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We‘ll be glad to help. duisport packing logistics GmbH Port Number 3650 Alte Ruhrorter Strasse 42-52 47119 Duisburg Germany Phone: +49 203 8032-0 Fax: +49 203 8032-204 [email protected] CONTENT 4D Packaging duisport packing logistics goes to extra LENGTHs to be the best and offers a full bandWIDTH of services. 4 duisport to break the 3.5 million 14 Arkas and duisport establish joint 19 Heavy cargo transport to Because we reach new HEIGHTs in TEU mark in 2015 venture Chile Despite a difficult global economic environment In November the Turkish logistics company Arkas The global project logistics provider IPS – Integra- with bleak economic growth in China and internatio- Holding S.A. and duisport announced the creation ted Project Services GmbH succeeded in delivering quality and TIME is of the essence nal crises with considerable effects on the transport of a new joint venture with the objective of the joint a 130-ton mining locomotive to the world‘s largest and logistics markets, duisport expects solid overall development of multimodal logistics parks and the copper mine, El Teniente in Chile. Even unforeseen growth for 2015. Erich Staake, Chief Executive Of- development of intermodal services in Turkey. The circumstances could not prevent IPS from executing while we provide SPACE for innovative ficer of Duisburger Hafen AG is confident to exceed agreement was signed in the presence of North its contract on schedule for its customer, thanks to last year‘s record of 3.4 million TEU by 6% and, with Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Transport Michael its solution-oriented project planning. 3.6 million TEU, to break the 3.5 million TEU mark for Groschek at Logitrans, the leading Turkish logistics thinking. the first time. trade fair. Whether it concerns project logistics, heavy Content cargo packaging, individual parts control system, IN FOCUS CUL-TOUR customs clearance, etc. THE PORT 4 duisport to break the 3.5 million 16 DUSS rises to new market challenges 28 DRK Opera Gala 2015 TEU mark in 2015 Ask us! We‘ll be glad to help. 19 Heavy cargo transport to Chile 30 Urban art project in the port 7 Crane manufacture completes new logport III rail terminal 20 boxX – the environmentally friendly alternative for bulk cargo 8 Evonik and duisport establish deve- lopment company dev.log GmbH NETWORK PORTRAIT SERVICE 9 ECoL Summer School 2015 22 Benteler Distribution opens central 32 duisport Shipping List and Rail warehouse Schedule 10 duisport client trip 2015 24 Schenker is renovating 38 duisport – The Port 12 The revival of the Silk Road 26 Seacon expands in Duisburg 39 Port Map 13 New crane facility at the Stahlinsel 14 Arkas and duisport establish joint venture duisport packing logistics GmbH IMPRINT Editor and advertisements: Layout: Visuell Marketing – visuell-marketing.com Port Number 3650 41. Volume – Edition 2/2015 Linda Wosnitza (lw) Satz: media-grafixx, Mülheim an der Ruhr Alte Ruhrorter Strasse 42-52 Frequency: Published twice per year, Tel: +49 203 803-4455 Print: SET POINT Medien GmbH 47119 Duisburg June and December Fax: +49 203 803-4409 [email protected] Translations: Kern AG, Bonn Germany Publisher: Phone: +49 203 8032-0 Duisburger Hafen AG Authors of this edition: Cover: logport I, Duisburg Rheinhausen Cover photograph: Hans Blossey Fax: +49 203 8032-204 Alte Ruhrorter Straße 42–52 Julian Böcker (jb), Hans-Wilhelm Dünner (dü), 47119 Duisburg Andreas Fröning (frön), Axel Granzow (gran), Articles signed by the authors do not necessarily repre- [email protected] www.duisport.com Universität Duisburg Essen (UDE) sent the opinion of the publisher. Articles may not be [email protected] reprinted, unless the source is quoted. duisportmagazin 2/2015 3 THE PORT » CONTAINER HANDLING 2015 duisport to break the 3.5 million TEU mark in 2015 © Rolf Köppen © Rolf The duisport Group will continue to grow its container handling volume in 2015. (dü) Despite a difficult global economic year, this growth dropped to a mere 3% in tion itself in increasingly tight export environment with bleak economic the third quarter. For our total transship- markets. However, the participants of growth in China and international crises ments, we anticipate an increase of 3% the supply chain are suffering under the with considerable effects on the trans- to 4% to over 67 million tons in 2015 over falling rates,“ Staake points out. port and logistics markets, duisport last year‘s total of around 65 million tons. expects solid overall growth for 2015. Settlement projects create growth „After the record year of 2014, we predict „Currently, there are no real drivers of „As in past years already, our growth and a moderate increase in revenue