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International 05 · 06 | 1 February 2013
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Transport
Journal ENGLISH EDITION
(also available in an identical
German and French version)
Special
Austria 21
Better than expected
Port of Dunkirk
happy with 2012 10
Essential
Key waterway river Elbe
must be maintained 13
High profile
Prominent guests
at SSC’s 20th airfreight
seminar in Interlaken 14
Volatile
Unstable demand
hits Hupac results 20
International Transport Journal 05-06 2013 Contents 3
Special in this issue 5 Editorial
Austria 21 6 People & Companies / Job Market
9 Outlook
10 Shipping & Ports
10 Port of Dunkirk pleased with 2012
12 G6 to maintain five Asia–North Europe loops
13 River Elbe a key German waterway
13 Cobelfret heading for Leixões
13 Antwerp continues to defy the recession
13 Shanghai still growing
14 Aviation
14 High profile at SSC Interlaken airfreight seminar
Customers are back 12 15 Links to Tehran develop differently
for Iran Air, Lufthansa and KLM
A vessel from K Line’s fleet recently called at
Contship Italia’s La Spezia container terminal for 16 Forwarding & Logistics
the first time after a five year break. 17 Rhenus going strong in the new year
18 Dachser takes over Spain’s Transunion
18 Trans Force acquires Velocity Express
19 Intermodal / Road Haulage
19 A breakthrough for container
transit through Russia
The Dreamliner disaster 15 20 Weak economy dampens Hupac results
27 Regional Focus
Boeing’s latest model, the B787, has temporarily
27 South Europe, Southeastern Europe & Turkey
been grounded after a series of mishaps.
29 Middle East
30 Africa
31 Asia
32 Americas
34 Miscellaneous / Masthead
EU «no» to UPS /TNT merger 16 35 A Time for Reflection / Advertisers’ Index
The US parcel and logistics corporation UPS has
withdrawn its takeover bid for TNT Express, on
account of substantial reservations from the EU’s
directorate general for competition.
Cover: An inland barge sailing on Lake Huron, near Port Huron MI (USA). Photo: thinkstock
International Transport Journal 05-06 2013 Editorial 5
Dear readers,
«Congratulations!» and «What a good idea!» – this and The strong Swiss franc is surely also to blame, even though
more praise of that ilk for the Swiss model of a pan-industry the nation is justifiably proud of it, with some neighbours
air cargo interest group came from Des Vertannes, the global rather envious of the currency. There have been some posi-
head of cargo at the Geneva-based International Air Trans- tive signals in this field recently, as the franc fell to the low-
port Association (Iata), at the 20th airfreight seminar of the est level of the last few months vis-à-vis the euro just before
Swiss Shippers’ Council. We presented Switzerland’s IG Air our editorial deadline. Or putting it differently – there have
Cargo to our readers not long after its launch last year (see never been so many francs on offer for a euro since the end
ITJ 39-40/2012, page 30). The group has now commissioned of May 2011.
a feasibility study for the creation of a joint e-platform, and Switzerland’s eastern neighbour Austria, whose economy
the authorities have decided to support the initiative. Ver- makes it a euro bastion, would appear to have left the worst
tannes believes that such collaboration between all of the behind it, as the ITJ’s editor-in-chief Christian Doepgen
country’s airfreight logistics chain players is wonderful. It writes in his introduction to our Austria Special, which starts
simultaneously conforms to a three-level approach for paper- on page 21. Looking at the performance of each mode of
free airfreight transportation that is being pursued by the transport, however, it is striking to note that airfreight is on
Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (Gacag), which was formed the decline in Austria too. In this prickly situation the airport
by Iata, Tiaca, Fiata and the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF). managers have opted for an anti-cyclical strategy, and are
The project’s overarching aim is to modernise the Swiss air- investing in the predicted upswing. Let’s hope that it comes
freight industry and ensure its ability to compete. soon!
Measures to cut costs in the sector are urgently required,
as airfreight has generally been hit harder than other modes
of transport over the past few years. Switzerland is no island,
and seems to be showing the first symptoms of weakness
– after years of success. The amount of goods exported
by air in the eleven months to November 2012 declined by Andreas Haug
Airfreight editor
12.4% vis-à-vis the like-for-like period last year to 182,789 t,
a drop that was almost as pronounced as the one registered
in 2009 (–14.9% to 167,563 t), which was labelled a terrible
year by Iata. Vertannes believes that the hopes for sustain-
able improvements expressed a year ago have been bitterly
disappointed, and this perception is borne out by the fact
that imports have also declined for the second successive
year, namely by –6.6% to 68,289 t, following on from –1%
in 2011.
6 People & Companies International Transport Journal 05-06 2013
Europe New Cargolux board members
Cargolux Airlines International (CAI) has made some
Timely selection in Innsbruck changes to its board of directors, following the state of
Luxembourg’s purchase from Qatar Airways of a 35%
Ontime Logistics Spedition has selected stake in CAI on 31 December 2012. Paul Helminger is
Mario Geir to head its branch office in the new chairman of the CAI board of directors. Helm
Innsbruck (Austria). Geir and his team pro inger is also chairman of the board of Luxair, which
vide air and ocean freight, express and spe owns 43.3% of the shares in Cargolux. The other new
cial logistics services in the Austrian states members of the board are Alphonse Berns, of Luxem
of Tyrol and Vorarlberg, in South Tyrol bourg’s finance ministry, and Paul Mousel and Patrick
(Italy) and in southern Germany. Before Nickels, who represent the Société Nationale de Crédit et
joining Ontime, Geir spent ten years as an d’Investissement, which owns 10.7% of Cargolux.
airfreight manager with the Austrian for
warding and logistics firm Gebrüder Weiss.
