Cléo Marchand, ChairmanoftheBoard ofthe Trois- During the51stceremony markingthearrival ofthefirst at thePort of Trois-Rivières. The 51stceremony marking thearrival ofthefirstvessel oftheyear Sunda is thefirstocean-going vessel from anoverseas handled by G3. Lawrence Ocean Agencies Ltd., whilethecargo loadingis stay in Trois-Rivières, itisrepresented by theLower St- byShipmanagement andchartered Canfornav Ltd. Duringits The H metric tonnes. and 23.75metres inwidthwithaloadcapacity of29,800 Built in2010, thebulkcargo vessel is186metres inlength ship remained moored insection16duringitsthree-day call. members cameto Trois-Rivières toloadCanadiangrain. The A adapted enginethatheatsthewaterusedby itscooling equipped for this.” The shipshave areinforced hull, an Lawrence River inthewinter, even thoughtheshipsare crews accomplishamazingfeats by navigating ontheSt. Gaétan Boivin, president andCEOofthe TRPA, notes: “The OTTHE BOUT WD HP AIAEI H WINTER THE IN NAVIGATE SHIPS DO OW The Sunda Sunda economic development. roleimportant inregional nationalandinternational the largestmarkets intheworld. Itplays an American networks andenablingittoreach oneof connections linkingittoallthe main North general cargo. solutions for thetransshipmentofbulkproducts and strategic port, openyear round, providing tailored The Port of Trois-Rivières isarapidly expanding A their cargo. to detectthepresence ofice. They must alsolighten with high-performance navigation systems, like radar, system (toprevent icebuild-up)andare equipped OTTHE BOUT flies theLiberianflag. Itisoperatedby Seastar The port also has excellentrailwayThe port androad ‘S and itstwenty Greek andFilipinocrew UNDA ’ P R OF ORT T ROIS -R IVIÈRES ? NEWS

Transshipments at the Port of Gdansk exceed 2015’s record

The finalized figures for 2016 are not yet available, but the volume of transshipments is already higher than in the previous record year, being currently estimated at more than 36.3mt (million tonnes). This is a result which, until recently, would have been out of reach for any Polish port, but today it has become reality. It puts Gdansk in sixth place among Baltic Sea ports, its highest position so far. This is what is shown by recently published data on the Baltic ports, with a summary of the first 11 months of this year. In spite of the rather difficult market conditions and the increasingly strong competition, this has turned out to be yet another year PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS — now the sixth in a row — of continuous growth in commodity turnover at the Port of Gdansk. Apart from the new record and the move up in the ranking of the largest Baltic ports, it also brought a record tonnage of general cargo, which will have the highest percentage share in Gdansk’s commodity turnover for the first time since time immemorial. For many years, the dominant role has been played by liquid fuels, of which the port will handle a slightly reduced quantity this year — about 13mt. The year 2016 will doubtless also be remembered as yet another period of growth in container turnover, with an increase of 16% over 2015 and 5% more than in the record year of 2014. It is already clear that this increase will be even greater when the figures for the year are finalized. The year has also been particularly good when it comes to coal transshipments. At the end of December last year, total coal throughput was just 100,000 tonnes short of 5mt. In practice, this will mean the highest tonnage of coal at Gdansk in a decade. To date, the record year in this respect was 2013, when the port handled 4.6mt of that material. Figures for 2016 are also very good in terms of what is called other bulk cargo turnover. Before the complete summary of December, the result here is estimated at 3.6 million tonnes (including transshipments of ore) and is the third best result in the last ten years. To sum up, just like 2015, 2016 will go down in the history of the Port of Gdansk as an incredibly successful year, not only in terms of commodity turnover and further consistent enhancement of Gdansk’s position on the maritime map of Europe, but also as a year of investments, very important for the future of the port — both those that have been completed and those that are just starting.

Port of Sept-Îles hands out 30th cane to year’s first ship

The AM Krakow, a Marshall Islands- registered vessel, sailing from Ghent, Belgium, was the first ship to arrive in Sept-Îles this year, at 3:50 a.m. on 1 January 2017. The vessel arrived empty and docked on 8 January at IOC Rio Tinto dock Nº 2. It set sail again on 9 January with directly from a foreign port and be bound for a destination 78,580 tonnes of iron ore destined for Ghent, Belgium. outside the country without making any other calls at a During a short ceremony, Pierre D. Gagnon, President & Canadian Port. CEO of the Port of Sept-Îles, as well as Thierry Martel, Chief Operations Officer of IOC Rio Tinto and Maurice McClure, ABOUT THE PORT OF SEPT-ÎLES Vice President, Finance and Strategy, presented Captain Maini Boasting diverse, state-of-the-art facilities, the Port of Sept-Îles Ashish with the prestigious cane bearing the Port of Sept-Îles is one of North America’s largest ore-handling ports, with an insignia. annual volume of close to 25 million tonnes. The port JANUARY 2017 This tradition, now in its 30th year, marks the arrival of the facilities at Sept-Îles play a vital and strategic role in the first ship of the year to call the port and highlights the economy of Eastern Canada. Annual economic impacts are importance of the maritime industry for the region’s estimated at nearly $1 billion and almost 4,000 direct and economic activity. To be eligible, the vessel must come indirect jobs. DCi

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OVET B.V. is a renowned stevedore which operates in the ports OVET THROUGHPUT AT TERNEUZEN & VLISSINGEN of Terneuzen and Vlissingen in the Netherlands, where it handles a wide range of bulk cargo. As well as all manner of black goods Products 2015 2016 — including coal, petroleum coke, coke, anthracite and brown Steam coal 36% 16% coal (lignite), OVET handles a multitude of non-black goods, and Coking coal 34% 37% is always on the lookout for new challenges and opportunities. Iron ore 11% 14% It is this flexibility and forward-looking approach that will ensure Petcoke 7% 7% that it thrives despite the recent fall in the throughput of coal. Anthracite 2% 2% OVET is equipped to handle any type of dry bulk product, Coke 4% 8% and holds all the appropriate licences for a vast range of Other products 4% 10% products. OVET not only offers open air storage, but also has Agribulk 1% 5% suitable storage facilities for products that must remain dry, such Biomass 2% 2% as biomass and other types of dry bulk products. These products can be stored in its covered storage facilities. In a nutshell, OVET is a bulk storage company with long- changed in the last year, reflecting the reduction in the amount standing experience in the storage and transshipping of black of coal being shipped in Europe. OVET expects throughput in and non-black goods. the next year to continue along the same lines. The percentage OVET has four floating cranes, giving it the flexibility to taken up by ‘other’ products, like agribulk and biomass, is JANUARY 2017 operate at both of its terminals in Terneuzen and Vlissingen as expected to increase, while steam coal is expected to fall well as on the river Scheldt and even in Ghent and Antwerp. further. Since OVET was founded in 1957, coal has been the main WINDS OF CHANGE product handled at its terminals. However, as the market share The table to the right indicates how cargo throughput has of coal in Europe is decreasing, OVET faces many changes in the DCi

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i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS Amsterdam transshipmentgrows to78.8mt NHNE AT UNCHANGED T in 2016. Port of Amsterdam thus achieved itstarget. On balance, 11hectares oflandwere allocatedtobusinesses L from 2.1mtto1.9mt. Ro/Ro, carsandothermixed cargo declinedby 14%in2016 previous year at600,000tonnesin2016(TEU 51,475). The transhipmentofcontainerswasunchangedonthe C 8.4mt. bulk,Other dry includingores andfertilizers, was up5%to Transshipment ofagribulkalsodeclinedby 14%to6.4mt. compared withtheprevious year, fallingto16.1mt. Transhipment ofcoalat7.5%showed lessofadecline D Petrol anddieselproducts were up7.5%at42.4mt. the transshipmentofliquidbulkcargo products to45.3mt. The increase in Amsterdam wasmainly duetoa5.8%risein I 200,000 tonnes(–33%). while there wasadeclineinZaanstadtoapproximately saw itstransshipmentincrease to700,000tonnes(+133%), be available shortly. from very theport last year, compared with78.4mtin2015. Finalizedfigures will Port of Amsterdam achieved anincrease of0.4%to78.8mt 96.5mt (milliontonnes). According toprovisional figures, and Zaanstad, wasunchangedin2016compared to2015at of which includestheports Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Beverwijk Transshipment SeaCanal oftheNorth intheseaports Area, CES NLQI UKCARGO BULK LIQUID IN NCREASE N ALLOCATION AND ASHPETAT RANSSHIPMENT NANR TYTESAME THE STAY ONTAINERS YBL THROUGHPUT BULK RY At IJmuiden, transhipmentfell 3.4%to16.8mt. Beverwijk 96.5 N ILO ONSIN TONNES MILLION ORTH S EA C ANAL P 2016 ORTS I C 33.4mt. last year. ontheotherhandwere Exports upby 7.9%at atthePort of Imports Amsterdam were down 3%to63.1mt community (national andinternational), cityandregion. intensively inthe business ofpartnerships withpartners port the qualityofwater, soilandair. Port of Amsterdam works as while stilltakingacareful approach totheavailable spaceand innovative manner. Itseekstopromote growth atcompanies, value for customersandtheenvironment inasustainableand andtoadding port Amsterdam iscommittedtobeingasmart Approximately 34,000ofthesework in Amsterdam. Port of companies. oratport-related either atcompaniesintheport amount. A totalof68,000peopleworkregion intheport Amsterdam accountingfor approximately 79mtofthis approximately 96.5mtofgoods in2016, withPort of products.energy SeaCanal The North Area transshipped and plays alargerole inthetransshipmentandprocessing of Port of Amsterdam is Western Europe’s port fourth-largest A logistics andmanufacturing.” to diversification intocircular industry, off-shore, large-scale customers andusers. We willalsocontinue ourcommitment Amsterdam sothatwe ofchoicefor continue tobetheport strengthening thepositionofPortto further of to continue inthecomingyears. We remain fully committed transhipment ofoilproducts rose again, andwe expectthis Koen Overtoom, CEOofPort of Amsterdam: “The CEO The number ofriver cruisecallsrose again, by 6%to1,876. 139), though passengernumbers remained mainly thesame. A totalof122cruiseshipsvisited Amsterdam in2016(2015: PRSADEXPORTS AND MPORTS US CALLS RUISE BOUT STATEMENT P R OF ORT A MSTERDAM i JANUARY 2017 PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS 29 DC TERMINAL CAN PERFECTLY HANDLE OTHER ’ EVEN AGRIBULK : BLACK ‘ Besides all these external changes, OVET also faces a big OVET Besides all these external changes, OW A internal modification, as its managing director Johan Martin Johan as its managing director internal modification, managing its new Therefore, at the end of January 2016. retired Vincent Courtois faces some challenges in this changed director opportunities in great to go which also creates situation, market faces a wind of change. OVET In short: directions. new H closing more are Europe Western in As national governments also covered storage in separated compartments, fully ventilated fully storage in separated compartments, also covered and GMP-certified. PRODUCTS In Terneuzen, OVET was founded as a local transshipping was founded OVET Terneuzen, In to deal with a similar situation at its needs OVET Now supply of dry bulk cargo. of drysupply bulk cargo. when the Nevertheless, factory in Sluiskil. the coke for company its expanded had already OVET factory closed its doors in 1999, which of products clients with a diversity finding new business, existence. for reasons new OVET gave plant EPZ was As the adjacent coal power Vlissingen. terminal in in again diversification at the end of 2015, to shut down forced new require products New to survival. will be the key products Therefore, of storage. ways of transshipment and also new ways but storage possibilities, open the standard offers not only OVET DC 30 JANUARY 2017

i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS and withrespect toitscharacteristics. neat andby handlingandstoringthevariousproducts carefully contamination. This canonly bedoneby keeping theterminal stores different products strictly separated, withoutcausingany years more thanever. fact, OVET always ofdiversification, hadthestrategy butrecent coal, butalsofor smallerquantitiesofspecialbulkproducts. In chosen tostay aterminalnotjustsuitablefor thebigbulkof equipment inthepastuponbigbulkofcoal, OVET has specific needs. transshipment, OVET treats every cargo inaccordance toits contamination andtodeliver thebestperformance in in handlingallkindsofcargoes. To avoid any kindof fired power stations, nowadays OVET isspecialized coal terminaltosupply coaltocoke plantsandcoal- proven thatit’s possible. Originally founded asa terminals in Vlissingen and Terneuzen, hasalready (Antwerp–Rotterdam–Amsterdam) rangewith bulkterminallocatedinthe a dry ARA and safe way? The answer isyes! OVET, known as products suchasagribulkandbiomassinaclean GMP-certified, transshipandeven store other possible? Inotherwords, cana ‘coal’ terminalbe gap thathasbeenleftby the ‘black gold’. CO the demandsofEuropean Unionconcerning and more coal-fired power stationsinorder tofulfil Besides openstorage, OVET offers alsocovered storagewith At theopenstoragespaceofapproximately 48ha, OVET and bulkterminalsbasedtheirstrategy As otherdry Diversification isthekey word, butisthat 2 emissions, bulkterminalsneedtofillthe dry aiu O:310m 16.50msaltwater Maximum draught: Maximum LOA: 12.50mfresh water 37m 265m Storage Maximum draught: Maximum beam: Maximum LOA: terminal’s equipmenttotheneedsofdifferent products. storing thesegoods inacorrect way andby adapting the products suchasagribulkandbiomass, butonly by handlingand has carried outhandlingtheseproducts. direct transshipmentsandeven lighteringoperationsthatOVET agribulk andbiomasshasalready beenproven by themany Moreover, thefactthatOVET knows well how tohandle enable OVET ofdiversification. tointensifyitsstrategy shed. This will doublethecapacity for covered storageand extend thepossibilitiesfor covered storage by buildinganew products. the terminal, nearadedicatedquay usedonly for thesetypeof the covered of storagefacilitiesare locatedataseparatepart way. To avoid any possiblecontaminationwith ‘black’ products, specifications tostore agribulkandbiomassproducts inaperfect andhastheexactbuilding storage isGMPplus-certified whichare fullyseparate compartments ventilated. This covered uylnt: 1,400m 600,000tonnessopen storage 160,000m Maximum vessel size: Vlissingen statistics T Quay length: Paved terrain: Capacity: Maximum vessel size Terneuzen statistics onthe but alsoatanchorageberths Western Scheldtitself. area ofthe Western Scheldt, in Vlissingen, Terneuzen andGhent, With itsfloatingcranes, OVET isactive throughout theentire T the hinterland. by trainandtruckto the hinterlandandorganizingtransports seavessels andbarges),activities (chartering storagefacilitiesin OVET alsooffers arangeofotherservices, includingexpedition O ERMINAL ERMINAL HRSERVICES THER So it is certainly possibletofillthe So itiscertainly ‘black’ gap withother As thedemandfor storingagribulkisincreasing, OVET will V T LISSINGEN ERNEUZEN No locks=norisks (K (M ALOOTHARBOUR ASSAGOEDHARBOUR Capesize: upto180,000dwt Panamax: upto90,000dwt ) 2 ) i JANUARY 2017 PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS 31 DC The length of the rail track is 1,200 metres, of which 650 The length of the rail track is 1,200 metres, UTURE DEVELOPMENTS metres is double track. This train loader enables OVET to load This train loader enables OVET is double track. metres (2,700 tonnes) at a speed of 1,500 44 carriages a train of circa an installation, It is equipped with an antifreeze tonnes per hour. system weighing magnet and an automatic iron-removal (accurate to the kilogram). Road transport which then pass a weighing uses loaders to fill up trucks, OVET to determine the exact weight. platform shipping) transport (inland navigation/maritime Water dry connected to the most bulk terminals are The OVET Access to the Rhine in in Europe. important waterways The modern channel connections. is gained through Germany dry bulk of the North that the OVET Sea ensures proximity able to load is OVET very sea traffic. suitable for terminals are (lighters and tug-pushed barges) and unload all inland navigation Panamax and Handysize, and maritime shipping (Coasters, its customers. open for therefore All possibilities are Capesize). F this year As part products, of its efforts to handle different Vlissingen terminal, shed at the will extend its covered OVET such as its abilities to handle cargoes which will increase agribulk. access to the Betuwelijn and the Corridor C. and the Corridor access to the Betuwelijn CHELDT 2 S 3 3 2 3 FOR LIGHTERING VESSELS ON THE ROAD OR WATER TRANSPORT , INTERLAND CONNECTIONS FOR THE PERFECT ACCESS BY H Rail transport has had a OVET 2013, Since July track and a new renovated completely Vlissingen train loading system at the is able that OVET This ensures terminal. better hinterland an even to provide has OVET its customers. connection for that a train can travel proven successfully within the German Ruhr area to and from both dry bulk On top of that, 24 hours. connection to the a good terminals have with good network railway European Capacity: draught:Maximum 16.50m (salt water) up to 20,000 tonnes per tide OVET Scheldt every Western on the lightered are About 100 vessels Rede. Everingen and Terneuzen at the anchorage berths year, as their Antwerp Ghent or Terneuzen, have vessels The lightered destination. Capacity per compartment:Capacity warehouse:Storage capacity 7,500m 45,000m Number of compartments: per compartment:Surface area 1,000m 6 Rail storage Covered Quay length:Quay train capacity:Maximum train length:Maximum length:Track 2,500 t length double:Track 1,000 m 700m 650m 1,200m Capacity: Capacity: storage:Covered terrain:Paved 45,000m 1,500,000 tonnes open storage 300,000m Storage RAIL DC 32 JANUARY 2017