of 4% to global economic growth,“ assesses the solid economic performance is based 5% and hope to be able to maintain the Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger above all on the handling volumes gen- good economic result of the preceding Hafen AG. As Staake explains, the BRIC erated on site. These are the result of the year of € 35 million,“ says Erich Staake. countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and settlement of new companies and the The Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger China), which have been the drivers of development of new Continental Euro- Hafen AG also expects single-digit growth of the past decade, have been pean relations in rail transport, for exam- growth in container handling and total suffering under either political or struc- ple to Turkey, Scandinavia or China. Both transshipments. tural problems, forcing them to adjust market segments are showing signs of their in part ambitious growth forecasts expansion for the future, as well,“ Erich In container handling, the duisport group downwards. On the other hand, due to Staake is convinced. The permanent is expected to exceed last year‘s record the trend towards increasingly large quality and reliability of duisport logis- of 3.4 million TEU by 6% and, with 3.6 container ships with decreasing hold- tics services are what ultimately deter- million TEU, to break the 3.5 million TEU ing costs and containerized cargo also mine customer satisfaction and meet mark for the first time. „The development being transported in the hinterland, the with approval, Staake emphasizes. It is apparent in these growth rates reflects logistics industry has come to be marked in this light that Rupert Stadler, chair- the difficult general situation faced by by extremely high competitive and pric- man of the board of Audi AG, described intermodal traffic this year: While we ing pressure. „The decreasing costs of his company‘s settlement in the Port of could still register an increase of 10% in entire logistics chains are advantageous Duisburg with the world‘s largest CKD container handling in the first half of the for the shipping industry, helping it posi- center as a „clever investment.“ 4 duisportmagazin 2/2015 THE PORT » CONTAINER HANDLING 2015 The year 2015 saw the completion of a series of projects. For example, the Hei- delberg investor Harder & Partner com- pleted over 60,000 square meters of warehousing space on logport I, about 35,000 square meters of which will be handed over to Simon Hegele at the end of the year. In October, Benteler Distribu- tion Deutschland officially inaugurated Europe‘s largest high-rack warehouse for tubes. Benteler thus now operates a cen- tral warehouse in the Port of Duisburg with a total area of 35,000 square meters accommodating up to 27,000 tons of tubes. Moreover, a major Turkish cus- tomer is set to locate in Duisburg at the beginning of 2016, generating new com- bined transport volumes. And additional projects are underway. „We are currently holding final marketing discussions for logport IV. Thanks to our successful Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG, in an interview. cooperation with the responsible plan- ning and approval authorities, nothing stands in the way of a rapid implemen- year. The goal of this cooperative effort duisport marketing for the industrial lo- tation of the announced project,“ Staake is the development and implementation cation NRW reports. The CEO of Duisburg Hafen AG of state-of-the-art logistics concepts and „With the project in Lülsdorf, we are also has another project to announce: sustainable location development. In again reinforcing our commitment to „On December 18, 2015, coal production addition to the development and mar- develop and implement qualified set- will come to an end in Marl with the clos- keting of space, the joint venture will fur- tlement solutions for the industrial land- ing of the Auguste Victoria mine. At this ther optimize the on-site logistics pres- scape of NRW. Even before acquiring location, we will take over an area of 50 ent at the location,“ Staake continues. the majority of our corporate shares, hectares, which we will prepare and then „At the Lülsdorf site, we will establish the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has also put on the market starting in 2016.“ a state-of-the-art combined transport acted as our strategic partner, strongly terminal which will give medium-sized supporting our efforts to market aban- Yet another major project to go into its businesses from the Sauerland and the doned industrial areas in the Rhine-Ruhr © Rolf Köppen © Rolf implementation phase in 2016 is the Siegerland a new quality in their connec- region worldwide.