Planning director for Dunkirk port
Alfons Köster strengthened Mario Geir The French port of Dunkirk has named Yves Lalaut
Photo: Ontime Logistics as its planning and environment director. He replaced
Peter Schiffmann has joined the Hamburg Stéphane Raison, who became head of the Grand Port
based firm Alfons Köster & Co Global Freight Logistics. Maritime de La Réunion. Lalaut formerly served as
He has taken charge of overseas maritime imports and deputy regional director of the regional environment,
been granted power of attorney, having also become a development and housing department of NordPas de
member of the management board. Schiffmann has a Calais. From 2007 to 2010 he was the region’s director of
lot of experience, having worked in the Far East and US ports. In Dunkirk he will lead a team of 40 people in five
trades for more than 20 years. Before moving to Köster, departments, and work with the port’s other divisions on
Schiffmann was the Dutch Royal Burger Group’s general all aspects of planning and the environment, the port’s
manager for logistics in Germany for five years. rail network and other major projects.
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Nina Hampel LUG manager New Fraport Cargo Services duo
At the beginning of the year Nina Hampel On 1 January Fraport Cargo Services (FCS) appointed
was named key accounts, sales and business Andreas Helfer as its new comanaging director, joining
development manager at the Frankfurt Diana Schöneich. Helfer replaced Schöneich’s previous
based company LUG aircargo handling. equal, Winfried Hartmann, who moved to FCS parent
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so speaker of the board. Managing director
and COO Wolfgang Korte will bow out Nina Hampel New Globe Air managing director
at LUG after twelve years at the helm and Photo: Lug aircargo handling
retire on 31 March. Globe Air Cargo, an international GSA based in Ger
many, named Dirk Grüter as its new managing director
from 1 January. Grüter transferred to his new post from
Interim CFO for TransAtlantic UPS SCS, where he was in charge of air cargo sales in
the Emea region. At Globe Air Grüter is in charge of the
The Swedish shipping line Rederi TransAtlantic has ap firm’s freight activities in Germany. He replaced Heiner
pointed Erik Hansen as its interim CFO. He replaced Sass, who will continue to advise Globe and the ECS
Heléne Mellquist, who had held the position since the Group in Germany.
beginning of 2012, in addition to her role as CEO for
Industrial Shipping (since October 2012). A search for
a permanent CFO has been initiated. (nauticus)
Middle East
President for BBA Aviation Two IAG Cargo appointments
BBA Aviation Flight Support has promoted IAG Cargo, the business created by the merger of British
Maria Sastre to president and chief operat Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has appointed
ing officer of the Signature Flight Support two new managers. Tony Snell has been named the new
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in 2009, Sastre served Royal Caribbean Africa region. Snell, who worked for IAG Cargo in cus
Cruises and United Airlines. Pat Pearse was tomer relations management, was with British Airways
named as the new managing director of the for 14 years, joining the cargo business in 2008.
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Americas Braemar insurance
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Railinc appoints board member ing director of the board of Braemar
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The Railinc Corp has reported that Michael Redeker, offices in London and Calgary, with se
vicepresident and CIO of Canadian Pacific (CP), has condments in Singapore and Houston.
been elected to Railinc’s board of directors. Redeker Smith specialises in onshore and off
joined CP in October 2012, to help set the company’s shore energy insurance and, having
future IT road map. He previously worked for ATB joined the Braemar Adjusting board in
Financial and IBM Canada. Railinc, a whollyowned 2001, returned from London to Cal
subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads, is gary in 2010, where he assumed group
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American railroad system. Photo: Braemar Adjusting ment in North America.
New CEO for Moduslink
Balimpex congratulates youngster Moduslink Global Solutions named John J. Boucher as
its president and CEO on 28 January. He joined the
US firm from Symbotic, a provider of supply network
automation solutions for warehouses, where he served
as CCO and COO. He previously worked for Celestica.
Congratulations
15th anniversary at Hertzog & Partner
Hertzog & Partner’s Stuttgartbased regional manager
south, Armin Haug, has celebrated his 15th year at
Elmar Hertzog und Partner Management Consultants.
Haug has been in charge of the firm’s fourth German
Award for forwarding apprentice trained in-house
branch office in Stuttgart since its inception in 1998.
Johannes Schneider has been recognised as the best forward-
ing apprentice in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen for his ster-
ling performance for the Swiss logistician Balimpex. Schneider Zurich airport has CFO of the year
received a valuable International Watch Company (IWC)
timepiece from the Swiss forwarding and logistics association
Daniel Schmucki, the CFO of Zurich airport, has won
Spedlogswiss for his accomplishments. Balimpex Internationale
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training forwarders for 30 years. www.balimpex.ch
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International Transport Journal 05-06 2013 The Outlook for 2013 9
Emerging markets experiencing upswing
Stable
3
1
Markets Logistics Index
Map: Agility Emerging
7
3
2 10 2
8 1 8
6 6
developments
9
10
4
9
7
1. Egypt
4 2. Bahrain
5
The key message of the latest Agility Emerging Markets 5
3.
4.
Tunisia
Uruguay
5. Chile
Logistics Index for 2013 is that the economic trends 1. Kazakhstan 6. Oman
2. Morocco 7. Peru
observed in 2012 will continue in 2013, albeit at a more The winners and loser in the emerging markets.
3.
4.
Ukraine
Venezuela
8. Algeria
9. Ecuador
5. Argentina 10. Ethiopia
moderate pace. 6. Mexico
the emerging markets is the key positive 7.
8.