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i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS OPERATIONS in amore efficientway, theports systems. Inorder tohave thisdone entered information intotwo port maritime information hadto be Ghent–Terneuzen Canal, allvessel and that hadtosailonthe information system.port For vessels eachhadtheirown Zeeland Seaports ofGhentandtheDutch Flemish port and Terneuzen. Until2015the fromdepartures ofGhent theports system for allarrivals atand single cross-border information port as companiesonly have touseone the beginningof2015, vessels aswell Ghent andZeelandSeaports. Since system isworking well for thePort of information systemENIGMA+ port The recently introduced cross-border ENIGMA+ example ofthisfor tenyears. of companiesinthechemicalindustry, hasalready beenagood formation ofclusters. Valuepark Terneuzen, asuccessfulcluster much aspossible. Oneway inwhichthisoccursisthrough the idea thatcompaniescanbenefitfrom eachother’s strengths as the Zeelandports. isthe What spearheadsZeelandSeaports More than250logisticsandindustrialbusinessestogetherform I shipping. And allofthisiscombinedwithexcellentaccessviainland for installationvessels: nolocksandhardly any waitingtimes. Sea,the North andalsothankstotheexcellentnauticalaccess location reliable andsizeableplayer for many years, thankstoitsstrategic Within theoffshore market, hasbeen a ZeelandSeaports O containers. playerimportant Europe inNorthwest whenitcomesto logical, therefore, aimstogrow thatZeelandSeaports intoan ofcontainerswithoutany formexport ofcongestion. Itis transport. welland lendsitselfvery totheimport The port Vlissingen isclosetointernationalsailingroutes for container Central location inthelogisticalchaintosharemany inthisgrowth. otherparties for shippingcompanies,opportunities carriers, receivers and terminals, amongotherthings. That offers plentyof has plansfor thearrival ofmodern, specializedcontainer willexpandconsiderably.the Zeelandports ZeelandSeaports the hinterland. seashippingandroad,short containersquickly findtheirway to tothegood connectionsbyThanks partly inlandshipping, rail, trend. There are already container-handling facilitiesintheport. into thefuture. Naturally, isresponding ZeelandSeaports tothis throughout theworld. This growth isalsoexpectedtocontinue Goods are increasingly by container beingtransported C v NDUSTRY ONTAINERS FFSHORE In thecomingyears, thefacilitiesfor handlingcontainersin BOW Terminal. vis-à-vis STREAMLINES many offshore oilandgasrigswindfarmsin user ofZeeland Seaports. Fertilizer giant Yara isamajor a majorlinkintheEuropean network ofinlandnavigation asgatewaynot only important butitalsoforms tobothseaports 100,000 jobs, 425companiesand80,000inhabitants. The canalis (17km intheNetherlandsand15kmFlanders)represents seventh in biggestport Western Europe. The 32km-long canal seagoing vessels, togetherwould from withwhichtheports the economic zoneisgood for 60milliontonnesofcargo trafficby situated attheGhent–Terneuzen Canal. This border-crossing are ofGhentandtheDutchZeelandSeaports The Flemishport area Ghent-Terneuzen Canal: oneborder-crossing economic Terneuzen. of larger new lockinthecomplexofDutchport preparing themselves for thetakingintousein2021of Ghent andZeelandSeaports. Inthisway, are already theports of oftheuniquecooperationbetweenforms theports part situated alongtheborder between FlandersandtheNetherlands information systemfor twoOne singleandjointport ports Unique cooperation: cross-border shippingassistance world. safely andsmoothly logontothesystemfrom around the of ships, boatmenfor fasteningshipsandfor tugs. Userscan likeordering services dockworkers for theloadingandunloading a communication usersfor platform for thevariousport providers.systems ofothermaritimeservice Moreover, itisalso that are on theirway. ENIGMA+isalsolinked withinformation departures, andaview ofthevessels inbothports vessel berths comprises amongotherthingsthefollow-up ofarrivals and Network for Information intheGhent–ZeelandMaritime Area) information systemENIGMA+(ElectronicThe extendedport rendering ENIGMA+ for maritimeinformation andservice different Dutchports. linked information systemthatisusedby tothePort Baseport the needsofZeelandSeaports. For example, itcanalsobe Ghent Maritime Area) systemwasextendedinorder tomeet Ghent’s ENIGMA(Electronic Network for Information inthe informationdecided tojointly system. offer onesingleport WORLDWIDE NUMBER ONE IN ROPE-OPERATED GRABS

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Inaddition dry are coal, cokes, salt, chinaclay bulk products. Amongst these handling ofagreat varietyof gantry-cranes, allows for the combined withthetypeof lay-out oftheterminal, purpose bulkterminal. The Terminal isindeedamulti- biomass. Rotterdam Bulk minerals, coal, agri-and commodities suchasdry handling andstorageofbulk Bulk Terminal isonthe Maas. The focus ofRotterdam oftheriver NewNorthbank Rotterdam, locatedatthe facilities inthePort of traditional bulkterminal operates asoneofthemost Rotterdam Bulk Terminal QUIPMENT Marcor Stevedoring B.V. –Dodewaardstraat 14–NL-3087 BARotterdam YOUR PARTNER INLOGISTICS MARCOR STEVEDORING B.V. a fleetoffront-end andshrankloaders. inside theholdsofvessels, Rotterdam Bulk Terminal operates For variousbulkhandlingoperationsattheterminaland 6.00m. draught atthejettyis approximately 500tph. The the jettyhasacapacity of The barge/coasterloaderat southside oftheterminal. 602)atthe (portnumber system totheloadingjetty through thesamebelt- accommodations runs from thesestorage shed. ofproducts Delivery six steelsilosaswell asthe infrastructure tofeed the Rotterdam Bulk Terminal’s of belt systemispart A fixed 1,500mconveyor- Conveyor-belt system for board-board handling. fleet offloatinggrabcranes Terminal hasaccesstoa cranes, Rotterdam Bulk per hour). 350–500tph (metrictonnes hour amountsto production percrane discharge), theaverage (board-board orterminal the handlingmethod In addition tothegantry- i JANUARY 2017 PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS 39 DC Maja is also able to process large items up to a maximum of large items up to a maximum Maja is also able to process 140 tonnes with its Liebherr LHM 550 crane, located in the LHM 550 crane, 140 tonnes with its Liebherr Maja is able to help Amsterdam. terminal in Vlothaven the storage or transshipment of heavier customers looking for Amsterdam. in Vlothaven at the cargo floating and fixed loading and unloading cranes and other floating and fixed staff who can and experienced machinery and equipment, it flexibility allows The company’s expertly deal with all cargoes. of its customers’ requirements. to any quickly to respond Bulk It stands years. for bulk carriers for Maja has been loading scrap carrying as possible.out by out transshipments as damage-free that Fertilizer is a unique product fast. it also works In addition, and Maja has has specific loading and unloading requirements, closed grabs are It ensures experience in this respect. extensive as possible to minimize spillage.used and unloads as accurately dolomite and Maja also transships minerals such as talc, damage and during which preventing bentonite in large volumes, of required Maja has a number a major role. spillage plays It the storage of various types of bulk materials. permits for maintenance and cleaning the storage, for strict protocols applies It also takes mixed. never ensuring substances are of equipment, the transshipment and storage of agricultural products of care Maja animal consumption and is GMP-certified. and minerals for the transshipment of coal and the for is at home in the market pellets). wood storage and transshipment of biomass (e.g. cargo Mixed about the transshipment of is to know all there Maja knows paper, steel (including coils), such as big bags, cargo, mixed fleet of self-propelled With its diverse and so on. cargo project it guarantees too, here, floating cranes and its experienced staff, the quick and efficient loading and unloading of goods. . 2 content measurement for content measurement 2 Maja has a team of 35 well-trained and motivated employees. and motivated Maja has a team of 35 well-trained Maja ensures that all goods are stored under the best under the stored are that all goods Maja ensures RANSSHIPMENT TORAGE Each compartment can hold 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes. Specific Each compartment can hold 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes. services and CO such as temperature Fast and efficient and Fast but it also has is specializes in the transshipment of bulk, Maya Handling customers’ cargo. plenty of experience with mixed docks, Maja has its own is key. and efficiently quickly goods T Storage sheds Storage bulk and/or mixed the storage of storage sheds for Maja has two each measuring 3,750m compartments with four in total, cargo, Maja offers specific storage for each type of material. To material. each type of specific storage for Maja offers the it is essential to have safety, quality and safeguard preserve This each type of material. storage facilities for appropriate agricultural minerals, to the storage of fertilizers, applies and biomass. products S Maja Stuwadoors is a stevedoring company headquartered in company Maja Stuwadoors is a stevedoring has been operating since 1972, business The family Amsterdam. servicesand it offers in the major sea ports to customers in the Netherlands. Full-service stevedoring from Maja Stuwadoors Maja from stevedoring Full-service agricultural and biomass products can be tailored to the can be tailored agricultural and biomass products The water depth at storage is 9.6m. requirements. customer’s suited for long and is especially is 400 metres The quay with a 28,000–30,000dwt. Handysize bulk vessels facilities on location. weighing It offers possible conditions. options that include sub-dividing the shed into several are There Maja applies smaller compartments and other customizations. the storage of bulk agricultural goods, for protocols different cargo. fertilizer and biomass and/or mixed minerals, DC 40 JANUARY 2017

i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS v v include: unloading. height must allow current andwave weather, sincethe depending onthe coast orinaport, may take placeoffthe character. Operations often have along-term Projects orsolutions operational abroad. floating cranes currently hasseveral for projects abroad. It unloading vessels and cranes withcrew for Maja rents outfloating Activities abroad to discussoptions. crane togetintouch that requires afloating liftingjob particular customers witha encourages any hourly basis. It lifting operationsonan for specificprojects or Maja rents outcranes R ENTAL Current projects falling scrap andthepossibility ofdamage. Loadingmust also carefullyUnloading must bedonevery becauseofthe riskof floating cranes, shippingfrom theshore andfrom vessels. on tobulkcarriers. Itdoesthisusingboth quay cranesand Amsterdam, Majaisaspecialistintheloadingofscrap metal loads andunloadsscrap for variouscompanies. In the mine. transships approximately 2mt(milliontonnes)ofbauxitefor 25-tonne floatinglemniscatescrane. Onanannual basis, Maja Capesize bulkcarriers from 120,000 to180,000dwtwitha location atseatothebauxitestoragefacility. Maja loads from theload and thebargessail barges atthecoast, bauxite isloadedto draughts. The vessels withdeeper facilities for larger due tolackofport Dominican coast are loadedatthe The bulkcarriers Dominican Republic. bauxite mineinthe operations for a transshipment carries out Caribbean Sea, Maja China: loading scrapusingquay cranesandfloating cranes: loading bauxitefor in the Maja out allunloading operationssmoothly withoutintermediaries. means thecustomer canrelax, anditalsoenables Majatocarry customized service. Controlling thisaspectofthesupply chain suppliers ofbargesandtugs, allowing ittoprovide afully Rotterdam for many years. Majaworks togetherwithreliable of of bulkmineralsfor customersin the ports Amsterdam and space. Ithasbeentakingcare ofthestorageandtransshipment Maja canprovide itscustomerswith bargesandcargo storage M J AE AEO EVERYTHING OF CARE TAKES AJA the scrap. be donecarefully andincludesmeasuringtheradioactivityof

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i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS German steelproducers situatedattheRhineandRuhr-area, but temporarily stored. EECVnotonly transshipsores for the steelmaking. 20mt ayear ofoverseas iron ore andadditives for usein bringinginaround technology the clockusingstate-of-the-art with tonnagesofupto365,000dwthave beenunloadedaround customers intheRuhrarea. push bargesandfor toGerman onward transport unloads seagoing vessels, stores andloadsraw materialsinto Using ecologically friendly andup-to-datetechnologiesEECV around 28mt(milliontonnes)ofiron ore andcoaleachyear. in Europe. terminal,state-of-the-art oneofthelargestandmostadvanced Europoort ofRotterdam. area oftheport EECVoperatesa most modernbulkcargo transshipmentfacilitiesinthe Europoort C.V. (EECV)operatesoneofEurope’s largestand Hüttenwerke KruppMannesmannGmbH, Ertsoverslagbedrijf On behalfofitsshareholders, thyssenkrupp SteelEurope AG and majorlinkinthemetallurgical logisticschain EECV: oa odd . . . . 7.7 15.1 348 67 3.119 59.6 7.4 14.2 7.1 338 66 2.854 52.2 7.1 39.2 19.6 11.8 5.7 124 8.833 331 19.6 2.096 58 45.1 934.2 6.1 37.8 2015/2016 18.9 9.4 8.492 4.7 126 275 1.710 18.9 39 46 2014/2015 914.6 4.7 41.1 8.4 20.4 4.2 246 8.834 1.690 128 2013/2014 34.3 20.7 40 2015/2016 895.7 * milliontonnes 4.2 Total 40.8 unloaded since1970* 2012/2013 8.972 20.6 Total treated* 2014/2015 Total loaded* 126 Coal Train 2011/2012 20.2 874.9 Barges 40.6 Total unloaded* 10.322 20.9 2013/2014 Seavessels Financial year 116 854.7 19.7 2012/2013 Total unloadedsince1970* Total treated* Total 2011/2012 loaded* Barges Total unloaded* Seavessels Financial year On asitecovering anarea of47ha, upto3.0mtofore canbe Ever sincethe deep-waterharbourwasopenedin1967, ships On anarea ofmore than100hectares, theterminalhandles STATISTICS: EECVORE AND COAL TERMINALS Coal Terminal Ore Terminal managing thestockyard andloadingcoalontobargestrains. technologies, EECVisresponsible for unloadingseagoing vessels, is equippedwiththelatestenvironmental protection to 8mtofcoal. As theoperationsmanagerofthisfacility, which site adjacenttotheEECVore terminal, for thetransshipmentup supply them. To enablethis, anew terminalwasconstructedata EECV toprovide theirblastfurnacesandthecokingplantsthat Krupp MannesmannGmbHhave alsobeensuppliedwithcoalvia maintained. overall logisticschainby ensuringthatsuppliestosteelworks are units uptheRhinetoDuisburg, EECVforms avitallinkinthe iron ore intopushedbarges, ingroups transported offour tosix also managestheirlargeststockofraw materials. and coal, asthehomebasefor the EECV served bulkputthrough atthecompany’sof dry seaquay inRotterdam. (Ertsoverslagbedrijf Europoort c.v.) recorded itsbillionthtonne On theevening ofMonday, 12December2016, EECV EECV Since 2003, thyssenkrupp SteelEurope AG andHüttenwerke By just-in-timeloadingoftherequired quantitiesandtypesof As well asitsactivitiesfocusing onthetransshipmentofore EMNLHNLSISBLINHTONNE BILLIONTH ITS HANDLES TERMINAL Berge Stahl, the i JANUARY 2017 PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS 43 DC ERMINAL T Many ships have a shuttle service between Rotterdam and a shuttle service Rotterdam between ships have Many RE the main suppliers of raw materials, such as Brazil, Canada and such as Brazil, materials, the main suppliers of raw which can each pick colossal grab cranes, Using four Australia. (pieces of ores the various iron up 30 to 40 tonnes at a time, unloaded and and concentrate) are fine ore pellets, ore, and maintenance personnel work to ensure that operations are to ensure work and maintenance personnel the unloading of ships to the loading of raw from smooth, materials on to barges and trains. O ships. berthing offers three facilities for The 1.1km-long sea quay access to the with direct location, Thanks to its favourable the world’s even North 23.7m, Sea and a depth of 18.5m to with tonnages of up to 365,000dwt can carriers largest bulk ore be unloaded at EECV. OTTERDAM R EERHAVEN V As a team-oriented organization, EECV’s planning, production planning, EECV’s As a team-oriented organization, Rail transport also deserves a mention: EECV operates a EECV operates Rail transport also deserves a mention: RGANIZATION ULK THROUGHPUT IN O 320 employees EECV’s flexibility and efficiency, With reliability, in shifts — guarantee the — about 70% of them work and coal around and efficient transshipment of ores continuous the clock. In 2015, the throughput of dry totalled 80mt the throughput bulk in Rotterdam In 2015, ore/scrap, into 34mt of iron down This breaks (million tonnes). In 11mt of agribulk and 12mt of other dry bulk. 23mt of coal, with the EMO Together the EECV facility handled 27mt. 2015, most important the terminal for EECV is Rotterdam’s terminal, of drythroughput bulk. B THYSSENKRUPP to its is then forwarded unloaded at EECV cargo Most of the Brielle- the is handled by This inland shipping. by destination Every day, Veerhaven. thyssenkrupp company based push towing coal and the firm transports 60,000 to 80,000 tonnes of ore, with done This is mainly Germany. to Duisburg, steel products combinations. the aid of six-unit pusher load trains with up to 44 loader that can automatically wagon cars. ship that made its last call at the Port of Rotterdam in the of Rotterdam at the Port last call made its ship that transported and that has close to last year, December of middle during its service. ore tonnes of iron 90 million DC 44 JANUARY 2017

