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Magazine for Ports, Shipping and Logistics February 2015 Well Loaded Focus topic: break bulk Optimization of Shipping Routes 16 | A Driver with Passion 22
Bremen – the port of
choice for Break Bulk
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“Marketing the Unterweser area better” Floating crane
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Jan Müller, Chair of the Board/President & CEO, J. Müller Aktiengesellschaft
Main Topic
Dear readers,
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From the global perspective of our customers, the handling terminals of Bremerhaven, Nordenham, Brake
and the city of Bremen are more or less next to one another. We can quite justifiably speak of a “universal
port” in the Unterweser region. This universal port’s areas of focus are:
container handling in Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven,
vehicle handling, primarily concentrated on Bremerhaven, and
handling of a wide range of bulk materials in Brake and Nordenham.
Alongside this, the handling of large quantities of piece goods (break bulk) in the required variety and
IGOR CHAIKOVSKIY & SEAMRTINI GRAPHICS/FOTOLIA, PHOTOGRAPHIE MARTIN ELSEN, MÖLLER SURVEY MARINE,
quantity represents a noteworthy unique selling point. The terminal operators that specialise in these goods
– primarily located in Brake and Bremen – are very well placed when compared with the Hamburg-Antwerp Sustainability
range, and are leading in terms of performance, quality and flexibility. One weakness is continued low use of 16
these facilities by classic piece good shipping companies. These concentrate their journeys on the ARA ports
BREMENPORTS/BLG, J. MÜLLER, RHENUS MIDGARD, MATTHIAS BENING UND REINHARD DIEGNER
– primarily Antwerp – and Hamburg.
In light of this, I would like to see stronger joint marketing of our break bulk facilities and resources in the
cargo sector – across national borders! Our aim must be to bring more conventional piece good shipping
companies to the Unterweser area.
Yours, Jan Müller
News 6
People 26
Appointments 28
Safety & Security Logistics Story Portrait Preview 30
20 22 24 Imprint 30
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 3
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PHOTOS: SEAPORTS/PHOTOGRAPHIE MARTIN ELSEN, MÖLLER SURVEY MARINE, BREMENPORTS/BLG, CUXPORT, GLOBAL HIRE
Speed XX km/h Height
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ILLUSTRATION: SEAMARTINI GRAPHICS/FOTOLIA
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 5
10
NEWS
SUMMARY NEWS
W IL H E L M S H AV E N . Jade-
Weser Logistik (JWL), based in
Wilhelmshaven, has purchased a
mobile dredger with a “banana
boom” to expand its handling
capacities. The crane can be
equipped with a 2.2 cubic metre
clamshell grab bucket grab or
Three overseas services for JadeWeserPort
orange peel grab bucket for break WI LH E LMSH AVE N. Container Terminal the three overseas services already outlined in the
bulk loads. A crane hook is also Wilhelmshaven will be the destination for three schedule. With increased volumes, JadeWeserPort
available for piece good loads. overseas services from 2015. First, in December, will be able to better utilise its capacity of
the world’s largest two container shipping 2.7 million TEU and secure jobs. Thanks to the
LOW E R SA XO N Y. Responding companies Maersk Line and MSC announced that new ships coming into Germany’s only deep-water
to a question from Lower Saxony they would serve JadeWeserPort with their new port, the BLG Logistics Group expects be breaking
MPs from the FDP party network 2 M from this spring, with two Asian lines even for the first time in 2017. With the unplanned
regarding the status of the per week. From February, the ME 1 line (Middle East), arrivals of the ships Morten and Matz Maersk, each
northern German port coopera- will also be travelling to Wilhelmshaven on a regular with a load capacity of 18,270 TEU, due to bad
tion, Minister for Economics, basis. The deep-sea port will also be served by weather, Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven had
Labour and Transport Olaf Lies four feeder lines from 2015, which will complement a good start to the new year.
has emphasised that it makes
sense to harmonise the port
policies of the northern BLG teams up with
German states. “Only by
cooperating can the states
Port of Sunderland
represent and highlight BRE ME N . Port services provider BLG has concluded a
their interests to the national cooperation agreement with Britain’s Port of Sunderland.