Turkey
Qatar
There is cautious optimism for the development of the economic trend in the shortterm future. 9. Vietnam
10. Jordan
global economy in 2013. Agility Logistics has teamed up Des Vertannes, the global head of cargo
with Transport Intelligence, a British research institute, at the International Air Transport Asso
for the fourth time for its logistics and economics index. ciation Iata, pointed to the airfreight industry’s continuing difficult rev
It analyses macroeconomic data gathered in 45 emerging enue situation at the 2013 Swiss Shippers’ Council’s airfreight seminar
markets and the answers given by 375 trade and industry in Interlaken on 24 January. At least airfreight revenues are beginning
professionals to questions about future prospects, and to stabilise again at a global level. The recipe prescribed by Fiata direc
combines these into a projection for the coming year. tor general Marco Sorgetti to find the way out of the partially rather
difficult situation sounds simple. «Higher efficiency, hard work and a
Emerging markets growing steadily passion for the logistics sector and your own company.»
The 45 emerging markets featured in Agility’s 2013 index Christian Doepgen
– they grew at an average of 4.4% in 2012 – still have www.agilitylogistics.com
room for improvement in 2013. Whilst more mature
markets such as China, India and Brazil are pursuing
their path to becoming strong regional logistics hubs, na
tions such as Mexico and Turkey, at the periphery of the
socalled first world, benefit from becoming both pro
duction centres and interesting markets. Besides these
success stories the survey sees some rising stars in the
top ten of perceived major logistics markets of the future,
namely Indonesia, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates
and South Africa, which all shine with positive data and
evaluations. The newcomers of the year included Ka
zakhstan, Morocco and Ukraine. The greatest growth is
expected to take place on innerAsian trade routes, with
Asian–African connections following in second place.
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10 Shipping & Ports International Transport Journal 05-06 2013
Port of Dunkirk going strong despite the crisis
Better than expected
The results of the port of Dunkirk are acceptable, under the circumstances. New liner
services give hope for further positive developments. These statements were made at
the hub’s annual press conference, which was held in Lille, as always.
«The results for the year 2012 are better 5% to 12.05 million t last year, and the new agreement on the supply of coal –
than we predicted last year,» François throughput of coal increased by 10% to amounting to four complete freight trains
Soulet de Brugière, vicepresident of 8.33 million t. Dunkirk served as a hub a week – to the E.on power plant in Saint
the supervisory board, said at the port for the steel enterprise ArcelorMittal, Avold.
of Dunkirk’s annual press conference. since more than 1 million t of ore and
«Despite the crisis, we’ve been able to coal were again loaded and transported Oil and grain setbacks
maintain about the same levels, which is to other locations for the group, such as There was a dramatic setback with oil
a good result.» Christine Cabau Woehrel, to Ghent, Bremen and Hamburg. These and petroleum products, in contrast,
who was named as the new chairwoman activities will further increase by about registering –12% to 5.66 million t. After
of the port’s board of directors in March 50% in 2013. the Total refinery in the port was closed
2012, reported that, with 47.2 million t in 2008, the group also suspended crude
of total throughput in 2012, the port was Coal volumes promising oil storage in October 2012. That could
0.6% below the previous year’s results. A hopeful sign for the port was that in not be balanced out by the throughput
That was primarily due to the consoli midJanuary ArcelorMittal once again of refined petroleum products, which in
dation of the bulk cargo segment, which started up the steel mill’s third furnace creased by 7% to 5.6 million t. The han
is traditionally the core sector in the port in the port, which had been inoperative dling of grains dropped by 43% to 1.13
of Dunkirk. Ore throughput increased by since mid2012. That also applied to the million t, which was due to the harvest,
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and thus the exports, being clearly worse be transported further
last year compared to the previous year. to St Petersburg on a
While the throughput of diverse goods weekly line.
increased in total by 4% to approximately In October 2012 the
16.24 million t, container throughput cornerstone for a liquid
decreased by 5% to 260,000 teu. That is gas terminal, planned
the result of a general decline in container by energy group EDF,
transport from Asia to Europe in the sec will be laid on the off
ond half of 2012. shore terminal of the
Photos: Klingsieck
western port basin. The
Fewer containers in Asia terminal will be put into
In contrast, the route from Dover’s roll operation at the end of
on/roll off traffic increased by 13% to 2015.
560,000 trucks and unaccompanied Cabau Woehrel men François Soulet de Brugière, vice-president of the supervisory
trailers, and also increased by 10% when tioned the electrifica board, and Christine Cabau Woehrel, chairwoman of the board.
measured by the weight of loads, to more tion of additional parts
than 13 million t. of the port’s 200 km long railway network provement. But, the port can only provide
Cabau Woehrel saw the decisions tak among the centre’s trendsetting invest an improved framework. Initiatives for the
en in 2012 to incorporate Dunkirk in the ments. Included in measures to improve reorganisation of traffic must come from
CMA CGM line Epic (European Pakistan hinterland connections is the doubling of the companies involved.
India Consortium) as well as in the Lion/ scheduled container traffic between the The railways command a 36% share of
FAL7 line operated by MSC and CMA port and Bonneuil in the Paris region at hinterland traffic, and inland barges carry
CGM to Asia as a strengthening of the the end of 2012. 14%. When looking at the transportation
port’s position. While one train a week ran in both of containers, however, the shares amount
A scheduled service started by CMA directions to date, that number has now to just 3% for the railways and 2% for in
CGM is also new, carrying fruit and risen to two. The chairwoman described land barges.
vegetables from Morocco, which will be the multimodal part of hinterland connec Ralf Klingsieck
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Contship Italia Group – Port of La Spezia
Customers returning to the hub
The La Spezia container terminal, which is operated by Contship Italia, welcomed a vessel of the Japanese shipping company K Line
again for the first time after five years. The unit in question is deployed in K Line’s MD1 Far East–Med service.