i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS the systemisfully automated. also have thepossibilitytoloadtrainswith44wagons, for which capacity of 1.3mt. Besidestheloadingofcoalintobarges, EECV handle approximately 8mtofcoalperannum. this operationwaseven expandedandnowadays EECVcan tohandlecoalshipments.but in2003italsostarted In2013, In theearly years ofitsexistenceEECVonly handlediron ore, C fully automatically. is today capable ofperforming allactivitiessemiautomatically or development andmodernizationofitsoperatingprocesses, and of Duisburg. their longjourney, culminatingintheirusetheblastfurnaces units offour tosixbarges, theores commencethefinallegof and inlandvessels onthe900m-longDintelhaven inlandquay. In the stockyard attheappropriate timesandloadedontobarges The systemensures thatspecifiedore typesare reclaimed from system thatcontrols therequested ofores delivery toDuisburg. EECV’s steelmakingcustomers. types ofore canbestored atseveral storagelocationsfor sampling equipment. Upto3.0mtandmore than30different scales andrepresentative samplesare taken by fully automated specification, theweight ofthecargo isdetermined by usingbelt viaconveyortransported beltstothestoragesite. OAL More than15different typesofcoalcanbestored, uptoa In recent years, EECVhassteppedupitsinvestment inthe EECV isconnectedtoacomplexraw materialplanning Before stacker-reclaimers stacktheore according toits T ERMINAL Code). Security Code)andtheBLUCode(BulkLoadingUnloading standards like ISPS(theInternationalShipandPort Facility transhipment, according tointernational EECViscertified management system. As aspecialistinore andcoal environmental protection are allfundamentaltoEECV’s quality continuous improvement ofallservices, workplace safety and Customer satisfaction, effective andefficientoperation, Q UALITY M ANAGEMENT i JANUARY 2017 PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS 45 DC 2015 2016* 2017** 15–16 16–17 DRY BULK THROUGHPUT AT ROTTERDAM AT THROUGHPUT BULK DRY THER DRY BULK OAL Agribulk oreIron 10,834& scrap 33,865 11,000Coal 30,500Other 11,000Total 31,000 30,691 1,000 metric tonnes Authority, Port of Rotterdam Source: 12,349 27,500 2% –10%* estimate ** forecast 12,250 87,739 26,500 0% 2% 81,250 13,500 82,000 –10% –1% –4% 10% –7% 1% O of other dryThe volume bulk handled in the port was just one Other dry range bulk consists of a broad 2015. below percent C at the end of 2015, closed were stations power coal fired Two On Amer8 in Geertruidenburg Engie in Nijmegen). and RWE Uniper and Engie, coal plants from new two the other hand, Most of the coal started up at the Maasvlakte Rotterdam. is transported to coal stations in in Rotterdam onwards arriving The mild winter at the start and good of the year Germany. of increase and the continuing wind and solar, conditions for steam Still, energy on coal demand. had an impact renewable (+3.8% in the first an increase coal imports showed in Germany remained because coal power eight months of the year), because of very However, to gas during the year. competitive ARA (and other high coal stocks in Rotterdam a for ports) coal plants were [Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp] at the coal large part stored supplied with coal already behind the remained in Rotterdam Thus coal arrivals terminals. year. previous SCRAP & The Port of Rotterdam did see an increase in scrap exports in scrap did see an increase of Rotterdam The Port Production at the Abengoa biorefineryAbengoa annual (with an at the Production Coal handling at the EMO terminal. GRIBULK RON ORE I One of the of 2015. the level was below ore of iron Throughput Although of steel imports into the EU. is the high level reasons this is a modest increase, steel shows demand for European countries third imports by from covered almost completely major market of Rotterdam’s In the Port China). (especially in the first nine months production blast furnace iron Germany, of blast refurbishing Also, 2015. was 2.1% below of last year Austria had an impact on the demand furnaces in Saarland and ore. iron for against Chinese thanks to anti-dumping measures Turkey, to steel. A corn), imports mostly of grain (wheat, Agribulk throughput, 11mt per annum. is quite steady around and soymeal, soybeans and results dependent on crop are Fluctuations in throughput imported domestic vs prices for agricultural goods. and 360,000 fuel use, ethanol for of 480 million litres capacity grain) was halted due to financial tonnes of dried distilled the refinery was however company; with the parent problems The temporary had a shutdown Alco Group. the by over taken (corn) used during of feedstock minor impact on the volume 2016. Developments at the Port of Rotterdam of the Port at Developments of Rotterdam the Port ports, with other European In common in coal volumes the reduction by affected has been adversely the Based on January to September figures, Europe. throughout (million tonnes) 81.2mt of around portestimates a throughput to 7% compared of a drop be which would of dry bulk this year, the port see a expects to (2017), this year For the 2015 result. of 1% to 82mt. modest growth DC 46 JANUARY 2017

i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS production, andtheimpactofclimatepoliciesondemandfor a declineindemandmajormarkets like power andsteel bulkcommoditiesare experiencing European handlingdry ports bulkshippingandtradeisgoing throughDry adifficultperiod. T enlarged by 60,000m long termcontractfor thestorageofsalt, thecapacity willbe covered storagecapacity intheBotlekterminal. by a Supported area andthehinterlandofport.in theport development ofindustrialproduction andconstructionactivities bulkislinkedgeneral thethroughput ofotherdry tothe of commodities, from industrialmineralstosandandgravel. In in covered storage. bulkproductsof ashedfor thatneedtobestored variousdry ED N OPPORTUNITIES AND RENDS Services (EBS)EuropoortServices site. Grain silosattheEuropean Bulk European Bulk services (part of theHESGroup) (part expandedits European Bulkservices 3 . The expansion involves theconstruction Netherlands. Several power companies, withcoalplantsinthe provide fundingfor renewable power generationinthe demand. A new subsidyscheme(SDE+)wasintroduced to targets —equivalenttoaround 3.5mt/year ofwood pellet come from biomassco-firingtomeetits2020cleanenergy biomass. agreementThe Netherlandsenergy specifies25PJmust for (imported) The declineincoalcouldbeanopportunity Wood pelletsfor co-firing are: opportunities time looksfor new businessopportunities. Two examplesofnew strengthen itspositioninthismature market andatthesame community seeksto Authority togetherwiththeport handling, the long-termtrends donotlookfavourable. The PoR successful anti-dumpingmeasures bulk cangive aboosttodry fossil fuels. termacoldwinteror Although intheshort terminal atthePortterminal ofRotterdam. Overslagbedrijf (EMO)B.V. The Europees Massagoed- i JANUARY 2017 PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS 47 DC Moving monopiles for monopiles Moving offshore wind projects. offshore Within the port and industrial complex, the Port of the Port Within the port and industrial complex, Shipping Summit 2016 was held in The International Green OTTERDAM WINS AWARD FOR GREENEST PORT Rotterdam Authority is responsible for developing and improving developing for Authority is responsible Rotterdam It does and pipelines. road rail, inland shipping, modes: the four and by ourselves making infrastructural improvements this by in the freight a role collaborating with other parties play that to the hinterland. flows hub of Europe Logistics position as the largest logistics the port’s to strengthen In order Authority is of Rotterdam the Port and industrial hub of Europe, co-operating with various partners to further improve is an Alblasserdam in Transferium The Container accessibility. is intended to relieve Transferium The example of such a project. particulateA15 and reduce emissions. matter traffic on the than 200 More on 17 and 18 October 2016. Rotterdam shipping industry the international participants from attended Year of the Port the Greenest Other nominees for the event. Antwerp, were and Hamburg. Amsterdam award Energy transition is a priority in Rotterdam Authority considers the transition from of Rotterdam The Port The energy one of the top priorities. to renewable fossil including with the therein, a major role shipping industry plays and efficient propulsion transition to cleaner fuels and more respect are the interests of customers and other users, the of customers and other users, the interests are respect of the port and of Rotterdam distinguishing features sustainability. R Shipping Summit 2016 in During the International Green Greenest was voted of Rotterdam the Port October last year, the participants is granted by and is This award Year. of the Port port Rotterdam in the a testament to the efforts everyone of the port sustainable. more to make community OTTERDAM R ORT OF P The new location also has 40 hectares of storage capacity. location also has 40 hectares The new N ACCESSIBLE PORT ACKGROUND ON THE Excellent accessibility is of vital importance of to the Port Rotterdam of the Port with its partners, Together Rotterdam. Authority is committed to ensuring that the port remains Important in this water. as by By land and rail as well accessible. A The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe. The port is the largest port of Rotterdam in Europe. The Port 6,000 of which approx includes 12,500 ha (land and water, area The total length of the port is more area ha is business sites). and 110,000 vessels 30,000 seagoing Approximately than 40km. visit the port year. every inland vessels of Rotterdam B Monopiles for offshore wind offshore Monopiles for in the North wind parks of offshore Sea also The development selected a The Sif group an opportunity the port. for provided the at the start of 2015; Maasvlakte 2, the Rotterdam site, of in terms of the production advantages that this location offers Sif can clear. and other components are tubulars, monopiles, as in diameter as well monopiles up to 11 metres produce now coat its monopiles on location in Rotterdam. parts these can be shipped access to the NorthWith direct Sea, the largest installation The site is accessible to even effectively. barges without height and depth and seagoing vessels restrictions. port (Engie, Uniper) or supplied through the port (RWE), have the port (RWE), Uniper) or supplied through port (Engie, take to likely are Successful projects subsidies. for applied 18 months to come online once financial close is around Amer 9 plant that could be An exception is RWE’s reached. under the old subsidy scheme. co-fired sooner as it previously in on the necessary working now investments The utilities are stevedoring handling and storage facilities together with Authority. companies and the Port DC 48 JANUARY 2017

i PORTS, TERMINALS & LOGISTICS HUB reward indesigning anultramodernlogisticshub for ourefforts underlying assessmentoflogisticsexperts. These dynamicsare a (18%)whichtookthird place. Hungary ahead ofsecond-placed Antwerp (dynamic: 20%)andGyörin 12% compared to2015. The Port ofRotterdam istherefore far Port ofRotterdam as dynamic”,“very whichisanincrease of A totalof45%Germanlogisticianssurveyed describedthe European logisticshub, itisexpandingitspositioneven further. It notonly remains asitdidlastyear, asthe mostdynamic consultancy SCI Verkehr, thePort ofRotterdam takes firstplace. In theperiodical P possible ways ofinnovation. promotion ofallthe ofbio-basedactivitiesandthesupport while atthesametimewe are focused fully onnew business, the traditional industriesinthePort ofRotterdam are supported invest ininnovation andinnew markets. Therefore, theexisting ensure businesses are abletomake sufficientreturns inorder to supported, tokeep sinceitisnecessary societygoing andto based chemicals. of companiesdedicatedtotheproduction ofbio-fuelsandbio- already has theworld’s largestbio-basedcluster, withanumber in thecomingdecades. At thesametime, ofRotterdam theport usingcoal.fossil fuelsandthegenerationofenergy This willshift refining, petrochemical industry, storageandconsumptionof More ingeneral, iscurrently theport stilldominatedby oil The world’s largest bio-basedcluster to achieve this. Authority are already working together inmany aspectsinorder consumption.energy andthePort The shippingindustry R OF ORT “We feel reassured inourpoliciesby theseresults andthe In aneraofchange, theexistingshouldstillbefully R TEDMMS DYNAMIC MOST OTTERDAM SCI/Logistics Barometer by theCologne-based E RPA LOGISTICS UROPEAN indicators ofrepresentative companiesinthelogisticssector. 200-respondent survey onthesize, products andother specifically. The barometer waslaunchedinJune 2003witha shows theeconomicsituationandfuture oftheindustry opening upnew routes inEurope andGermany. Rotterdam setupby partners. is alsoworkingThe port on recently wasthefirstrailway connectionbetween Chinaand development regional connections, ofimportant either. Only Rotterdam isalsodeveloping additional toolsfor thefuture. movement ofgoods alongtheentire supply chain. The Port of owners andfreight forwarders inplanningandexecuting the tools helpallpartners, forwarders, logisticscompanies, ship- aroleimportant astheactualmovement ofgoods. Numerous with networked quays. unmanned. The Port ofRotterdam isinnovatively experimenting highly automated, oftheprocess sothatlargeparts are terminals of APM, RWG andECTontheMaasvlakteare already infrastructure asadynamiclogisticshub. The container one of the most important clustersfor LNG. one ofthemostimportant industries,contemporary suchasthefieldofchemistry, oras cluster, and whetheritbein co-operation withstartups logistics. therebyThe port actsasaninnovation andindustry areas —both inshaping thefuture oflogisticsandevery day The Port ofRotterdam demonstrates itsdynamismindifferent Innovation driver innovation didnotstopwithMaasvlakteII.” commenting onthefigures. “Our dynamicsandpotentialfor Castelein, ManagingDirector ofthePort ofRotterdam, alongtheentirefor allparticipants supply chain,” said Allard that actively shapes excellentconditionsfor thequalityofgoods SCI/ Logistics Barometer The Port ofRotterdam doesnotremain atastandstillinthe The designofthedigitalinformation flow plays justas isconstantly workingThe port onitsinternalport is anindicatormeasured regularly that components. Sif cannow produce The Sif group selecteda sitethe Rotterdam Maasvlakte 2atthe monopiles, tubulars,andother monopiles upto11metres in diameter aswell ascoatits start of2015tohandleits start monopiles onlocationin Rotterdam. DC i NEWS

SEA-Invest places order for a SAMSON Eco Hopper

Example of an Eco Hopper in operation (©SAMSON). ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT

SEA-Invest, one of the world’s largest terminal operators with expertise spanning a multitude of port related activities in 25 ports over two continents, has placed an order for an Eco Hopper from SAMSON Materials Handling Ltd., UK, destined for operation on the Ivory Coast. This Eco Hopper is designed to receive dry bulk materials such as cement clinker, limestone, gypsum and slag from a mobile harbour crane. The Eco Hopper will discharge onto a high-level quayside conveyor at a rate of 1,200tph (tonnes per hour) or via a dedicated outlet direct to trucks at 700tph. SAMSON Eco Hoppers provide an environmentally respectful import solution for dry bulk materials. With a variety of dust reduction and containment measures operators will reduce material wastage and limit fugitive dust. Robustly designed to withstand cross winds and grab impact damage, the Eco Hopper is reliable in busy ports and terminals. SEA-Invest chose the SAMSON Eco Hopper for its flexibility. In addition to being able to handle a variety of different materials, the equipment can be configured at a later stage to suit evolving port operations. Port operators need to make sure that logistics costs are compatible with the market price of the materials being transported and that their equipment can respond to changes in market conditions. Sébastien Ghesquiere, Director of SEA-Tech, the SEA-Invest Engineering subsidiary, confirms that “in a competitive market we need to ensure our service offering is reliable and value for money. Environmental responsibility is something that we take seriously at SEA-Invest. We endeavour to provide efficient, cost-effective and environmentally appropriate service and we look forward to developing our port facilities with SAMSON”. SAMSON Materials Handling has 50 years of experience in the design and manufacture of bulk materials handling equipment employed across a variety of different and diverse industries worldwide.