K Line maintained its presence in the
port of La Spezia for the past five years
through permutations determined by
partners’ arrangements. Now K Line’s
Helsinki Bridge made its maiden call at
Photos: Contship Italia
the hub, with a delegation from K Line
Italia present, headed by president and
managing director Carlo Besozzi, who
was joined by some of his Italian clients.
The Helsinki Bridge is 335 m long and
46 m wide, which makes it substantially The «Helsinki Bridge» and Michele Giromini, Lorenzo Forcieri, president of the La Spezia port
larger than the Akashi Bridge, which was authority, captain S. Hirano, chief engineer F. Okayama, Carlo Besozzi (from the left).
the last K Line unit to call at the La Spezia
terminal on 1 August 2007 and which was units with five cranes across 20 rows at Kong, Shekou, Singapore, Suez, Piraeus,
only 220 m long and 32 m wide. the Fornelli East berth.» Carlo Besozzi, La Spezia, Genoa, Barcelona, Valencia,
president and managing director of K Piraeus, Suez, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Contship Italia pleased with 2012 Line Italia, added that «we increased our Quite apart from the pleasing return
Michele Giromini, LSCT’s general man volumes in La Spezia by more than 30% of K Line, the Contship Italia Group was
ager, told the media that «we’re more last year, thanks to the ships operated pleased with its performance in 2012,
than satisfied with our quay crane situ in the CKYH alliance. The reliability above all in the second half. The Gioia
ation and are in tune with the needs of of the numerous rail connections in La Tauro and Cagliari hubs increased their
our customers. We’re the only box termi Spezia ensures that the hub is one of the transhipment volumes by 18% and 4%
nal in the north Tyrrhenian Sea that can most environmentalfriendly gateways in respectively, whilst the La Spezia, Raven
operate two 14,000 teu ULCCs simulta Southern Europe.» The MD1’s port rota na and Salerno gateways all recorded de
neously today. We’re also unique in the tion starts in Quingdao before continu creases in the volumes handled.
region in that we can handle 9,500 teu ing to Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Hong In the intermodal segment Oceanogate
Italia, a rail traction company launched
in March 2012, operated 817,000 train
Container throughput at Contship Italia’s terminals
kilometres. Contship Italia’s subsidiar
2012 (in teu) 2011 (in teu) ies Sogemar and Hannibal, intermodal
Medcenter container terminal (MCT) 2,721,000 2,305,000 transport operators, more or less consoli
Cagliari international container terminal (CICT) 582,000 558,000 dated their transport volumes, carrying
La Spezia container terminal (LSCT) 990,000 1,091,000 247,000 teu in 2012, in comparison with
Terminal container Ravenna (TCR) 191,000 200,000 250,000 teu in 2011. Jutta Iten
Salerno container terminal (SCT) 151,000 171,000 www.contshipitalia.com
G6 Alliance to maintain five Asia–North Europe loops in 2013
The members of the G6 Alliance have of Far East–Europe services, calling at all between the German ports of Hamburg
announced that they will maintain the major port pairs with weekly sailings. and Bremerhaven and the Swedish hub
current fiveloop structure of their Asia– in Gothenburg. A new call at Jeddah has
North Europe services in 2013. In a joint Full network coverage to continue been included in loop 4 and another one
statement the alliance said that «we expect Over and above this, further adjustments at Hong Kong in loop 7. The G6 Alli
the current supply and demand balance have been made to the alliance’s other ance members are Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,
to continue and won’t be reinstating our services, to accommodate port calls from APL, HapagLloyd, Hyundai Merchant
Asia–Europe loop 3.» The G6 Alliance’s loop 3 and thus ensure that customers Marine, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the
loop 3 was suspended in October 2012, as continue to enjoy the full network cov Orient Overseas Container Line. it
one measure in the alliance’s restructur erage the alliance provides. In October www.hapag-lloyd.com; www.hmm.com
ing for the winter programme. The G6 the alliance started a new Gothenburg www.nykline.com; www.apl.com
Alliance will continue to offer a number Express service (GTE), a feeder shuttle www.mol.co.jp; www.oocl.comInternational Transport Journal 05-06 2013 Shipping & Ports/Inland Shipping 13
River Elbe indispensable as an inland waterway New box service
to Leixões
Improvements must be possible The Belgian shipping line Cobelfret has
Steps must be taken to ensure the Elbe remains navigable in future, said the German started a weekly service between Rotter
national inland waterway transportation association (Bundesverband der Deutschen dam and the Portuguese port of Leixões
through its Luxembourgian subsidiary
Binnenschiffahrt BDB) at a recent meeting, held in Berlin, with members of the CDU/CSU CLdN. The «Arx», with a capacity of
caucus in the German parliament. 707 teu, has been deployed since 11 Janu
ary, sailing from Rotterdam on Tuesdays
and from Leixões on Fridays. it
www.cldn.com
Antwerp continues
to defy the recession
The Belgian port of Antwerp’s final fig
ures for 2012 show that the hub hand
led 184.1 million t of freight in 2012, a
Photo: BDB
decrease of 1.6% visàvis 2011, when 187.2
million t were lifted. A port media release
An inland waterway barge carrying rotor blades on the river Elbe. said that this showed that the centre was
only marginally affected by the recession.
The river Elbe and the Elbe Lateral Canal for customers such as Siemens in Berlin, The results are particularly pleasing in the
(ElbeSeitenkanal), which carry annual Dresden, Görlitz and Erfurt, MAN in light of the fact that the temporary clo
transport volumes of 3 and 9 million t Dresden, and crane and boiler manufac sure of the Belgian Refining Corp (BRC)
respectively, complement each other as turers in Köthen. had a large negative effect on the hub’s
parts of a waterway system essential to Cargo is also transported on the Elbe growth. The port’s total container volume
hinterland traffic passing through the for the agricultural sector in Rosslau, of 8.6 million teu loaded or discharged was
port of Hamburg. Neither the Elbe nor Riesa, Heidenau, Aken, Magdeburg and almost on a par with 2011 (–0,3%). Ant
its connection to the Mittelland Canal Wittenberge. Shippers there depend on werp’s roro volumes expanded by 13% to
via the Elbe Lateral Canal will become the river as a freight corridor. What is just under 4.8 million t, whilst the number
superfluous in the future, according to more, the Elbe provides a crucial route of cars handled in 2012 came to just over
shippers. Civil engineering projects to for Hamburgbound downstream traffic. 1.2 million, an increase of 14.8%. it
improve navigability must remain ac The MUT fuel storage depot in Magde www.portofantwerp.com
ceptable in principle, declared the Ger burg, for instance, is also supplied by
man national inland waterway transpor traffic on the Elbe Lateral Canal, whilst
tation association (Bundesverband der empty tankers make the return journey
Deutschen Binnenschiffahrt BDB) in
Berlin recently.
downstream on the Elbe. Container line
traffic also uses the Elbe, operating to
Shanghai still growing
and from places like Aken, Riesa and The Shanghai International Port Group
Torchbearer for Elbe shipping Dresden – especially since the river can (SIPG), which is owned by the Chinese
The BDB’s position clearly indicates the handle triplestacked box ships. state and the China Merchant Group,
organisation’s opposition to any sugges Transferring these cargo movements improved both its profits as well as the
tion that the Elbe be abandoned as an to the Elbe Lateral Canal and the Mit volume of goods handled in the port
inland waterway for traffic to and from telland Canal would lead to a collapse of of Shanghai in 2012. Cargo through
Czechia. This position statement is nec the canal system and hence also of the put in the world’s largest maritime hub
essary given that the Germany’s environ port of Hamburg. The Elbe serves as a only registered a moderate improvement,
ment and transport ministries are plan bypass for the Elbe Lateral Canal, a role however, coming in at 502 million t,
ning to study «how the Elbe and the Elbe it needs to retain in future. In December even though overall container volumes
Lateral Canal can complement or replace 2012, at a hearing in Berlin that brought increased by 2.5% to no less than 32.5
each other for transportation purposes» together inland shipping and industry million teu. The group’s total net profits
as part of an overall concept for the Elbe. and environmental group representa rose by 4.2% yearonyear to USD 773
Large volumes of general and heavylift tives, both sides acknowledged that the million. The SIPG is scheduled to release
cargo from machinery and construction Elbe will continue to play a major role as its audited and official annual results on
equipment manufacturing centres in east an inland waterway. it 27 March 2013. it
ern Germany are transported on the Elbe, www.binnenschiff.de www.portshanghai.com.cn14 Aviation International Transport Journal 05-06 2013
20th SSC airfreight seminar
The airfreight elite in Interlaken
MP Fabio Regazzi, the president of the Swiss Shippers’ Council (SSC), welcomed 130 guests to the SSC’s 20th airfreight seminar, which
took place in Interlaken from 23 to 25 January. This was a few guests less than at the last seminar two years ago, when his predecessor
Rolf Büttiker hosted the event. There were still enough to make for beaming faces all round at the successful event.
Under the motto Airfreight – a barom 2007 the tendency of the airfreight sec lines), maintenance services (VolgaDnepr
eter of the world economy, representa tor to reflect economic trends earlier than Technics) and the charter business (Volga
tives of trade and industry, airports and other industries has not been in evidence Dnepr Airlines).
airport operators, the Swiss government any more. Other speakers dealt with the theme
and international organisations gathered By 2009 at the latest, the statistics of sustainable development. This includ
in Interlaken (Switzerland). While the show, the gap in profitability between ed the complexities of the EU emissions
weather outside was generally overcast, the the freight business on the one hand, trading scheme, which were explained by
mood at the venue, the prestigious Hotel which lost ground, and the passage busi Dr Peter Müller, director of Switzerland’s
VictoriaJungfrau, was cheerful. The stage ness on the other, grew further, thanks to civil aviation authority. He clarified that
was set by the perfect arrangements made new business models in the latter, espe in view of the present exclusion of airlines
by the experienced team, led by SSC gen cially low cost airlines, whose short turn from outside the EU, Switzerland consid
eral secretary Conrad Tobler. around times prevent bellyhold cargo ers itself a thirdparty country and rejects
Several distinguished speakers exuded from being carried. the unilaterallyimposed EU carbon tax
optimism in their statements, and con just as the USA, China, India, Australia
veyed the impression that the general Russian high over central Switzerland and Saudi Arabia do.
climate in the airfreight sector would im Wolfgang Meier spread sunshine and
prove appreciably and permanently in the light with his presentation of a success Climate and emissions debate
foreseeable future. The audience was all ful business model in the airfreight sec Time and again the lecturers addressed
the more pleased to hear this as Switzer tor. The executive vicepresident of the links between aviation and other carri
land is particularly dependent on foreign Russian scheduled carrier AirBridge ers. While Nidjat Babayev from Azerbai
trade due the limited size of its internal Cargo (ABC) presented the VolgaDnepr jan’s Silk Way Airlines introduced the
market. Group’s «airfreight supermarket», where model of linking up railway feeders in
every customer can find what he needs. China with flight connections to Europe,
Does airfreight reflect the economy? The group has grown into four separate Hakan Bicil from Toll Global Forwarding
Talks revolved around approaches to giv divisions and is by far the largest group in in Zurich talked about the combination
ing the airfreight industry new visions. the growing Russian market, whilst at the of air and sea.