ABOUT THE AUMUND GROUP The AUMUND Group is active worldwide. The conveying and storage specialist has special expertise at its disposal when dealing with bulk materials. With their high degree of individuality, both its technically sophisticated as well as innovative products have contributed to the AUMUND Group today being a market leader in many areas of conveying and storage technology. The manufacturing JANUARY 2017 companies AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH (Rheinberg, Germany), SCHADE Lagertechnik GmbH (Gelsenkirchen, Germany), SAMSON Materials Handling Ltd. (Ely, England), as well as AUMUND Logistic GmbH (Rheinberg, Germany), are consolidated under the umbrella of the AUMUND Group. In conjunction with the headquarters of the manufacturing companies, the global conveying and storage technology business is spearheaded through a total of ten locations in Asia, Europe, North and South America and a total of five warehouses in Germany, USA, Brazil, Hong Kong and Riyadh. DCi

49 DC 50 JANUARY 2017 i ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT NEWS CASE Wichita plantachievesSilverLeveldesignationin World ClassManufacturing periodic auditsevaluates aselectionof WCM waste. To improvements, certify asystemof injuries, zero defects, zero breakdowns andzero process by identifyingobjectives suchaszero eliminate wasteandlossfrom theproduction on continuous improvement, designedto processes. Itisapillar-structured systembased management ofmanufacturing plantsand industry’s higheststandards for theintegrated NAFTA, EMEA, LATAM and APAC regions. national andinternationalmarkets inthe employs over to 400peopleandexports dedicated research &development. The site compact trackloaderproduct manufacturing and 46,000m United States. loader manufacturing plantin Wichita, Kansas, company’s skidsteerloaderandcompacttrack for the Class Manufacturing (WCM)certification Industrial N.V., hasreceived aSilver Level World construction equipmentbrandofCNH ConstructionEquipment,CASE global WCM isoneoftheglobalmanufacturing Established in1974, the Wichita sitecovers 2 , housingbothskidsteerloaderand Italiana. on theMercato Telematico Azionario oftheBorsa Goods listedontheNew York Stock Exchangeand CNH IndustrialN.V., a World leaderinCapital leading warranties andflexiblefinancing. equipment andaftermarket support, industry- true professional withworld-class partner Through dealers, CASE customershave accesstoa compact trackloadersandrough-terrain forklifts. compaction rollers, crawler dozers, skidsteers, excavators, motorgraders, wheelloaders, vibratory world, includinghigh-quality loader/backhoes, a fulllineofconstructionequipmentaround the ConstructionEquipment sells andsupports CASE CASE C and MotivationofOperators. including Professional Maintenance, Level ofDetail were improvements duetoaseriesofcategory Silver andBronze. is thebasisfor three achievement levels: Gold, pillars, forming anoverall score for eachplantthat CASE Construction Equipmentisabrandof CASE Determining factorsfor thislatestachievement ONSTRUCTION E QUIPMENT Made by Mantsinen ONE OF THE USERS DC 52 JANUARY 2017 i ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT NEWS Radial Pressure design, curved (CARP) firstintroduced by Martin, todeliver consistent are bestsuitedfor specificcargo suchashotslagandclinker, ormoistmaterials. to perform under extreme temperatures aslow as–40ºFandhigh300ºF, andothers compounds tothespecificbelt, speedandtypesofmaterial. Somebladetypesare designed life, thesixcolour-coded bladetypesallow operatorstoperfectly matchurethane quality control andaone-day turnaround onmostorders. subcontracting theproduction assomesuppliersdo. This process allows for thehighest controlled, modularwork stationdesignedandbuiltby thecompany’s engineers, ratherthan blade type. required, for allcleanerassembliesusingitsurethane beltscrapers, regardless ofmodelor Forever BeltCleanerGuarantee, Engineeringwillprovide Martin replacement as parts belt cleanersthatare fittedexclusively withthecompany’s cleanerblades. Underthe cleaning systemsisoffering lifetime no-costreplacement oftensionersandmainframesfor In afirstfor thebulkmaterialhandlingindustry, aglobalmanufacturer ofconveyor belt Belt cleaner manufacturer introduces forever equipment guarantee Martin Engineering primary cleanersare produced Engineeringprimary usingthepatentedConstant-AreaMartin Engineered toeffectively remove carryback, reduce materiallossandprovide longerbelt The company’s replacement bladesare mixed, formed andcured inacomputer Eriez Europecontinuestoexpand despiteBrexit uncertainty Current Separatorrotors peryear by athird, promoting from awidevarietyofwastestreams. Current Separators, designedtorecover non-ferrous metals the intricatemanufacture ofEriez’advancedrangeEddy balancing machineandafilamentwindingtofacilitate required. access toprocess-critical spare rotors shouldthey be Separator rotors on-site, enablingcustomerstohave quick manufacture andstockarangeofglobalEddy Current excellenceworldwide.customer service EriezEurope will strengthening Eriez’s abilitytoprovide consistentlevels of manufacturing sitetothecompany’s globalnetwork, established South Wales facilityadds athird rotor North America and Asia, theexpansionofwell- Europe. metal detectionequipmenttocustomersacross theUKand South Wales, UK, whichsuppliesmagneticseparationand existing extensive European in manufacturing headquarters $425,000 inanew rotor manufacturing facilitytoexpandits Following aprolonged upturninsales, Eriezisinvesting The new facilitywillincrease production capacity ofEddy The investment atEriezEurope willincludeahigh-speed Complementing Eriez’Eddy Current manufacturing sitesin and underexclusive licencewith ESS Australia. Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, India and theUK, from businessunitsinBrazil, factory-owned China, France, Germany, in Neponset, IL, thecompany offers manufacturing, salesand service cement, aggregates, biomass, grain and otherchannels. Headquartered bulk materialprocessing inapplications suchascoalhandling, mining, todeliverproducts cleaner, andservices safer andmore productive philosophy, thefamily-owned company hasbeenaleadinginnovator of leader inbulkmaterialshandlingtechnology. 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Fit for purpose: FPT chooses SENNEBOGEN 840 scrap handler

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With scrap recycling facilities throughout the Great Lakes region and down to Florida, Ferrous Processing & Trading (FPT) is involved in every aspect of the industry. The latest material handler added to the fleet is an electric drive SENNEBOGEN 840 scrap handler. Tony Benacquisto is charged with keeping all of those facilities equipped to perform profitably. “I’m the one that goes out to find new equipment,” he explains. “I have to find the most efficient way of doing something and see how we can improve our bottom line.” Among Benacquisto’s recent ‘finds’ is a new electric drive SENNEBOGEN 840 scrap handler, commissioned in March of 2015 at FPT’s Strong Steel Products yard in Detroit, MI, USA. He chose the 840 to feed flattened cars and #2 scrap to the largest shredder in the region. But this isn’t the first time his search for cost-effective equipment has led him to SENNEBOGEN. All told, FPT operates several SENNEBOGEN material handling machines. The Strong facility also has a rubber-tyred version of the new machine, an 840 M model, and another electrically powered machine, a SENNEBOGEN 835 R-HD, is running at the nearby FPT Kronk facility. “We’ve had the 835 electric going for four years and had great success with it. So we had the measurable results from it to compare numbers when we were looking for a new electric drive machine.” To match up with the mega-shredder, Benacquisto knew he wanted electric drive. “I’ve had electric equipment in the past, going back to our electric overhead cranes. I knew the efficiency of electric as compared to diesel; when you add the rising price of diesel to the maintenance cost of diesel, it far exceeds what electricity costs. With the way the price of diesel was jumping a year ago, it just made sense to go electric.” The Strong Steel site is a 9-acre yard and processes in excess of 200,000 tonnes per year. The operation is purely focused on shredder throughput. Flattened automobiles arrive on trailers. They are fed through the shredder and ferrous material is separated by a magnet. The clean material is shipped to customers by rail and truck. The SENNEBOGEN machine was chosen to perform simply, quickly and reliably.

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Turkish companies place major orders with AUMUND

ÇIMSA CIMENTO AND BATICIM ORDER OVER 100 MACHINES FOR THREE SITES AUMUND Fördertechnik is strengthening its share of the Turkish market. Çimsa Cimento has now ordered about 60 AUMUND machines for the ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT plants in Eskisehir and Niğde in Turkey. With five kiln lines in Mersin, Eskişehir, Kayseri, Niğde and Afyonkarahisar — as well as a grinding plant in Ankara and two cement packing plants in Marmara and Malatya — Çimsa is one of the leading producers in the Turkish cement industry. A further 41 machines were ordered by Baticim for the plant in Söke. With the arrival of these two large orders, AUMUND has now sold more than 150 machines to the Turkish cement industry within one year. Pan conveyor By the end of 2016, AUMUND had supplied the Eskisehir plant with six type KZB central chain bucket elevators, with centre distances between 25m and 68m (© AUMUND). and capacities from 40tph (tonnes per hour) to 400tph. The package also comprised ten belt bucket elevators with centre distances between 17m and 95m and capacities from 200tph and 350tph. Also six AUMUND 800mm pan conveyors with centre distances between 15m and 47m and capacities from 150tph to 250tph were ordered. The type of pan conveyor that can convey material in the upper run and the lower run at the same time is only built by two manufacturers worldwide. The material can be discharged by opening any of a number of remotely controlled intermediate stations positioned as required along the conveyor. The AUMUND type ordered for the Eskişehir plant is an SPB, with a centre distance of 42m and a capacity of 250tph. This particular model is equipped with three discharge stations. This pivoting pan conveyor permits material feed into silos through stationary discharge stations. The pan construction allows the material to be distributed between several silos and bunkers. As a result any additional equipment, such as conveyors with their supporting structures and transfer chutes, is no longer necessary. The order for Eskisehir is completed by three trough chain conveyors. For the Niğde plant, AUMUND will supply three central chain bucket elevators, with centre distances between 25m and 37.5m and capacities from 50tph to 400tph. The order also comprises six belt bucket elevators with centre distances between 31m and 91m and capacities from 250tph to 350tph. To convey clinker a bucket apron conveyor with a centre distance of 40m and a capacity of 250tph will be used. The clinker dust will be transported by three trough chain conveyors. Pivoting pan conveyor Batisöke Söke Cimento will take delivery in mid-2017 of 14 central type SPB (© AUMUND). chain bucket elevators, with centre distances between 22m and 43m and capacities from 130tph to 600tph. The order also comprises five belt bucket elevators with centre distances between 60m and 125m and capacities from 300tph to 650tph, and 15 AUMUND pan conveyors with widths ranging from 800mm to 1,400mm, centre distances between 49m and 146m and capacities from 300tph to 600tph. Six sets of truck loading equipment will also be supplied.

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FLSmidth cement plant order in Colombia

FLSmidth has signed a contract with OHL Industrial for engineering, procurement and supply of equipment for a complete cement production line with a capacity of 3,150 ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT tonnes per day. Order details The plant will be located in Rio Claro, Municipio de v order size: more than US$60 million; Sonson Departamento de Antioquia, in Colombia. The end v scope: a complete state-of-the-art cement client of the project is EcoCementos (Empresa Colombiana production line with the latest environmental de Cementos S.A.S), a company jointed owned by Cementos pollution control systems and technology for Molins and Grupo Corona, with which OHL Industrial has an the highest levels of energy efficiency and EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contract. maintainability.; The order includes a complete range of equipment from v plant capacity: 3,150 tonnes per day; crushing to packing and loadout, including; ATOX® 37.5 v customer: ECOCEMENTOS SAS; ® vertical mill for raw grinding, ATOX 17.5 vertical mill for coal v geography: Antioquia, Colombia; and ® grinding, ROTAX-2 rotary kiln with low NOx ILC calciner, v timescale: the order will be delivered in the ® ® FLSmidth Cross-Bar cooler, and O™ 39-4 vertical mill for first quarter of 2018.

cement grinding. FLSmidth’s supply also includes equipment from product companies of FLSmidth, such as planetary gear units from FLSmidth MAAG, fabric filters from FLSmidth Airtech, packing plant from FLSmidth Ventomatic, control system and plant automation from FLSmidth Automation, and weighing and metering systems from FLSmidth Pfister. “The project underlines FLSmidth’s strength as a leading supplier of the most productive and energy-efficient equipment and technology — and our market leader position as a full plant scope provider,” says Per Mejnert Kristensen, Group Executive Vice President, Cement Division.

Controlling mass flows in screw conveyors Thanks to unique cooperation between Van Beek Schroeftransport and weighing specialist Penko Engineering, real- time monitoring of how much product the screw is transporting is now possible. This offers huge possibilities.

THE USER DECIDES One can for example decide how many grams of a particular material per minute may be supplied to the process. The screw conveyor then adjusts the speed to this. The screw conveyor can also be programmed to stop on reaching a certain weight, or first empty itself and then stop.

MEASUREMENT IS THE KEY During operation it is possible to see the material speed (m/s), number of kg/s, how many kg have already been transported and the control of the flow regulation from 0 to 100 %. This is possible by determining the mass of the screw plus contents with special strain gauge recorders. The movement and the speed can be fixed with a speed monitor.

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Successful delivery of Tenova TAKRAF CSU to the Port of Pecem in Brazil JANUARY 2017

Global mining, bulk material handling and minerals processing awarded by Secretaria Da Infraestrutura (SEINFRA) – Governo solutions provider, Tenova TAKRAF, recently completed the Do Estado Do Ceara in March 2014. delivery of a continuous ship unloader (CSU) to handle iron ore The CSU has a nominal capacity of 2,400tph (tonnes per at the Port of Pecem, Brazil. The major turnkey contract was hour) and is able to unload vessels up to 125,000dwt. DCi

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Call +1 610 554 7548 for more information, or to schedule your system audit. Or visit us on the web: WWWlSMIDTHCOM i JANUARY 2017 ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT 67 DC Once the manufacturing and assembly process was concluded, process and assembly Once the manufacturing to the is an integrated solutions provider TAKRAF Tenova supplier of advanced technologies, is a worldwide Tenova TAKRAF Italy owns the patent. Through the co-ordinated Through the patent. owns Italy TAKRAF can the digging foot cylinders, of dedicated hydraulic movement optimal bucket modify its geometrical configuration to obtain hatches to remove the walls of the ship’s filling and to reach CSUs bucket-chain for contract awards Recent material. residual station in ENEL (the main Italian power example, for from, Works, & Steel Iron (Taranto and ILVA Brindisi and Civitavecchia) that once again highlight the excellent performance also in Italy), this technology. through is achieved inside the was moved the CSU (machine body and elevator) a through a private to a public quay, from Tianjin (China) harbour, the mooring for to allow in order special barge and crane vessel, challenge facing The greatest of a specialized transport vessel. was in fact the transport an of the CSU (boasting the project from erected of 1,800 tonnes) almost fully weight approximate concluded within The operation was successfully China to Brazil. and the Provisional the expected transit time of 35 days The 2016. in November Acceptance Certificate was released concluded thanks to the positive was successfully project entire and collaboration with SEINFRA and the constant coordination all parties concerned. cooperation between bulk material handling and minerals industries, global mining, and as process technological solutions as well innovative offering With the along the industrycommodity knowledge value chains. into brand of products DELKOR integration of the well-known portfolio the mineral beneficiation and for the offered TAKRAF, enhanced. sectors has been considerably processing and engineering services the mining and metals for products, industries. The CSU is equipped with a bucket-chain elevator The CSU is equipped with a bucket-chain concluded thanks to the was successfully project The entire SEINFRA first from TAKRAF’s was This major contract award CSU in the 1980s and the bucket-chain developed TAKRAF approximately 35m in height and with a slewing/lifting boom, 35m in height and with a slewing/lifting approximately a total length of 42m. for conveyor, which includes the transfer a jetty is via a vibrating feeder, The discharge on the conveyor successful on other highly proven solution that has already Some of of advantages. a number and which offers machines, compact and hence these advantages include being more an important factor to the height of the machine; reducing than elevated more are that the jetty conveyors consider given usual. the various effort and synergies between excellent collaborative design and construction of the CSU was carried offices: TAKRAF engaged and oversaw China office was fully TAKRAF’s out in Italy; of and assembly to complete manufacturing all matters related Brazil office was responsible whilst the company’s the machine, activities up to commissioning. all local project for of important of a number factors having as a result and was won Since the CSU was to be in the final decision. been considered the client placed specific close to the city, installed in an area impact and selected emphasis upon limiting environmental friendly its various environmentally machine for TAKRAF’s to the fact that the One of these solutions relates solutions. operating ‘digging foot’ enclosed with the is totally material flow transfer hold and discharging material through within the ship’s and noise reduction. maximizing dust suppression chutes, than 15 machines to date supplied more has subsequently having with a variety of technological improvements worldwide The most sophisticated part machine. to each new been applied which for ‘digging foot’ of the machine is the articulated-type Pneumatic or Mechanical Ship LLoadersoaders & Unloaders PPortort Equipment - TurnkeyTTuurnkey ProjectsProjects

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ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT 69 DC Yanbu in 1992. in Yanbu VIGAN shiploader installed in VIGAN shiploader of all sizes of vessels and all types of grain; and all of all sizes of vessels unloading These VIGAN ship-unloaders have a capacity of 600tph. a capacity VIGAN ship-unloaders have These VIGAN sales have the majority of years, the last five For numerous: VIGAN pneumatic CSUs are The advantages of v feeding the country’s population every day. This relationship day. every population the country’s feeding of Saudi the large Kingdom link between a strong represents Arabia and the Kingdom of Belgium. equipped with two Mounted on a gantry or on rails, on tyres and a 30m electrical motors of 250kW each (total 500kW) the most efficient discharge designed for are NIVs suction boom, of up to 80,000dwt of various origins vessels of wheat from Australia. America and South America, North including the EU, East in the Middle mainly consisted of large 600tph unloaders, Africa. and North Two 600tph NIVs installed Two in Jeddah. However, times have now changed. Decades ago, the Saudi ago, Decades changed. now times have However, exporting the country wheat to from has gone In 25 years, Arabia Grains Organization) – Saudi SAGO GSFMO (renamed ship-unloaders to private stevedoring VIGAN is also supplying 600tph ship unloaders in VIGAN has installed several Recently, VIGAN Arabia in Saudi security feed and its food role increases VIGAN to Saudi by delivered handling machine The first grain bought by hour) shiploader, a 300tph (tonnes per Arabia was the Port Organization) for Silos and Flour Mills GSFMO (Grain was a large Arabia Saudi At that time, back in 1992! Yanbu of and exporter. wheat producer dedicated to push put in place a programme Arabian government that the rising water scarcity However, local wheat production. and the increasing the lack of arable land, Arabia was facing, Saudi difficult to and more more production population made this manage — and very expensive. use of its internal This is indeed a good on imports. relying resources. in charge of grain importsis the public authority subsidized for wheat and flour to the It aims to supply Arabia. in Saudi food the In this changing context, Arabian population. Saudi entire partner its for VIGAN as the preferred has chosen company grain ship unloaders. companies operating various ports. machines in two among which: Arabia, various ports in Saudi All of Yanbu. in and three in Dammam; two in Jazan; two Jeddah; proud VIGAN is 2014 and 2016. between delivered these were which is becoming Arabia, sell its machines in Saudi to not only but also to contribute to one of its biggest partner countries, DC 70 JANUARY 2017

i ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT efficient unloading operations. toadviseits customersfor its expertise inCSUreliabilityhoned itsexpertise and has Since itscreation in1968,VIGAN v v v v v v v v in Dammam. Two 600tphNIVsinstalled of investment andoperatingcosts! spillage andnoise; by afrequency inverter; blower, with direct drive, iscontrolled 0.6kWh/t. The multi-stage turbo period; operator for the entire shipunloading opening tofinalclosingattheend; and quickholdcleaningfrom hatch good cover oftheshiphold, efficient and materials; working conditions; andfinally... the bestcapacity/priceratio environment friendly: low energy consumption: minimum manpower costs: efficiency: low maintenancecosts: reliability: safety: installed inJazan. Two 600tphNIVs namely by favouring operator limited unwantedstoppages, good conceptual design and the use of state-of-the-art manufacturegood conceptualdesignandtheuseofstate-of-the-art process withthelatestgenerationofcomponents limited dust, namely thanks to the use of very highresistancenamely thankstotheuseofvery alloys (e.g. for theelbow andthepiping); less than one single in terms installed in Yanbu. Two 600tphNIVs