First, however, Des Vertannes, global same time becoming increasingly global Dr Gunther Krell from the consultancy
head of cargo at the International Air in its orientation. Supply Chain Innovation finally provided
Transport Association Iata, relativised Apart from the scheduled carrier ABC, a lifecycle assessment of both combina
the notion of the airfreight industry as the services on offer include the domes tions on the basis of case studies. The
the barometer of the economy. Since tic express services for Russia (Atran Air result was that «railair and seaair traffic
causes fewer emissions than airfreight, but
substantially more than sea freight.»
The panel discussion with cargo airline
managers, each with a very different mar
ket presence in Switzerland and the world,
was criticised by some seminar partici
pants for excluding representatives from
other parts of the airfreight supply chain.
Conrad Tobler responded to these criti
cisms in his closing remarks, saying that
«we must indeed bring more shippers to
Photo: Andreas Haug
Interlaken.» The second bit of homework,
namely pushing forward with the hot top
ic of efreight, will be taken up as early as
mid February, on the other hand, when
The illustrious panel at the 20th SSC airfreight summit in Interlaken included IAG Cargo’s SSC’s members take up the review of the
Ignacio Díez Barturen, Emirates SkyCargo’s Ram Menen, SSC board member Martin seminar and conduct a survey on the issue
Stettler, Swiss WorldCargo’s Oliver Evans and Turkish Cargo’s Halit Anlatan (from – electronically of course. Andreas Haug
the left).
www.swiss-shippers.chInternational Transport Journal 05-06 2013 Aviation 15
Multiple failures keep B787 grounded
The Dreamliner disaster
Reactions to the grounding of Boeing’s latest model have ranged from dismay («a night-
mare») to mockery («good news for Airbus»). So here are a few facts for the air cargo
industry about the long-haul airliner which has temporarily been grounded.
Photo: Boeing
No Boeing B787s have flown since 17 further orders will not be delivered until
January, thanks to a series of ground the causes of the recent problems have
ing orders issued by aviation authorities been fully resolved.
around the world. Boeing’s Dreamliner, The premiere for the B787’s first European
described at its launch as «the world’s It’s an ill wind… customer LOT was a short-lived affair. After its
most modern and energyefficient air According to the media, Airbus stands to first landing in Chicago the FAA’s grounding of
the plane caught up with operations.
liner», is an attractive option for the lo profit from Boeing’s flop. The US man
gistics industry, given its range and cargo ufacturer’s image has certainly been tar
capacity (137 cbm). This is the first time nished, but it remains to be seen whether by their commitments. Qantas has re
that all aircraft of a particular type have Boeing’s European rival can take advan duced its order, but only by one plane.
been grounded since the DC10 in 1979. tage of the situation. Patience is the order However, outright cancellations may fol
of the day, since Airbus has repeatedly low, if official investigations of the prob
Which airlines were flying the B787? extended the development timeline for lems drag on for weeks or perhaps even
All Nippon Airlines, the earliest custom its comparable model, the A350. This has months.
er, took delivery of the first production drawn criticism from Airbus customers, Several existing operators, such as Air
model on 25 September 2011, three and but if it helps to avoid errors as made by India and LOT, are already looking into
a half years behind schedule, and now Boeing… claiming damages because of the ground
has 17 of the planes – the largest fleet so ing. Should they succeed, the failure
far. Next comes Japan Airlines (seven air What happens next? would become materially quantifiable
craft), Air India and United Airlines (six Most customers with outstanding orders for Boeing. At least there have been no
apiece), Qatar Airways (five), Ethiopian (which total 799 aircraft) for the USD 200 human casualties as a result of mishaps in
Airlines (four), LAN Airlines (three) and million Dreamliner, such as Aeromexico, Dreamliner operations.
LOT (two). Boeing has announced that have indicated that they intend to stand www.boeing.com
Ever less Tehran links In brief was chosen because most destinations in the
European airfreight market can be reached
Italian frequencies up. The Southeast Asian from there in eight hours by truck.
Iran Air resumed a weekly service between carrier Thai Airways is set to increase its www.finnaircargo.com
Tehran and Beijing on 2 January, after a services to Italy in June. On 11 June it will add
tenweek interruption from the start of a link to Milan Malpensa, flying there four Record year. The European aircraft manu-
the winter schedule. The introduction times a week. Rome Fiumicino, the larger of facturer Airbus set a new corporate record
of a second weekly offering remained in the two airports in the capital city, will see an in 2012, having delivered 588 aircraft to 89
doubt as the ITJ went to press, however. extra connection added on 15 June, bringing customers (including 17 new clients) in the 12
The German carrier Lufthansa has re landings there to five a week. Thai will replace months under review. The company’s wide-
duced its capacities to the Iranian capital. its Boeing B747s with Airbus A340-600s on body aircraft segment also set a record for
It replaced the 20 t of coloading capacity the route. www.thaicargo.com deliveries in one year, handing over 103 units,
that its Boeing B747400s used to offer on compared to 87 planes in 2011.