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i ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT capacity. materialtobehandled,particular vessel sizeandunloading thefreedom toselecttheoptimum machinefor the customers type. machine in1976. commenced in1968, ofitsfirst culminatinginthedelivery years, theSumitomoCSUhascontributedtozero emissions. With increasing awareness ofenvironmental issuesinrecent C Systems DivisionofSumitomoHeavy Industries, Ltd. services, whichhandletheproducts oftheLogisticsandParking systems;unloaders andothertransport andlogistical-systems medium-sized overhead cranestolargecranes, aswell as system operations, whichencompasscranesfrom smalland Handling SystemsCo.,Ltd. rest ontwo pillars: materialhandling operationsofSumitomoHeavyThe service IndustriesMaterial L P unloaders (CSUs)represent ofitsportfolio. amajorpart and facilities’modernizationoptimization. Continuous ship encompassing maintenance, repair, modifications, supply, parts itmanufactures,machinery providing solutionsfor every stage, provides throughout thelife thefullrangeofservices ofall Sumitomo Heavy IndustriesMaterialHandlingSystemsCo.,Ltd. As amemberoftheSumitomoHeavy IndustriesGroup, Industries Material HandlingSystemsSumitomo Heavy Co.,Ltd. v v v v v v IFECYCLE RODUCTS ONTINUOUS Sumitomo’s fulllineofcontinuous unloadergives screwIts line-upincludesthetwin-belt typeandthevertical The company’s toimprove effort theefficiencyofunloading Others Stockyard equipment Bridge/gantry cranes Bridge/gantry Jib cranes/luffingcranes Overhead cranes Continuous shipunloader • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • work vessel shiploader stock yard equipment blending reclaimer stacker-reclaimer SYBRID SYSTEM rubber-tyred crane gantry container crane cranefor longeronsemi portal bridge-type unloader bridge-type cranefor product shipping Goliath crane tyre-mounted level luffingcrane rail-mounted level luffingcrane tyre-mounted jibcrane rail-mounted jibcrane other overhead cranes automatic cranes shipbuilding steel manufacture common cranes vertical screwvertical conveyer type twin belttype bucket elevator type S OLUTION S HIP U NLOADER CSU features v v v v High-performance handling, three modesofdigging Outstanding maintainability High safetyandreliability Environment friendly hold bottom. the shipismoving from wave action, withoutdamagingthe efficiently scoop upthelastremaining material, even with bottomclean-upmodeallows thebucketsThe catenary to hold. a maximum of35°, inorder toreach deepintotheship The swing-out diggingmodecaninclinetheheadto sizes. allow theCSUtoefficiently unloadawiderangeofvessel bottomclean-upmode.mode andcatenary These modes modes ofdigging: horizontalL-mode, swing-out digging The SumitomoCSUminimizesunloadingtimewiththree digging head, resulting inlesswear onthebuckets. the SumitomoCSU, whichprevents excessive loadonthe Guide railsfor thebucket chainhave beeneliminatedon Sumitomo CSUare much easiertomaintainandoperate. with hydraulically powered CSU, theelectrically powered motions,secondary are electrically powered. Compared All mainmotionsoftheSumitomoCSU, exceptfor some prediction toenhancefatiguelife. optional fatiguelife monitoringsystemwillfacilitatefatigue elevator minimizesfatigueloadsonthestructure. The advanced overload protection systemfor thebucket follow stringentJISstandards. Duringoperations, the All structuralfatiguecalculationsoftheSumitomoCSU enables greater efficiency. energy electrically powered, reducing vibration, noise, oilleaksand CSU toeliminatedustandspillage. All majormotionsare The fully enclosedmaterialpathway allows theSumitomo

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i ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT loading chutesat thesametime. For example, acementcarrier capacity oftheunloading systemislargeenoughtoactivate two cement carriers with TBMA’s loading chutes. The discharge Van Aalst equippedthepneumaticunloading systemsofvarious TBMA’ free loadingchute. be loadedintorailcarsorsilowagons on shore via TBMA’s dust- cement silotoabuffer ontheship’s deck. From there on, itcan another ship’s hold). However, itisalsopossibletoblow the connection canbemadetoastoragefacilitysuchassilo(or forced through apipesystem intoamanifold, where a an almostcontinuous flow ofproduct isachieved. The cementis alternately switching from suckingandpressing onbothboilers, One isbeingemptiedwiththeaidofacompressor. Thanks to that Boiler Two isfilled. Duringthefillingofthisboiler, Boiler One isfull, thesystemswitches automatically several valves, so cement intheboilerismonitored by alevel probe. Once Vessel the vessel asaresult oftheforce ofgravity. The amountof the topofvessel through adustfilter; thecementremains in cement andairtobedrawn intothevessel. The airescapes at valve connectedtothesuctionpipeopens, allowing amixture of pressed empty. A vacuumpumpfirstempties Tank One. Then a The re-loader tanksintheengineroom firstare filledandthen R the mouthpieceofsuctionpipe. the product toensure lastbitofcementflows into thatthevery required vacuumcapacity. The flatbottomisaeratedtofluidize The lengthanddiameterofthesuctionnozzleco-determine E - ODRTANKS LOADER ODN CHUTE LOADING S the platforms make itpossibletomaintainthese shuttleservices. no disadvantage. The relatively distancesfrom to short theports technology). The limitedtransmission capacity oftheseshipsis over pressure system(so withouttheuseofvacuum of pressure withtheaidofsolely an tanksandtoblow itdry have arelatively smallcapacity sothatitispossibletomake use is usedtoreinforce theholessothatthey donotcollapse. OSVs vessels (OSVs)that deliver cementtooilrigsatsea. The cement Van Aalst for example, alsoprovides themfor offshore supply only cementcarriers thatare equippedwiththeseinstallations. The principleofpneumatichandlingissointeresting thatitisnot O that noproduct isspoiled. feeding thedustbackintomainproduct stream toensure conditions. Eachloadingchutehasitsown de-dustingsystem loading chutes, toensure dust-free underall transport movement. A heightdifference upto7mcanbebridgedby the enough tocompensatefor level changesthatare duetotidal the product level duringloading. This systemisalso sophisticated ship duringdischarge(becausetheislighter)andriseof take intoaccountvariouseffects atthesametime; theriseof This trackingsystemisfully automatedinorder tobeable T level. spouts are provided withlevel sensorstomonitortheproduct with socalled tobeable loadtrucksdust-free.‘skirts’ The chutes, whichare mountedafixed distanceapart, are supplied of Novalgoma isprovided withatandemsystem. Bothloading AKN SYSTEM RACKING FHR UPYVESSELS SUPPLY FFSHORE THE NEW F-SERIES. TIER 5 READY.

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i ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT broken kernels. devaluation withmore product value and canresult in 30m/s, hitsabaffleplate speed of20m/sand unloaded ataminimum where theproduct is unloading systems, well withpneumatic compares particularly movement. This gentleproductin very minimal friction, resulting the product experiences conveyor. Inthisway, and 3m/supthe low speedbetween 1m/s moved withauniform process. The product is the completeunloading a highefficiencyrateof conveying shaft, ensuring filling thecomplete picked upby thechain solubles). dried grainswith and DDGS(distiller’s soymeal, sunflower meal, commodities suchas non-free-flowing — isalsoidealtohandle with low operatingcosts efficiency rate, combined — withitshigh and rice. The Portalink wheat, corn, soybeans include products suchas Free-flowing cargoes enclosed andgentle. so inaway thatistotally loading spout. Itdoes conveyor ortruck ships holdontoaquay available onthemarket for unloadinggrains. This added Portalink unloading capacity to1,500tph, one ofthelargestcapacities and tear, allresult return inashort oninvestment (ROI). high availability duetoreduced maintenancetimeandlow wear operating efficiencyduetoeasy handling for theoperators, and market-setting standards consumption, for low energy high Mechanical CSUssuchasthoseinthePortalink rangeboast S brewers, feed plants, etc. Bühler customersincludedirect end-userssuchasmillers, which haslow operatingcosts. Othertrustedandimportant reliable, highcapacity, efficientunloadingandloadingequipment naturally, facilitieswhichdemand thelargetradingandimporting Major clientsfor Bühler’s mobileharbourequipmentare, C AIGCMEIIEWT RDC INNOVATION PRODUCT WITH COMPETITIVE TAYING IN BASE LIENT The product isgently This year, Bühler hasadded toitsPortalink range, increasing Every day,Every billions of peoplecomeintocontactwith Bühler G v v R therefore generatesahigherROI. for errors, trainnew stafftounderstandtheequipment, and maintenance andtraceability. This reduces timeneededtosearch simplify thebasicfunctionsandincrease functionalityfor operating systemisdeveloped ondirect customerfeedback to control systemfor itsloadingandunloadingportfolio. The product! costs whichcanbeaslow as0.35kWh/tonneof unloaded model ofcourseoffers alltheusualbenefits suchaslow energy ECENT NRLCMAYBACKGROUND COMPANY ENERAL In thelastyear, Bühlerhasfocused onanew operatingand Asia; and Bühler hasinstalledtwo 400tphPortalinks intheMiddle East. Bühler hassoldonePortalink withthe capacity of800tphin CSU OTAT N INSTALLATIONS AND CONTRACTS i JANUARY 2017 ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT 81 DC i DC coating technologies, with an emphasis on automotive and optics. on automotive an emphasis with technologies, coating to up invests Bühler year every technologyAs a leading group, its In 2015, & Development. in Research 5% of its turnover a 140 countries generated in over employees 10,800 around Bühler company The family-owned of CHF 2.4 billion. turnover particularly feels and to committed of its Swiss roots is proud sustainability. technologies to cover their basic needs for foods and mobility. and foods needs for their basic cover to technologies Bühler and solutions, technologies process its industrial With setting population, the world’s to feeding significantly contributes and The global production and safety. security on food the focus and breakfast chocolate, pasta, rice, maize, of wheat, processing the Furthermore, on Bühler equipment. strongly relies cereals surface of die casting and provider is a leading solutions company Alex Stewart Agriculture

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ENGINEERING & EQUIPMENT 85 DC i DC GRICULTURE SUPERINTENDENT full tally and checking for and checking full tally ASA’s busy administration ASA’s A establishing possible source, packaging reporting when packaging reporting TEWART whether the commodity is ASA guarantees continuous S test weight checking, scale calibration checking, test weight gross, tare & net weighing. tare gross, LEX supervision of stuffing and unstuffing, A GAFTA/FOSFA GAFTA/FOSFA Alex Stewart Agriculture uses state-of-the- Agriculture Alex Stewart supervision of acceptable of reconstitution ASA offers consultancy servicesASA offers to assist bagging supervision and tallying: bagging supervision and tallying: updates: continuous information documentation: assessment: damaged cargo loss prevention: container services: transportation services: consultancy: continuous supervision: inspection: quality control verification: weight control: weighbridge art and certificates; reports technology standardized to supply to suit customer certification tailored can be and reporting and conventional by reports Photographic requirements. purposes. evidence digital camera can also be supplied for supervision loading and/or discharge (24 of customers’ cargo sampling/sealing as per contract. representative hours), and and durability (laboratorybag strength testing is available) markings. verifying in the is in contact with all of its inspectors operating centre hour-by-hour its customers with up-to-date, field and provides detail of all loading and discharging operations. and severity. cause, cargo. (on/off hire, container condition surveying container sealing, damage assessment). or containerized, trucked railed, shipped, stored, manufactured, ASA can assist customers in their trading activities. applicable. previous cargo, free from infestation and odour and in every infestation from free cargo, previous the designated cargo. fit to receive respect customers on methods concerning material handling, weighing, customers on methods concerning material handling, and Local knowledge sampling and analysis. transportation, primary of experience are assets of its business. years and certification check, recording truck movements across truck movements recording and certification check, is weighed. scale ensuring that all cargo EY AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS WITHIN K Egypt, China, Chile, Bulgaria, Brazil, Belgium, Australia, Argentina, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, India, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Russia, Romania, Philippines, Peru, Netherlands, Malaysia, & USA. Uruguay UK, Ukraine, Turkey, Thailand, v v v v v v v v v v v v Sample preparation. the Alex Stewart service includes checking hatch detailed inspection ensures that holds detailed inspection ensures checking that cargo conforms to contractual conforms checking that cargo vessel hold cleanliness: vessel vessel hatch inspection: inspection: hatch vessel quality control: quality control: pre-shipment inspection and analysis: inspection and analysis: pre-shipment condition ensuring that they are free from loose rust and from free are condition ensuring that they checking that hatches are cargo, previous from free paint flake, checking hatch open and closing operation is tight fitting, hatch inspecting hatch rubber condition, functional and timely, water-tight. checking that holds are hose water testing, specifications, checking cargo for signs of contamination, for cargo checking specifications, friability, levels, moisture colour change, odour, sizing, granule on sight, cargo inferior protesting/rejecting radioactivity testing and laboratory analysis. inspection team will check that the customer’s product is product inspection team will check that the customer’s the intended use. within specification and fit for are clean, dry, free of loose rust and paint flake, free from free of loose rust and paint flake, free dry, clean, are UALITY INSPECTION SERVICES v v v v Q management: and collateral control inventory Warehouse ASA stock audits and from of services, range a diverse can provide and commodity/store to security advice procedures, control condition surveys. Animal feed feed Animal a fully provides Alex Stewart Group The and package of inspection comprehensive Its GAFTA/FOSFA-registered services. analytical located strategically laboratories and approved full range of analysis a perform the world around fish and and rape, oilseeds – sunflower soya, for matter and foreign meal including infestation, fuzarious grains, contents, hazardous admixture, mercury & lead) arsenic, contents (e.g. toxic and pesticides. mycotoxins Grain and wheat business is a core analysis Grain inspection and is a and Agriculture Alex Stewart of of the Grain member superintendent and analyst working (GAFTA), Association Trade And Feed providing leading grain traders by with many testing and consultancy services monitoring, fumigation services In addition can be globally. companies to with fumigation closely ASA works as offered in appropriate and stored loaded are that cargoes ensure Grain during transportation. condition and quality is not affected collateral management inspection services also extend to provide services such as supervision storage of grain or of long-term storage facilities. of transportation between control ίυНЪСШιХЯПбЯЯХЫЪЯЬЮЫЩЫаХЪУПЫЩЩСЮПСНЪРПНЮУЫЯФХЬЬХЪУНЪР НПЮЫЯЯάЯСПаХЫЪЫТУШЫОНШаЮНРСЮЯΑЩНЮХЪСНЪРЮНХШаЮНЪЯЬЫЮаНаХЫЪ ЬЮЫвХРСЮЯΑНЪРЮСШНаСРХЪРбЯаЮХСЯΔ ίσСагЫЮЧХЪУτЬЬЫЮабЪХаХСЯ MVTTC is proud to announce that The Coal Institute ίζбРбОЫЪμЫШТωЫбЮЪНЩСЪа will be joining their conference in 2017 ίςНЮРХμЮНЯλСаСНааФСχСРλХЯФμЮХШШХЪаФСλЮСЪПФφбНЮаСЮ ίψЬЫЪЯЫЮЯФХЬНЪРκдФХОХаХЪУНвНХШНОШСΔ Visit MVTTC.COM for more information! i JANUARY 2017 REGIONAL REPORT 87 DC more Jay Venter Jay and in focus in FOREST PRODUCTS CENTRE OPENS IN THE A total of more than 200,000 trucks, trailers and containers than 200,000 trucks, A total of more In the ferry sector, the Port of Kiel’s main business, services main business, of Kiel’s the Port In the ferry sector, STUFERHAFEN moved through Kiel last year on RoRo services Kiel last year to and from through moved than in the 5.5 % more and Russia, the Baltic region Scandinavia, year. previous to Scandinavia and the Baltic region showed above-average showed and the Baltic region to Scandinavia ferry services direct to Russia last By contrast, in 2016. growth the EU and between had to contend with trade restrictions year paid for already have They row. in a year the third Russia for Russian forest losing big partsthat by business. former of their to be and continue unaffected largely remain however products warehouses imported in two in significant quantities and stored in the Ostuferhafen. SCA O was officially logistics centre and products SCAThe new forest The last year. on 11 November opened in the Ostuferhafen and stored concerns SCASwedish and Iggesund handled,

dry cargo dry ports, equipment manufacturers manufacturers ports, equipment German German ERMAN PORT OREST PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESSFUL YEAR AT The Port of Kiel in Germany has posted record cargo and cargo has posted record of Kiel in Germany The Port the first time some For in 2016. passenger handling figures — an loaded or unloaded last year 6.5mt (million tonnes) were best-ever and the port’s year the previous of 5.3% over increase while growth, Ferry services above-average showed so far. result Managing Dr Dirk Claus, to decline. trade with Russia continued KG) Kiel GmbH & Co. of Kiel (Seehafen of the Port Director of as Increases result. a record “Kiel has achieved comments: posted at the public terminal facilities as 7.6 % were much portThe was able to win two of Kiel.” the Port operated by — SCAimportant customers in the past year and Iggesund new terminal in products forest — and to open a new Paperboard business means we in the paper “Investment the Ostuferhafen. set our sights on a 7mt now and can to grow will continue importance“It is also of decisive Claus. says handling figure”, logistics been able to expand the port’s have that we he added. competence,” Port of Kiel posts record cargo throughput cargo of KielPort posts record F G REGIONAL REPORT The mosteconomicsolutioningrabconstruction The perfectgrabswithunbeatablehandling in allexecutionsforeachhandling HYDRAULIC GRABS total of warehouses.five port A is now available there in 50,000m² ofstoragespace Ostuferhafen. More than ofthe part northern over 16hectares inthe was builtonasiteofwell terminal The new SCA back totheKielFiord.” region has now come commodities intheBaltic trading most important means thatoneofthe The settlementofSCA Port ofKielstructure. mainstayfurther tothe products project adds a comments:paper “The 800,000 tonnes. Claus that willrisetoabout there lastyear. This year grade paper products 300,000 tonnesofhigh- distributed aninitial newsprint to kraft liners and cartonnage productsnewsprint tokraftlinersandcartonnage for high- cassettes ofpaper products. They rangefrom cellulosethrough and Saturday from Sundsvall(Sweden) andoffloadupto160 SCA cargo vesselsSCA arrive intheOstuferhafen every Monday MOTOR GRABS ROPE GRABS € 25 millionhave beeninvested and80new jobscreated. shipment outofHamburgtotheFarEast. markets. Inaddition overseas containersare packed for quality packaging—alldestinedfor theGermanandEuropean commercial harbourKielonbehalfofthe statecapital ofKiel. Port ofKiel (Seehafen KielGmbH&Co. KG)operatesthe tobothSt.departure Petersburg andUst-Luga(Russia). The Ostuferhafen toKlaipeda(Lithuania) aswell asoneweekly Kiel’s innerharbour andseven aweek departures from the toOslo(Norway)services andGothenburg(Sweden) from cargo handlingandpassengertraffic. There are daily ferry links totrainandroad networks make itattractive for both constant deepwaterfor seagoing vessels aswell asitsdirect ontheBalticSea.ports Itsadvantageousgeographic location, The Port ofKielisonethe mostversatile andeconomic A slots available. rail tracktooptimizetrainmovement andmake more loading at theSchwedenkai Terminal ismeanwhilegettinganadditional essential for theport. As early asthisyear, themarshallingarea currently. The work willbecarried outin2018andisabsolutely combinations ofupto740minlength—compared with550m Kiel-Meimersdorf marshallingyards tocopewithgoods train transport, theGermangovernment recently agreed toadapt the ofaprogrammeAs part toimprove hinterland seaport to handlesignificantly longertraincombinations,” hedeclares. increased.being further Kielwillinfuture alsobeinaposition performance capability oftheport’s intermodalterminalsis Dirk Claus. “To ensure thatthisremains thecase, the by railisasuccessstory,” hinterlandtransport “Seaport says directions. isbeingadded departure inearly February.A further and from Verona, whichoperatesfive timesaweek inboth rise of4%. to The biggestincrease waspostedby theservice terminals onKiel’s Schwedenkai andintheOstuferhafen —a and containerswere loadedontorailwagons atthe rail year justended. For thefirsttime, more than29,000trailers volumes continuedRail/ship intermodaltransport togrow inthe H OTTHE BOUT NELN ALSRIE RWBY GROW SERVICES RAIL INTERLAND P R OF ORT K IEL 4% i JANUARY 2017 REGIONAL REPORT 89 DC OMPLETE typical of all our typical of all reachstackers, cost- namely effectiveness, serviceability and ergonomic design.” C TPS offers customers an range of extensive stackers. reach The Terex TFC 45 R belongs to the portfolio of machines proven that has been extended since spring 2015 to Terex include the Liftace™ reachstackers the new- from generation lift TPS TPS. trucks of completed the REACHSTACKER MODEL RANGE reachstacker ® OLUTIONS S ORT P EREX EREX T T Since summer 2016, Consolis Malaysia summer 2016, Consolis Since Terex a has operated equipped with a special grab for grab equipped with a special concrete handling and transporting pipes and components at its plant in Dickson, Malaysia. Port Terex solutions serve a broad range of industries, including range of industries, solutions serve a broad Terex BOUT BOUT construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, shipping, manufacturing, infrastructure, construction, quarrying and mining. utilities, energy, refining, transportation, and services financial products to assist in the offers Terex Financial Services. Terex equipment through Terex acquisition of A Solutions is part Port of the Material Handling & Port Terex that supplies Corporation Terex Solutions business segment of customers in ports with a unique combination of machines, Gottwald Terex and Terex and servicessoftware under the or stackers reach cranes, Whether it is ship-to-shore brands. containers and integrated handling systems for automated, fully rapid, solutions for reliable Solutions provides Port Terex bulk, downtimes with low of cargo efficient handling of all forms safe, on investment. and excellent return A of lifting and Corporation is a global manufacturer Terex and services lifecycle products delivering material processing on investment. solutions that maximize customer return solutions life-cycle offers Terex services, Combined with diverse on investment. its customers the highest return that afford and Powerscreen Genie, Terex, brands include Terex Major Demag. Liftace portfolio mid-year, which now consists of five models consists of five which now Liftace portfolio mid-year, “Taken Dazi: Says with wheelbases of 6,200mm to 7,000mm. in to customers, a model range available is now there together, just as reachstacker which container terminals can find the right companies.” terminals or industrial as multimodal easily TFC 45 R ® ADAPTING FOR PROJECT CARGO : REACH STACKER AT ITS PLANT IN ® EREX T ALAYSIA OT JUST FOR CONTAINERS IGH FLEXIBILITY OF USE THANKS TO SPECIALLY DEVELOPED ONSOLIS USES N is delighted to TPS, Trucks Lift Global Sales Director Paolo Dazi, the gained Consolis as another industrial customer for have “The fact that Consolis has TPS: technology of stacker reach of our the versatility TFC 45 R proves the opted for can also equip we Besides container spreaders, reachstackers. various industrial lifting gear for them with the appropriate the advantages Consolis benefits from In addition, applications. The Terex reachstacker used by Consolis Malaysia is equipped Consolis Malaysia used by reachstacker Terex The pipe components. for especially with a grab developed in Malaysia, Operation Manager at Consolis Guillaume Beduneau, grab can selectively we reachstacker Terex “With the explains: greater achieve we In this way and position the components. flexibility of use than with other handling machines such as us in So far the machine has also impressed mobile cranes. operation.” and cost-effective with its robustness work everyday H C M Solutions (TPS) stand up beyond Port Terex from Reachstackers a subsidiary of the Consolis Malaysia, container terminals. solutions and concrete a leader in precast Consolis Group, Terex has used a headquartered in France, from Terex Port Solutions Port Terex from Leading manufacturer of precast concrete parts opts for handling machine handling for parts opts concrete precast of manufacturer Leading GRAB reachstacker at its plant in Port Dickson, Malaysia since summer Malaysia Dickson, at its plant in Port reachstacker handling machine for uses the robust Consolis Malaysia 2016. on and transporting pipes and components produced concrete circuit. the construction of a water-cooling site for DC 90 JANUARY 2017

i REGIONAL REPORT IS HE URESOF QUARTERS THREE FIRST RWHOF GROWTH container traffic withSweden andPoland, respectively. Declining Gdansk causeddownturns of15.4and14.1%inseaborne inGothenburgand direct callsby containerlinerservices with Russiasignalledaslightupward trend. Ontheotherhand, of4.4%advanceto337,000 satisfactory TEU incontainer traffic European containertrade, results differed. Ontheonehand, a & South America tradesproduced overall growth of 1.2%. Inthe This attaineda0.6%increase. intheNorth Containerservices Hamburg, containerthroughput alsothrived. withChinese ports Port ofHamburggrew by 1%. Predominating inthePort of container trafficwith for the Asia thatisespecially important boxes handledwasdown just0.1%, oralmostunchanged. The advanced 0.4%to69.3mt, at6.7million TEU thenumber of previous year’s level. Whereas containerizedcargo volume year containerthroughput asawholeremained almostatthe of Port ofHamburgMarketing. Inthefirstninemonthsof achieved asubstantialadvance,” Ingo reported Egloff, Joint CEO TEU, representing gainsof3.1%and1.9%, railonceagain freight and1.8million Transporting 35.5mtof by rail. transported expanded freight volumes 2016 Hamburgfurther of the firstthree quarters leading European ports, in comparison withother was alsomaintained. “By hinterland railtransport trend for seaport- Marketing. The successful Port ofHamburg Mattern, Joint CEOof universal port,” said Axel Germany’s largest developed positively for bulk cargo volumes trend. Bothgeneraland underlines theupwards 2.7% upturnto34.7mt witha the third quarter increased. Seenseparately, of2016again quarters and for thefirstthree Hamburg hasstabilized throughput inthePort of year. “Seaborne cargo 0.3% upontheprevious bulk cargo segments, was 2016, covering generaland of first three quarters Port ofHamburgfor the cargo throughput atthe tonnes), totalseaborne At 104.9mt(million 3.1% ACHIEVES TRANSPORT RAIL HINTERLAND 2016/S T Port ofHamburg upslightly growth RUHU VOLUME HROUGHPUT ADVANCE EAPORT 0.3% - NTHE IN ( Ore handlingatHansaport © HHM-Krueger). explained Mattern. inPoland withports andSweden,”transshipment services throughput figure. That isprimarily attributabletofewer 0.1% downturn occurred inthePort ofHamburg’s overall reaching 5.7million TEU inthefirstthree quarters, slight avery containers andanoverall 0.5%advancefor loadedcontainers, previous year’s figure. Despitetheincrease inimport the boxes. statistics indicated0.5%growth to3.5million TEU inimport oftheyear thePortquarters ofHamburg’s containerthroughput and 13.3%withtheUnitedKingdom. “For thefirstthree Mexico, 7.7%withtheUSA, 12.1%withUnited Arab Emirates traffic. Positive trends here alsoproduced growth of18.0%with ranks eighthamongHamburg’s incontainer toptradingpartners With throughout 6.8%aheadat 188,000 TEU, now thecountry A continuing riseinthesignificanceofIndiawasmore gratifying. by 1.7%, theEuropean trade asawholewasstillslightly negative. Exports reached 3.2million Exports TEU, remaining 0.6%below View over Universalhafen Hamburg ( © HHM-Lindner). BULK CARGO THROUGHPUT Bulk cargo throughput in Hamburg for the first nine months of 2016 was 0.3% up at 34.5mt, with import and export trends again differing. Imports during the first three quarters were 6.7% up at 25.7mt. On the export side, bulk cargo throughput at 8.7mt remained 14.8% below the previous year’s. Both a 14.1% advance to 3.2mt for suction cargoes — grain and oilseeds — and one of 14% to 8mt for the liquid cargo segment, especially oil products, ensured growth in imports. Grab cargo throughput, mainly of coal and ore, also grew, being 1.5% higher at 14.6mt. There were various reasons for the 8.7mt or 14.8% fall in exports in the suction/liquid/grab cargo segment. Apart from the harvest-related downturn in grain exports, down by 21.9% or 2.7mt in the first half, and far weaker than in the especially strong previous year, oil product exports at 2.5mt were also 26.5% down. Poor throughput can primarily be explained by the closure of a major Hamburg refinery and cessation of its oil product exports. The grab cargo segment almost reached the figure for the comparable period of the previous year, with the total just 0.6% lower at 2.6mt. In the first three quarters non-containerized general cargo throughput, of outsize plant elements and wheeled cargo for instance, was 9.5% down on the previous year at 1.2mt. On the import side, with the total 2.2% down at 419,000 tonnes, growing throughput figures for imports of timber, project cargo and oleaginous fruits failed to offset downturns for paper, metal and vehicles. On despatch of conventional general cargoes, reported as being 13% lower at 776,000 tonnes, growth for timber, iron and steel failed to compensate for lower vehicle exports. Conveying CARGO STABILIZES Excellence Ingo Egloff and Axel Mattern, Port of Hamburg Marketing’s two joint CEOs, revealed at the port’s quarterly press conference that the universal port of Hamburg’s seaborne cargo throughput with High-End has stabilized, with an upward trend discernible. In stiff competition with the main ports of Northern Europe, Hamburg can report an outstanding trend on seaport-hinterland services. Conveyor Belts Against the general rail freight tendency for declining volumes, the quantity of freight shifted in and out of the Port of Hamburg Every conveyor belt, every climate zone by rail increased by 3.1%. The total number of containers transported by rail during the and every topography calls for perfect first nine months climbed by almost two% to 1.8 million TEU. conveyor belt technology. ContiTech More than 200 freight trains daily reach or leave Hamburg as provides knowledge, experience, a globally Europe’s largest rail port, connecting it with all economically encompassing and competent network active inland regions. Hamburg’s very numerous connections and a broad product range to give your and intense frequency of train departures are advantageous for conveyor belt applications a technolo- rapid handling of export and import freight for inland shippers. gical lead. More than 140 years of rubber “If the port is to continue to be expanded and remain expertise make us a strong partner, competitive in its numerous functional areas, apart from the enabling our customers to benefit from development of high-performance access and dispersal corridors the synergies within the Continental for freight transport by rail, truck and inland waterway craft, corporation. We implement innovative dredging of the navigation channel on the Lower and Outer Elbe conveyor belt technology reliably, sus- remains essential for enduring growth and employment,” said tainably and safely from development to Egloff. The Port of Hamburg is Germany’s largest universal port, commissioning and after-sales service. guaranteeing more than 156,000 jobs in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The port is also a significant industrial location, its total added value of 21.8 billion euros being of conveying excellence immense importance for the entire German national economy. For 2016, the Port of Hamburg’s marketing organization is reckoning with total seaborne cargo throughput at last year’s level of the order of around 138mt and container throughput of almost 9 million TEU. ContiTech Transport- bandsysteme GmbH www.contitech.de/cbg-en DC 92 JANUARY 2017