a daily basis until 9 January by the 13 t Looking good. Air Partner, one of the largest www.airbus.com
offered by its Airbus A340300s, now de providers of professional charter flight solu-
ployed on the route from Frankfurt until tions worldwide, has said that Iata’s airfreight A third B747-8F. The Russian full-freighter
the end of the winter schedule. predictions (see ITJ 01-04/2013, page 13) ap- operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), which
ply to its business too. Customers are regain- is part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, recently
Austrian Airlines, a member of the
ing confidence in the international economy took delivery of another full-freighter from the
Lufthansa corporation, terminated its
and increasingly banking on airfreight, the US aircraft maker Boeing. The B747-8F made
thriceweekly service from Vienna to
firm said. www.airpartner.com its maiden flight from Seattle to Moscow
Tehran on 14 January. The Dutch carrier
Sheremetyevo via Hong Kong. It will be de-
KLM’s flight from Amsterdam to Tehran,
New hub. The airport in the Belgian capital ployed in ABC’s network in Europe, Asia and
operated four times a week, will also be Brussels is set to become a new continental the USA. AirBridgeCargo’s fleet encompasses
discontinued on 9 April. hub for the northern European operator five B747-400ERFs and three B747-400Fs.
www.af klcargo.com Finnair Cargo from March onwards. Brussels www.airbridgecargo.com
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CEP union of giants fails
EU calls off UPS and TNT merger
The US parcel and logistics corporation UPS has cancelled its plans to take over its Dutch CEP rival TNT Express and retracted its take-
over bid, on account of continued significant objections from the EU’s directorate general for competition. TNT Express will receive
EUR 200 million in compensation from UPS for cancelling the transaction.
It was supposed to be
the largest acquisition
in the 106year history
of UPS. Since the largest
parcel delivery service
worldwide retracted its
billioneuro purchase
offer for its competi
Photos: UPS / TNT Express
tor TNT Express, how
ever, one of the largest
takeovers in the history
of the logistics industry
has suddenly collapsed.
The EU commission’s The planned merger between UPS and TNT Express has been cancelled.
concerns regarding the
competitive effects of the move form the decides to ban the deal. This decision is a better foothold in the European CEP
background for the failed transaction. expected to be taken shortly. UPS does market. If the takeover of TNT Express
Several times last year the cartel au intend to grow, however, even without had been implemented, the brown giant
thorities of the European Union had TNT Express, Davis clarified. The corpo would not only have caught up with its
voiced their concern that this gigantic ration has the financial strength to take strongest competitor DHL in one fell
merger could result in the newlyjoined advantage of opportunities which may swoop (the latter has a market share of
UPS / TNT parcel corporation dominat arise in future, he said. 19% in Europe), but the former, with a
ing the market to too great an extent in 20% presence in the market, would even
many European countries. have slightly overtaken DHL.
From the start, the commission re TNT Express share price drops Would, could, if, but – the largest
quired extensive concessions from the TNT Express also expressed disappoint beneficiary of the calledoff giant merger
companies. UPS then offered to sell some ment in an initial reaction to the failed is definitely Deutsche Post DHL which,
of its parcel services, among other things. takeover. The plans had recently distract as undisputed market leader in Europe,
But after a meeting with the competition ed TNT Express’ management from its has the last laugh and can now look very
authorities early in January, UPS no long tasks, the company said. The Dutch ser calmly to the future.
er thought a definitive takeover would be vice provider said that its highest manage
possible. ment level would now once again be able
The company also ruled out any fur to devote its attention to its core tasks. EU always had many concerns
ther concessions. According to UPS, it New measures to increase profitability The EU competition authorities already
will now pay TNT Express approximately have not only been thought of, but are started a close examination of the huge
EUR 200 million for the collapse of the necessary, the company based in Hof acquisition in July 2012, due to grave
agreement. The corporations agreed on ddorp continued. At the stock exchange reservations about the deal, which would
that sum last year. the news caused the prices of TNT Express have cost billions of euros, and repeat
securities to collapse dramatically. The edly voiced its concerns about the merger
company’s shares dropped by 49% short thereafter.
A huge disappointment ly after the start of trading. Shares in com The EU’s competition commissioner
«We are disappointed by the stance of petitor Deutsche Post DHL, in contrast, Joaquín Almunia said at the time that
the EU commission,» Scott Davis, head barely reacted. «the planned takeover could limit com
of the board of directors of UPS, stated in petition, especially to provide the fastest
an initial comment. His company offered courier services at the expense of direct
EU competition authorities «important DHL has the last laugh customers – and thus ultimately at the
concessions» to dispel the many concerns «Big Brown», as UPS is sometimes called cost of European consumers.»
of the cartel authorities, he said. based on its brand colour, wanted to pur Robert Altermatt
UPS will offer a more detailed state chase the Dutch competitor for a total www.ups.com
ment once the EU commission formally of EUR 5.16 billion, so that it could gain www.tnt.comInternational Transport Journal 05-06 2013 Forwarding & Logistics 17
Rhenus expanding its business in Germany and the Netherlands
New activities launched in 2013
The entity Rhenus Port Logistics, which is a part of the German logistics group Rhenus, has added its own warehousing and logistics
premises to its offerings in the city of Weil am Rhein in southern Germany. Meanwhile, the documents logistician Rhenus Office
Systems has acquired the Dutch company DocuCare.
The company Rhenus Port Logistics,
which is part of Germany’s Rhenus Group,
recently established its own warehousing
and logistics area in the inland port of
Weil am Rhein (Germany), which is not
far from the Swiss border. Now Rhenus
Port Logistics has about 12,000 sqm of
Photo: Rhenus Office Systems, thinkstock
its own warehousing and logistics area
in Weil am Rhein. The infrastructure is
capable of handling goods for ships, the
roads and the railway, and thus offers
both economically and ecologically ef
ficient handling options.