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Ports are an economic factor for key industries. (Photo: ContiTech) For theLindeelectricstacker 386, two specialaxleboxes made cushion thefront axles, ensuringthatthechassisruns quietly. developed corporation. by thetechnology Axle boxes helpto For forklift trucks, too, companiesare deploying otherproducts S for ahostofchallengingapplications. featuring ultra-high-strength steelcord tensilemembersare ideal conveyors. As alternatives to chaindrives, polyurethane flat belts free, low-wear systemsolutionsfor liftingsystemsandground Meanwhile, Continental’s drive solutionsensure maintenance- consumption, meetthestringentdemandsofthesevehicles. thanks totheirlow rolling resistance and, inturn, lower energy extremelyCraneMaster tyres cansupport heavy loadsand, offers arangeofspecialtyres for thesemobilecolossi. The cranes move slowly very andavoid tightcurves. Continental for thesegiantstoensure smoothoperation. The dockside tonnes ofgeneralcargo. Continentalsuppliesthehydraulic lines heavy goods andproject cargoes —canloadupto320metric LHM 600Litronic from Liebherr —amobiledocksidecranefor worksEverything fully automatically. Intandemoperation, the to locatetheassignedbays for goods from allover theworld. limitless capabilities. Wireless signalsallow thecraneoperators are powerhousesloading andunloadingshipsinports ofalmost smoothly. Continental isdoingitsbittoensure thatoperationsrun busy environment, company theinternationaltechnology centres andakey economicfactorallover theworld. Inthis variety ofgoods andwares. They are complex, high-performance Ports play a key role transshipmenthubsfor a asimportant OT OTLOGISTICS PORT MOOTH On course The giantquay cranesandground conveyors designedfor conveying landor onto the thesesubstances either ontodry these highly resistant hoses from Continentalare essential for Antwerp,Whether inHamburg, orBatumi, Rotterdam, Georgia, carburettor fuels, andhotasphalttofrom theships. laminate for thespaciousstowage compartments. covers in Acella for thedifferent seatversions and Yorn foam contains anumber ofcomponentsdeveloped by Benecke-Kaliko: gently cushionthedriver’s cab. The interiorofthedriver’s cab Benz Actros. Continentalalsodevelops sleeve airspringsthat pistons save weight andfuel—for example, intheMercedes- onward transportation, airspringsfeaturing lightweight plastic environments.smooth operationsinport highly resistant V.ply tyres fleetsalsohelptoensure for port ContainerMaster, DockMaster, andContinentalCraneMaster, the consumption butalsoCO resistant, hasextremely low wear, andhelpstocutnotonly fuel prevent thetread from tearing. The tyre ishighly damage- —andallthatwithuniform wearloads tobetransported to forwarding agent’s yards. These tyres allow largeandheavy units deployed terminalsand for handlingoperations inport logistics. This product hasbeenspecially designedfor tractor Continental alsooffers thespecial TractorMaster tyre for port emissions from theforklift truckare permanently reduced. in motionisabsorbedhorizontally. Inaddition, thenoise absorbed vertically, whiletheloadgeneratedwhenstacker is stacker isinoperationasfollows: theloadfrom theliftpoleis boxes absorbthethree-dimensional loadsgeneratedwhenthe little spaceandensure mobilitywhentheliftpoleistilted. The from naturalrubberwere alsodeveloped. These take upvery Bunker hoses are used for conveying heavy fueloil, In thetrucksthatunloadcontainersfrom theshipsfor 2 emissions. And withStraddleMaster, i JANUARY 2017 REGIONAL REPORT 93 DC Photo: ContiTech Photo: 5.4 billion (2015), this international technology partner is 5.4 billion (2015), 40.5 billion with its five divisions, Chassis & Safety, Interior, Chassis & Safety, divisions, 40.5 billion with its five As a division in the Continental Corporation, ContiTech is ContiTech As a division in the Continental Corporation, Continental develops intelligent technologies for transporting for intelligent technologies Continental develops € € active with core branches in Europe, Asia, NAFTA, and South NAFTA, Asia, branches in Europe, with core active America. one of the world’s leading industrial specialists. Its customers leading industrial specialists. one of the world’s and plant industries such as machine in key can be found and the automotive the agricultural industry, mining, engineering, the in 44 countries, 43,000 employees With around industry. expertise and material for uses its development company and textile, metal, plastic, and systems made of rubber, products components to combine these with individual electronic of customer-friendly thinks in terms always ContiTech services. and truly well solutions — going and environmentally-friendly With sales of rubber products. as a producer its roots beyond of Powertrain, Tires, and ContiTech. Continental currently employs currently Continental and ContiTech. Tires, Powertrain, than 220,000 people in 55 countries. more The Mercedes-Benz Actros features a range of technical, fuel-saving a range features Actros The Mercedes-Benz ContiTech. from products sophisticated including various innovations, people and their goods. As a reliable partner, the international partner, As a reliable people and their goods. and industrial partner manufacturer, tyre supplier, automotive and affordable individual, comfortable, safe, sustainable, provides the corporation generated preliminary sales In 2016, solutions. of The special TractorMaster tyre has been custom-designed for tractor units deployed for handling operations units deployed has been custom-designed for tractor tyre TractorMaster The special yards. in port terminals agent’s and forwarding Continental Photo: ORT CONSTRUCTION WORK P ports, in the construction of new to play Continental has a role used during Continental were by Floating hoses developed too. deepwater only Germany’s the construction of JadeWeserPort, shifting twelve used for Special-purpose hoses were port. Continental the dredgers. of sand from million cubic metres special-purpose hoses for a range of high-quality, also offers transporting under to container terminals concrete river Whether port deepening on the coast, construction. or land reclamation inland water transportation, deepening for on companies count dredging expanding terminals, for other port and any where, Bremen, Continental — in Hamburg, For clearing. regular require the waterways among other things, companies need these tasks, hoses that wear-resistant highly durable and highly not only are but also meet individual flexible, is Safety customer requirements. The floating here. the watchword designed to withstand hoses are times the pressure three stipulated in the planning data. to deployed The floater dredges also such tasks are perform equipped with conical mounts the Continental to ensure from These stability. required components continuously the movements compensate for that occur as and shifts in weight stresses. of the extreme a result Installed on the ring mount in the that the mount ensures dredger, the water engineering vehicle on course during stays always construction operations. ships. When in operation, they have to be absolutely safe and safe be absolutely to have they When in operation, ships. 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i JANUARY 2017 REGIONAL REPORT 95 DC 3 DHM 12m diesel-hydraulic grab. diesel-hydraulic electro-hydraulic grab. electro-hydraulic 3 EHS-B 20m The most dust emissions are made when discharging dry made when discharging The most dust emissions are bulk consignments into hoppers. ORTS has a partner which can ORTS consignments into hoppers. that a kind of is happy ‘no dust’ hoppers and and offer provide to customers that need grabs and package can be offered hoppers without spillage and dust. 100% covered grab already in the 1980s, specifically to address specifically in the 1980s, grab already 100% covered concerns. environmental The grabs from ORTS are mainly in mainly are ORTS The grabs from has been ORTS last 40 years the For with was the first grab maker ORTS to shipped recently grabs were Other diesel-hydraulic the best choice for grabs are electro-hydraulic The ORTS of the grab is important“The reliability when discussing in the dry bulk grabs play Challenged to define the exact role stress While other bulk discharge equipment manufacturers Dust- and spill-free handling with Orts GmbH grabs GmbH Orts with handling spill-free and Dust- Orts GmbH German manufacturer range of bulk- a complete produces operators using for handling grabs and electro-hydraulic mechanical-rope, diesel-hydraulic radio controlled or equipment in either orange-peel designs. two-clamshell of bulk carriers, operation on board also favour companies but stevedore of ORTS and reliability the productivity ‘Made in Germany’. all which are grabs, With their its quality grabs. for known ensure they unique construction design bulk also in heavy a high closing force between relation and a good cargo and clamshell size. grab dead weight diesel-hydraulic the radio-controlled for been produced which have grabs, the In 2016, than 20 years. more orange-peel grab with diesel-hydraulic biggest radio controlled East. to a customer in Middle was delivered 12m³ volume Britain. China and Great Japan, Africa, Australia, in discharge time and reliability. to be competitive bulk carriers Some dry types. a wide range of different bulk cargo cover They as long for grabs on-board had ORTS shipping companies have to fit their returning consistently are and they as 30 years, grabs. again with ORTS newbuildings if it then breaks grab, It is pointless to buy a cheap productivity. the length of prolonging effectively handling, during vessel down the better the T he grade of filling is also crucial; the port call. the shorter the loading/discharge grade of filling of the grab, Orts. stresses time,” he points out that not all bulk materials can be handled industry, if the on-board Indeed, or belt unloader. screw with a vacuum, belt seas, during heavy as can happen load becomes compressed, or vacuum unloaders can struggle to cope. a Orts GmbH developed their ability to contain dust emissions, DC 96 JANUARY 2017

i REGIONAL REPORT facilities. There, therocks are crushedtotheapproximate size therawand dumptrucks transport materialstothe crushing out ofquarries orextractthem withheavy tools. Wheel loaders production are limestone, clay andmarl. Workers break them different stages. rawThe mostimportant materialsfor cement into cementattheplant, they passthrough many When thecomponentraw materials are minedandtransformed already comealongway before itarrives atthebuildingsite. holds everything together. However, abagof thismaterialhas the blendingbedsystems. BEUMER employees canperform thecompleteengineeringof quantities ofvariousbulkmaterialsdependably andefficiently. maximum blendingeffect. Thus, operatorscanhomogenizelarge blending beds, whichstackbulkmaterialreliably andguaranteea stackers andbridgescrapers, theessentialcomponentsof storage yard. As asystemsupplier, BEUMERGroup develops consistency isensured through blendingbeds locatedwithinthe roleimportant inthemanufacture ofproducts. This uniform —theregularity oftherawindustry materialsusedplays an In many industrialprocesses —for example, inthecement developsblendingbedsfordifferent bulkgoods:relying onregularity BEUMER (coloured blue). for thecementindustry systemsolutions customized BEUMER provides Be ithouses, bridgesortunnels: cementisthematerialthat example, theshape andsize ofthestockpile, thematerial, the choice oftheright systemdependsondifferent factors, asfor conveying capacities of upto4,000tph(tonnesperhour). The stackers are designedas fixed, raisableandpivotable boomswith with alongitudinalblendingbed, they are mountedonrails. The circular stockpilesthestackers are mountedonto a columnand or mobiletypes, dependingontherequirement. Incaseof layers of equal materialaspossible. The stackers canbeoffixed has beenraisedsoreliably thatitscross-section shows asmany bulk materialefficiently andeffectively. Intheend, thestockpile optimum blendingeffect. BEUMERoffers stackers thatstackthe bed. Ifthey are perfectly designed, theuser willobtainan The stacker andthebridgescraper are thebasisfor ablending C beds canbesetupbothoutdoorsandindoors. low asminimalnoiseanddustoccursduringoperation. Blending low-wear equipment. The environmental impactsare alsovery provides material-specificdetailedsolutionswithrobust and degree ofhomogenisationrequired. Additionally, BEUMER conveying highentry very capacities, aswell asfor thehighest MIE N XRCE NLAYERS IN EXTRACTED AND OMPILED blending bedsystems. engineering ofthe experts perform experts the complete BEUMER extreme ambienttemperatures, for designed blendingbedscanbeusedat the fieldofapplication, BEUMER- material tobestored. Dependingon conditions andtheamountof shape results from thespatial designs. The recommended design either longitudinalorcircular stockpile requirements. BEUMERproposes are customizedaccording totheir provide adesign. The blendingbeds dimensions, BEUMER isableto storage depotsandcalculationof structural analysis oftheassociated beds andstockpiles. Through inengineeringofblending expertise specialists have comprehensive terminals). Furthermore, the (harbours andtransshipment as well asthelogistics industry plant industry, mining(ores andcoal) industry,the stoneandquarry power solutions inconveying for technology been developing tailor-made system For almost80years, BEUMERhas E the raw materials. location systemsmixandhomogenize to theblendingbeds. These storage theindividualrawtransports materials occur. Therefore, abeltconveyor material characteristicsmust not quality cement—fluctuationsinthe processfurther thematerialtohigh- ensured so thattheproducers can long beltconveyors. arrive atthecementworks viamiles of road gravel. These rocks then PRSA WORK AT XPERTS A consistentqualitymust be REGIONAL REPORT into the environment. 4.2 friendly since no friendly since for bulk materials for bulk Circular stockpiles Circular material is released are particularly eco- particularly are 750 € All photos ©: photos All KG GmbH & Co. BEUMER Group In the past, the new BEUMER team the new In the past, is an The BEUMER Group Lastly, the bridge Lastly, scraper homogenizes the homogenizes scraper a mobile It has material. The on each side. rake in removed material is the face stroking by layers the of the stockpile with blades The scraper rake. the bulk material move the belt conveyor towards the which runs parallel to BEUMER bridge stockpile. not only are scrapers also but they robust, transport bulk the material so that the is handled gently. product suitable them This makes a variety of bulk for Their materials. simple and comparably continuous a fully for motions allow working a automated operation and ensure of the bulk constant and steady flow material. in projects has completed remarkable One such example is an this field. in installation of a bridge scraper at an ambient which works Russia, The rail as –40°C. as low temperature and this bridge width is 34 metres a conveying is designed for scraper Furthermore, of 500tph. capacity for a stacker BEUMER has developed which is operated at coal mining, This of –20°C. ambient temperatures and boom has a length of 41 metres It 1.6 metres. the belt width measures transports 2,250 tonnes of bulk BEUMER also material per hour. with a rail a bridge scraper engineered 1,100 that conveys width of 55 metres tonnes of coal per hour. international leader in the manufacture conveying, of intralogistics systems for sortation, packaging, palletising, loading, With 4,000 and distribution. the BEUMER worldwide, employees sales of about has annual Group throughput and the and throughput mobility. desired million. The BEUMER Group and its The BEUMER Group million. subsidiaries and sales agencies provide their customers with high-quality system solutions and an extensive customer support around network a wide range of the globe and across including bulk materials and industries, food/non-food, piece goods, and post, mail order, construction, airport baggage handling. DC 98 JANUARY 2017

i REGIONAL REPORT NECRIG N A AND UNDERCARRIAGE headlights helpprovide optimum visibilityeven in badweather Mastercab cabisperfect. comfort Inaddition, camerasand LED in acontinuous cycle. of 24mandalternately unloads therailcarsonrightandleft to it. Inaddition, thediesel-driven materialhandlerhasarange same time, onedirectly underneaththemachine andoneparallel railway bothrailway serve linesbutcancomfortably linesatthe passage heightof5m, theundercarriage spansoneofthetwo double shellgrab. Thanks toatrackwidthof5.80mand directly over therails, inorder toremove thecoalwith5m³ a crawler undercarriage, portal theSENNEBOGEN875stands stored inlargestockstobeloadedonshipslater. Equippedwith SENNEBOGEN, therailcarsare unloadedthere, andthecoalis Murmansk. of With themodernhandlingtechnology coal from theminingareas inSiberia viarailtothePort of to singleitems, bulkgoods, andcontainers. Upto500carsbring along Kola Bay, mainly coalishandledonalargescale, inaddition In thePort ofMurmansk, whichextendsfor several kilometres E was thustheoriginofeconomicgrowth oftheregion. existed for oneyear longerthanthecityofsamenameand city hasalways beenshaped by theport. This hasactually name ofMurmansk. Locatedinabay ofthe Arctic Ocean, the Russian czar, the ‘Cape Town isnow known by oftheNorth’ the anniversary. Named ‘Romanow-na-Murmana’ in1916afterthe material handler. material ishandledandloadedwithaSENNEBOGEN875 Murmansk, tonnes ofSiberiancoalleave every day. theport The countries andcompanieswitheachother. IntheRussiancityof Ports are lynchpins ofthemoderneconomy. They connect Flows ofgoodsforover100 years: S undercarriage and5m³doubleshellgrab. They are unloadedby a SENNEBOGEN875withcrawler portal Around 4,800tonnes ofcoalarrive atMurmansk by railcar port day. every FCETMTRA ADIGWT PORTAL A WITH HANDLING MATERIAL FFICIENT Operators ofthemachineagree: “The view from the elevated In 2016thelargestcityin Arctic iscelebratingits100th 24 RANGE M ENNEBOGEN availability life for themachines. andguaranteealongservice is represented by abranchinMurmansk, ensure maximum andregular maintenanceby KwintMadi,competent service which allkindsofbulkgoods.These loadandtransport The area.830 and835materialhandlersare alsoinuse intheport addition tothe875withcrawler portal, several SENNEBOGEN equipped for thechallengesof increasing goods handling. In paramount. With modernhandlingtechnology, they are reliability andavailability oftheSENNEBOGENmachinesare well asspeciallubricantsfor temperatures down tominus 35°C. mechanisms for theequipmentandGreen Hybridsystem, as at Arctic temperatures. This includesnumerous preheating The 875wasoptimizedwithalow temperature packagefor use engine andtheproven Greenrecovery system. Hybridenergy JSC KWINTMADIdelivered inmid-2015have a395kWdiesel 30 seconds—thatisourfastesttime!” revolutions perminute, we manageanunloadingcycleinunder conditions. Thanks tothepowerful slewing drive withuptofive For theemployees ofMurmanskCommercial Seaport, the partner The machinesthattheresponsible salesandservice 875 unloadscoalatMurmansk PortPort MaterialMaterriial HandlingHandling

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i REGIONAL REPORT generator mode,” explainedEchelmeyer. Duringthe andoperateinthe negotiate horizontaland vertical curves great dealofexperiencewithconveying systemsthatcan the cost-effective operationoftheoverall system. “We have a fed intothepower gridthey make asubstantialcontribution to generation. thatis With atotalof640kW/hgenerated energy featureOne particular ofthe downhill conveyors istheirpower C thematerialtoblendingbed. transport speed of2.6metres persecond. Three more conveyors finally speed of4.5metres persecondby anacceleratorbeltwitha material isthentransferred toalongoverland conveyor witha discharge beltthefirsttwo troughed beltconveyors. The horizontal curves. The materialpassesfrom thecrusher generator modefollowed by atroughed beltconveyor with system are two downhill beltconveyors operatinginthe (tonnes perhour). The key itemsinthelimestonetransport systems andforeign bodycollectors. supplied aPLCplantcontrol system, transfer stations, filter conveyors covering adistanceof6,129metres. BEUMERalso effective, integratedsystemcomprisingatotalofeightbelt the conveyor.” The teamdesignedacomplex, butabove allcost- for numerous obstaclesbutalsofor asteepdownhill sectionof exceptionally demanding. We hadtomake allowances notonly the ground andthecementplant.” between thequarry Itwas Echelmeyer wasaware that, “The challengelay inthenature of D crushed limestonefrom totheblendingbed. thequarry in Thailand usesthiscomplexsystemsolutiontotransport Polene PublicCompany Ltd. The third-largest cementproducer successfully commissionedconveying plantsincludesthe TPI need for action. The operatorsfor whichBEUMERhas customer. They identifyappropriate potentialandany possible requirementsare wisetotheparticular ofthemarket andthe country,customs oftheparticular understandthelanguageand contact withthecustomer. They are familiarwiththespecific Employees positionedaround theworld are therefore inclose ask therightquestions. This canonly bedonelocally. pointistolistencarefullyimportant tothecustomerandthen posesitsown uniquechallenges.”Each industry The most our customersandprovide themwithcompleteplantsystems. use ourcomprehensive insystemsolutionstoadvise expertise inBeckumsince headquarters August 2015, statedthat “We can Loading SystemsdivisionintheBEUMERGroup atits projects. solutions. This isdemonstratedby three impressive completed the user, whichmeansthat they candevelop tailor-made projects. What they allhave incommonisthatthey understand distributed around theworld whowork togetheronthe team ismadeupofexperiencedstafffrom thebranches different industries, such asminingandthecementindustry. The implement complexsystemsolutionsthroughout theworld for Loading Systems(CLSystems)divisiontodevelop and The BEUMERGroup usesitsnewly created Conveying & A system solutionsforbulkmaterials developsandimplementscomplex Conveying &LoadingSystems: BEUMER OST FIUTEVRNETSFL OVERCOME SAFELY ENVIRONMENT IFFICULT OEFLGOA PARTNER GLOBAL POWERFUL The systemisdesignedfor aconveying capacity of2,200tph Dr Andreas Echelmeyer, whohasheadedtheConveying and - FETV PRTO GUARANTEED OPERATION EFFECTIVE intensive trainingoftheoperatingandmaintenancepersonnel. ofourservice.”part The standard scopeofsupply alsoincludes ensure long-lasting, trouble-free, operation. This always forms andmonitored theinstallationandcommissioningto supervised entire planttothecustomer. Echelmeyer emphasizedthat, “We followed by performance tests. The teamthenhandedover the months. The commissioningphase, lastingthree months, was hopper. The conveyors were allbuiltandinstalledinonly eleven blending bedandsupply thematerialtoraw millfeed length of989metres todealwiththedischargefrom the problems duringunavoidable events, suchasapower failure. carefully controlled stoppingofthelargebeltsystemtoavoid development itwasnecessary, for example, toensure safe and face tothecrusher. The limestonethathas beenpre-crushed to 2,200tph. 600kW. Itisdesignedfor acontinuous conveying capacity of conveyor withthree andatotaldrive horizontalcurves ratingof plant control system. The maincomponentisanoverland length of3.5kmisnow inuse, BEUMERalsosupplied aPLC challenging. particularly numerous obstaclesintheterrain andseven road crossings was One conveyor sectionthatdrops steeply insomeplaceswith match satelliteandaerialphotographs withtopographical data.” “We have appropriate software for this, withwhichwe can narrow terrain that wasavailable. Echelmeyer explainedthat routes were worked outandcompared onthebasisof intensively inajointworkshop heldwiththeproducer. Various bed. The CLteamdiscussedthevarioustechnicaloptions crushedlimestonefrom totheblending transporting thequarry oftheBEUMERGroupsystem solutionexpertise for Cong Thanh, the Vietnamese cementproducer, alsorelies onthe C producer, the TPI Polene Public Company. andalengthof3.5kilometreshorizontal curves forthe Thai cement Among otherthings,BEUMERsuppliedatroughed beltconveyor with Transfer tower inthefeedarea.

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REGIONAL REPORT 101 DC 700 € The troughed belt conveyor has a width of 1,200 millimeters has a width of 1,200 belt conveyor The troughed is an international leader in the manufacture BEUMER Group According to Echelmeyer, “The acceleration belt with a speed to Echelmeyer, According ROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS and a distance between centres of 7,381 metres. One tail drive of 7,381 metres. centres and a distance between each with a rating of 545 installed, are head drives and two the material at a speed of 5 m/s The plant conveys kilowatts. of –188 metres. a height difference and negotiates palletizing, loading, conveying, of intralogistics systems for employees With 4,000 and distribution. sortation, packaging, sales of about has annual BEUMER Group worldwide, and its subsidiaries and sales agencies BEUMER Group million. their customers with high-quality system solutions and provide the globe and customer support around an extensive network including bulk materials and a wide range of industries, across and post, mail order, construction, food/non-food, piece goods, airport baggage handling. of 4 meters per second protects the belt of the overland of 4 meters per second protects further For protection its service and increases life.” conveyor and non- iron collecting any units for also upstream are there then transportedThe limestone is to the metals. ferrous belt conveyors. blending bed on short troughed P long system also runs past villages and for The conveying that deserves to be rainforest sections passes through design numerous The CL Systems team has taken protected. the noise impact on people and animals. to reduce measures used have we “Among other things, explained that, Echelmeyer dimensioned protective and appropriately noise idler rollers low This means that the limestone station.” hoods at the drive The in virtually silent mode. the rainforest passes through one year. construction time lasted only The route of the overland conveyor for the end customer, Cemindo for the end customer, conveyor the overland of The route forest. of the rain the middle passes through Gemilang, at the belt the BEUMER Group, in erector chief Ammoura, Achmed curves. with horizontal conveyor of about 120 tonnes. an intermediate hopper with a capacity this hopper via a variable-speed The material passes from acceleration belt that feeds to a downstream discharge conveyor loading system ensures This controlled conveyor. the overland during the start- especially operation of the plant, cost-effective of in the dimensioning effect It also has a favourable up phase. the operating costs. and reduces components and the belt, drive The challenges in this project were not only the demanding not only were The challenges in this project plants with a comprises six conveying system now The entire The troughed belt conveyor for downhill transport downhill for is one belt conveyor The troughed ONTROLLED LOADING ENSURED HROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE RAINFOREST BEUMER BEUMER the to route managed along a very conveyor in of land stretch narrow for the Vietnam cement producer Cong Thanh. C conveying continuous a maximum The system is designed for The main component is a 7.4km-long of 3,000tph. capacity is belt conveyor troughed of this Upstream conveyor. overland T has also been The CL Systems division of the BEUMER Group construction company The plant very successful in Indonesia. the was awarded Ltd. Sinoma International Engineering Co. to Gemilang, Cemindo the Indonesian end customer, contract by a daily It should reach cement plant to Java. a turnkey supply Sinoma commissioned of 10,000 tonnes. production clinker conveyor of an overland BEUMER with the design and supply the quarrybetween and the plant. Joint rainforest. but also the evergreen routing topographical Sinoma and the BEUMER team, held between discussions were out and various routes The team worked the end customer. of land in addition corridor “The very narrow them. compared a complex and sophisticated climate required to the tropical Among other things his team explained Echelmeyer. design,” designed a solution with tight horizontal curves that fitted into the landscape.optimally BEUMER also supplied total of length of 7.6 kilometres. and a PLC plant control acceleration and discharge conveyors system. less than 100 millimetres is then transferred by discharge by is then transferred less than 100 millimetres the long belt belt that feeds to an accelerator conveyors conveyor. of 3,200 metres, centres with a distance between meter wide, per speed is 4.5 metres The conveying 70 metres. and drops to Due a special feature. operating costs are The low second. loaded conveyor section the operation of the fully the downhill during continuous Its consumption is virtually energy-neutral. that not even which means operation is less than 200 kilowatts, per tonne of transported material. is required 0.1 kilowatt with the low together “This, to Echelmeyer, According towards contributes substantially costs, maintenance and repair After the installation and operation.” cost-effective to a performance commissioning his team submitted the plant on all points. test that it passed successfully Transfer situation before the blending bed. situation before Transfer DC 102 JANUARY 2017

i REGIONAL REPORT Sensor Suite—fast,accurate andreliable measurement hatch oranaccurate mapping ofcontainerpositions. surroundings, beitthedistributionofiron ore inabulkcarrier’s operation thecontrol systemneedsadditional inputaboutits cranes. improve performance inremote-controlled orconventional accurate sway control helpsalsotoreduce damagesand This applies notonly tofully autonomouscranes, areliable and reduce thecostofoperation. a higherlevel ofautomationtoprovide additional valueand craneshaveoperators oflargegantry been tasked withproviding In anincreasingly competitive environment allmanufacturers and T second only tothesafe operationoftheterminal. protection ofthosevaluable assetsistherefore atoppriority, caused by acollision, e.g. withthesuperstructure ofaship. The craneorshiploader scenario ismechanicaldamagetoagantry the breakdown ofcritical equipment. A common, worst-case impact ontheprofit margin. Oneofthemajorbusinessrisksis utilized 24/7, whenminutes ofdowntime create aconsiderable equipment utilization. At mostlocations, theequipmentis terminalstypically involvesexport/import extreme levels of Bulk materialhandlingaswell ascontainerhandlingat I cranes. gantry position, sway andskew for theaccuratecontrol oftheloadat package withahigh-speed3Dlaserscannerdeterminesload Development, Designand Technology. the costofoperation, writes higher level ofautomationtoreach additional valueandreduce provides automationandsensortechnology a State-of-the-art Smooth trajectory control ofsuspendedloads—iSAM Grab 3Dlive tracking, hatchandbulkmaterialscan. DSRA REQUIREMENTS NDUSTRIAL ETASK HE iSAM’s cranesensorsuitedelivers allthis information inan When moving forward orfully autonomous toapartly As akey functiontheaccuratecontrol oftheloadiscritical. iSAM offers withitscranesensorsuiteaneasy-to-use Bernd Mann–iSAM AG, ChiefOfficer High-speed 3D laser scanner mounted on a gantry crane.High-speed 3Dlaserscannermounted onagantry cranes andspecialcranegeometries—thesamesensorcanbe time tomeasure sway andgrabattitude. fast enoughtotrackthecraneropes andthegrabitselfinreal laser scanner. This new high-techscannerwasfor thefirsttime the intelligentgrabtrackingsystembasedonanew 3Dreal-time solutions andleading-edgeprocessing technology. developed 3Dlaserscanner, fieldproven RTK GPSpositioning sensor conceptwhichbecameacombinationofnewly was obviousthatthecompany would needanentirely new grab unloadersinthePort ofHamburg. From thebeginningit was tasked withthefullautomationoffour largeship-to-shore The development wheniSAM ofthecranesensorsuitestarted T data processing. without spendingyears todevelop complexsoftware for sensor electrical solutionproviders canfocus ontheircore business all majorPLCcontrol systems. Thus thecranemanufactures and systems viaadedicatedevaluation unitwithdirect interfacesto easy-to-use packageintegratingthemostadvancedsensor ESOLUTION HE In mostinstallations—withtheexceptionoflargest One ofthekey componentsoftheautomationsystemwas ® Advanced GantryCrane i JANUARY 2017

REGIONAL REPORT 103 DC GPS and 3D vision for bulk handling automation. With an installed base With an installed bulk handling automation. for SAM iSAM is holding several patents in the bulk handling industry patents in the iSAM is holding several BOUT I “We support thinking out of the box. This creates true innovation and true innovation This creates support thinking out of the box. “We says opens completely new opportunities for our customers,” frequently Bernd Mann. and was the first company to use and was the first company A in Mülheim an Jürgen Hellmich Dr. in 1983 by iSAM was founded on advanced automation and has focused Germany der Ruhr, has nearly the iSAM Group Today the beginning. systems from Asia- America, global offices in North in four 100 employees servicing than 20 Pacific and Europe customers in more for with the company already engineers are Many countries. are and they — than two more for decade — some even a over latest technology in the developments. involved all continuously technology automated machines including 35+ than 50 fully of more grab ship- first operator-less the world’s stacker/reclaimers, iSAM first operator less shiploaders. unloaders and the world’s all terminal facilities and has wide experience in handling nearly automation systems to countries including has delivered Canada; Brazil; USA; Italy; Australia; the Netherlands; Germany; and Indonesia. Malaysia; using tried-and-tested technology use in which is in daily so that it can be easily complex sensor data pre-processing buy — you architecture modular system a fully providing fully to already making certification referring easier by real-time actual measurement of load position and attitude, actual measurement real-time update of energy position model along the and Permanent and and ship scan with one sensor; load control systems. easy integration in existing PLC control Europe’s largest sea ports; Europe’s PLCs; used in standard and need; what you only, certified and operational installations. including skew; trajectory; load’s Whereas the 3D scanner is the ‘eye’ of the automation ‘eye’ the 3D scanner is the Whereas sensors the real-time data from unit, In this evaluation of the load ‘landing’ a precise allows this information Together is not the sensor system In contrast to a human operator, IGHLIGHTS OMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES v v v v v v v v The use of iSAM’s crane sensor suite means a significant The use of iSAM’s the OEM and risk for cost and project of development reduction the port operator by C H Spreader 3D live tracking, container and ship superstructure scan. container and ship superstructure tracking, 3D live Spreader ship’s on the used to track the load and scan the environment as inside the hatches. deck as well unit is mounted on the evaluation a high-performance system, ‘brain’. crane and connected with the PLC – the update of the energy a continuous and position model ensures all scan data At the same time, the load along its trajectory. for further to allow handling by and pre-processed is geo-referenced PLC systems. standard conditions, independent of weather point — nearly given at any tide and high tide.at low but also the kinetic position, able to calculate the current only This makes energy point along the trajectory. of the load at any obstacles any that the load does not collide with the ship, sure during the whole cycle — on the deck or the crane structure instance when an emergency for stops, ‘hard’ in case of not even stop is pushed. DC 104 JANUARY 2017

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REGIONAL REPORT 107 DC i DC The Elbehafen Brunsbüttel has more than 40 years of than 40 years Brunsbüttel has more The Elbehafen Direct handling ex ship into Direct Brünsbuttel. Elbehafen wagons at rail New quay tracks at Elbehafen Brünsbuttel. at Elbehafen quay tracks New Trimodality at Elbehafen Trimodality Brunsbüttel. experience with bulk goods. Due to the green business policy of Due to the green experience with bulk goods. the the trimodality, and to strengthen Brunsbüttel Ports The tracks. quay in new proactively invested company logistics green expanding in more is an impulse for investment in the future. intensively more and waterway using railway by of efficiency in bulk the degree tracks, quay Due to the new possible to handle bulk It is now significantly. handling increased — in crane via hopper into rail wagons ex ship by directly cargo internal transport is avoided. this way grain is handled at Glückstadt Port. 3 million Euro in a new crane at the location in a new 3 million Euro € Furthermore, Brunsbüttel Ports has operated the supply Brunsbüttel Ports Furthermore, at the international of Glückstadt is located The Port The Elbehafen Brunsbüttel is a highly flexible multi-purpose flexible Brunsbüttel is a highly The Elbehafen the started 20 years in 2007 covering A major contract for Brunsbüttel Ports of successful partnership, After ten years New crane at the location of at the crane New in Hamburg. AG Aurubis of Aurubis AG in Hamburg in 2016. This sustainable investment in 2016. in Hamburg AG Aurubis of discharging barges — which carry the copper ore will make more Brunsbüttel to Hamburg — even concentrate from efficient. built facilities and the waste management facilities of the newly Commodities plant Hamburg Moorburg since 2013. coal power dry ash and ammonia water are ash, wet gypsum, coal, like plants in one of the most modern coal power handled for Europe. Elbe within the catchment of the metropolitan shipping-route traffic regional the ideal place for of Hamburg and therefore area traffic is characterized by The regional of general and bulk cargo. example for industries like Various hinterland. an extensive serviced stations are as power as well cement and wood paper, and feedstock of fertilizers, Also the supply via Glückstadt Port. Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH is partBrunsbüttel Ports of the SCHRAMM group, and operator of the portsowner of Brunsbüttel (Elbehafen, Brunsbüttel Ports In addition, of Ostermoor). Port Oilport, logistics servicesoffers at the port locations at two of Hamburg station Hamburg- Aurubis and at the coal power at the company is operator at Brunsbüttel Ports Furthermore, Moorburg. as of bulk and general cargo traffic regional for Glückstadt Port port Port. Rendsburg as operator at the heavy-lift well port and logistical with extended customer orientation competes with the advantages Brunsbüttel Ports competence. and safety high productivity, of cargo, of quick turnaround access to The port direct offers within the market. reliability inland North as to the European and Baltic Sea as well distance to Hamburg with available being in close waterways, Next to handling chemical next to the port. industrial areas example for like cargo oil and gas and project crude liquids like like on bulk goods a focus was always there stations, wind power substitute fuels and coal. building materials, AG, Aurubis concentrate for chain of copper ore supply entire of sea vessels, the discharging The contract involves Hamburg. it and moving the customer, by blending when required storage, constructed home vessels to the customer in Hamburg with two energy and thus saving turns, in tide-adapted this project, for to the environment. giving credit around invested Metropolitan Region Metropolitan Brunsbüttel Ports: partner for efficient bulk handling in the Hamburg in the handling bulk efficient for partner Ports: Brunsbüttel

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