Container stuffing and stripping are
also part of Rhenus Port Logistics’ ser
vices in Weil am Rhein. Over and above A mobile shredder belonging to documents
this, the premises has 20 covered and logistician Rhenus Office Systems.
open bulk cargo boxes for the storage
of a broad variety of bulk freight, with a in Sint Anthonis in North Brabant, with
total volume of about 12,000 cbm. The effect from 1 January. The main focus
block storage and highbay warehousing ures in Weil and Rheinfelden make sense of DocuCare’s business is the safe de
areas are subdivided into units cover «because shipping is the most ecological struction of files and data storage media,
ing between 50 and 2,000 sqm. Forklift ly sound mode of transport. We’re happy making use of mobile shredding vehicles
trucks with carrying capacities of up to to be able to offer our clients interesting on site at customers’ premises. Rhenus
7 t ensure rapid loading and unloading. options in these two ports, thanks to the Office Systems already operates a station
Over and above this, Rhenus Port Lo extension of our logistics areas.» ary centre for the destruction of files and
gistics was able to extend its warehousing data storage media in the Netherlands, at
and logistics areas for hazardous and con Acquisition in the Netherlands Ankeveen near Amsterdam. The Rhenus
sumer goods to 2,500 sqm in the inland Rhenus Office Systems, a documents lo subsidiary has 23 sites all across Europe
port of Rheinfelden (Germany). gistics specialist that also belongs to the and provides services to more than 15,000
Peter Widmer, a member of the board Rhenus Group, took over the Dutch com customers in Europe. ra
at Rhenus, said that the expansion meas pany DocuCare, which is headquartered www.rhenus.com; www.docucare.nl
germany:
europe:
global:
we lead the way
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In brief Dachser takes over Transunion
Another Spanish acquisition
Waberer’s in Hungary. Hungary’s competi-
tion authority has approved the merger of
Waberer’s Logistics, which is a subsidiary of
the Hungarian transport and logistics group
Waberer’s International, with Szemerey Dachser, a German transport and logistics enterprise with international activities which
Transport, a Hungarian refrigerated trans- recently purchased the Spanish transport and logistics firm Azkar, has now also bought
portation specialist. www.waberers.com
Transunion, another Hispanic logistics service provider.
www.szemereytransport.hu
Rhenus in France. The entity Rhenus
Freight Logistics, a firm owned by the Ger-
man logistics service provider Rhenus, has
opened a new platform for transport and
general cargo activities in Saint-Barthélemy-
d’Anjou, near Angers (France). The facility,
which is located on a 15,000 sqm plot of
land, offers 1,380 sqm of working space and
200 sqm of offices. www.rhenus.com
DHL in the United Kingdom. DHL Sup-
ply Chain has landed a long-term contract
worth more than GBP 100 million (EUR 120
million) from Panasonic for the management
of its storage and transport activities in the
Photo: Dachser
United Kingdom. The business for which
DHL has now won the tender includes taking
charge of Panasonic’s entire supply chain in
the United Kingdom, in order to boost the Dachser’s air and sea logistics activities are undergoing further expansion in Spain.
efficiency and service quality of Panasonic’s
offerings. www.dhl.com Dachser is further expanding its air and 15 years. Transunion has approximately
sea logistics activities that it operates in 240 employees and operates a total of nine
Talke in Qatar. Qapco, a Qatari plastics pro- 15 locations in five countries. To this end branches in Spain, as well as having rep
ducer, has mandated the German logistics the company is purchasing the Spanish resentative offices in Turkey, Argentina,
service provider Talke to manage finished air and ocean freight forwarding firm Peru and Mexico. The company, which
product logistics at its new production plant Transunion, headquartered in Valencia, was founded in 1978, is expected to post
in Mesaieed (Qatar). The chemical logistics with retroactive effect from 1 January a turnover of about EUR 95 million in
specialist Talke, headquartered in Hürth 2013. The deal is subject to approval by fiscal 2012. ra
near Cologne, will initially take charge of the relevant cartel authority. Dachser and www.dachser.com
the logistics arrangements for 300,000 t of Transunion have already collaborated for www.transunion.es
polyethylene granulate per year, as well as
the maintenance of Qapco’s logistics build-
ings and facilities. www.talke.com
Geopost in India. The French express logis-
Trans Force acquires New Group7 logistics
tics giant the GeoPost group, a subsidiary of
France’s La Poste group, is set to acquire a
Velocity Express centre in Düsseldorf
40% stake in DTDC Courier & Cargo, India’s
The Montrealbased Canadian logis In August this year the property devel
second-largest express distribution company
tics and transportation company Trans oper Immogate will start building a new
by revenue. http://dtdc.in
Force Inc has entered into an agreement logistics centre in NeussSüd, near Düs
www.geopostgroup.com
to buy all shares in Velocity Express, a seldorf (Germany), for Group7, a Ger
Kukla in Berlin. Spedition Kukla, a
US sameday courier firm, and all of its man service provider based in Schwaig
Munich-based German forwarder that subsidiaries. Trans Force expects the deal near Munich. The tract of land in Neuss
specialises in multimodal traffic, opened to bring it additional annual revenues Süd covers approximately 45,000 sqm
a sales agency for sustainable transport of USD 160 million. Velocity Express is and the new centre will offer nearly
solutions on Potsdam Square in Berlin on headquartered in Stafford TX (USA), has 27,000 sqm of working space. Group7
1 January. Kukla mainly provides pan-Euro- a network of 80 locations across the USA plans to move into the centre in spring
pean multimodal solutions to and from the and western Canada and a work force of 2014. The new facility will primarily
UK, Scandinavia, Russia and the Mediter- about 2,600 staff and contractors. provide Group7’s clients with contract
ranean basin. www.kukla-spedition.com www.transforcecompany.com logistics services.
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