PHOTOS: JADEWESERPORT/BJÖRN LÜBBE, BLG LOGISTICS, L.I.T. AG, EPAS, BREMENPORTS/BLG,
government and the The aim is to jointly create effective framework conditions
ÜBERSEE-MUSEUM BREMEN, PRESSE- UND INFORMATIONSAMT DER BUNDESREGIERUNG
EU Commission.” for the offshore sector through suitable port infrastructure
and optimised logistics solutions. Great Britain is an
H A M BU RG/ B R E M E N .
international pioneer in offshore wind power: wind turbines
Hamburg-based rail services
provider ZigsXpress and
with a total output of 32.2 gigawatts are expected to be L.I.T. Group offers
Brandenburg-based company
installed by the year 2020. new relations
Deutsche Eisenbahn Service have B R AKE. Logistics service provider L.I.T. is
come together to found the expanding its connections in Scandinavian
railway company Hansea- transport. The Lower Saxony-based company,
tisches Bahn Contor. The new which has a total of 1,300 employees Europe-
company began operations in wide, is offering several full-truckload (FTL) and
January by assuming all of the less-than-truckload (LTL) transport solutions
current shunting activities of from and to Scandinavia from the gateway of
Anhaltinisch-Brandenburgische Lübeck. It also implements accompanied and
Eisenbahngesellschaft, and is unaccompanied transport to Sweden and Finland
concentrating on the railway via the Baltic Sea ports of Kiel and Travemünde.
stations of the German seaports. The logistics service provider recently opened a
new site in the Czech Republic.
6 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015
NEWS
New book: “The future of
Bremen’s ports”
B R EMEN. In the book “Die Zukunft der
Bremischen Häfen” (“The future of Bremen’s
ports”), which was recently published in the
TenDenZen series of Übersee-Museum Bremen,
23 experts, journalists and scientists provide an
overview of the current situation and take a look
at the history and future of the port industry
in Bremen, trade and the ports in all of their
facets. The publishers, Hartmut Roder
(Übersee-Museum Bremen) and Hartmut
EPAS handles deep drilling Ten years of MSC Gate Schwerdtfeger (BLG Logistics Group),
system Bremerhaven forge a bridge
between
E M D E N . EPAS, Ems Ports Agency & Stevedoring BRE M ER HAVEN. “MSC Gate Bremen”, which history and
Beteiligungsgesellschaft, has successfully is run by a joint venture between Eurogate and a the role of
handled a deep drilling system from Albania shareholding company of shipping company Bremen’s
at the Nordkai in the port of Emden. The MSC, has celebrated its tenth birthday. As a ports in
system was shipped by the Leer-based logistics “dedicated terminal” it is exclusively used international
company EMS Chartering, using the “Vectis for handling the company’s own ships, as well competition.
Castle”. The ship entered Emden on as those of partner shipping companies.
26 December. The handling of the around The terminal’s volume of container handling
400 packages, weighing a total of 2,336 tonnes, has quadrupled since it started. The first
took place in EPAS’ new storage area, container ships had transport capacities of
which was completed in good time for the between 2,000 and 5,000 TEU. Now, they have
delivery of the deep drilling system. loading volumes of 16,000 TEU and more.
New challenges for large companies in terms of energy efficiency
BE RLIN. The change in Germany’s energy directive is to be implemented by means of
policy and the 2010 energy concept released a new law on energy services (EDL-G).
by the government are based on increasing The draft for partial implementation was
energy efficiency as a second point of focus. presented by Federal Minister for Economic
The EU member states also decided in 2007 Affairs and Energy, Sigmar Gabriel, back in
to reduce their primary energy consumption November 2014. The directive is expected
by 20 per cent by 2020. In order to achieve to be passed into national law in spring 2015.
this, the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive “With this government bill we aim to achieve
was concluded in 2012. It aims to increase full implementation of the EU Energy Efficiency
energy efficiency and exploitation of energy Directive, without generating unnecessary
efficiency potential in EU member states. bureaucracy for companies. Implementation
The planned directive affects not only of the directive is important in order to
producing but also non-producing industry, achieve the German and European savings
such as transport and logistics companies targets. We will take this further with
and service providers, provided they have the recently concluded national action
more than 250 full-time employees and/or plan for energy efficiency, with which
an annual turnover of over 50 million euros we aim to turn energy efficiency into
or an annual balance sheet total of more a return-generating model for companies,”
than 43 million euros. In Germany, the says Gabriel.
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 7
NEWS
SUMMARY NEWS Supply contract concluded
for LNG
BR E ME N . Logistics group
Kieserling obtained a 50 per HAMBURG/CUXHAV EN. Reederei Cassen Eils and
cent share in Ipsen Contract Bomin Linde LNG have signed a contract for the supply of
Logistics on 1 January 2015. LNG (liquefied natural gas) for a Heligoland ship that is
currently under construction. The ferry will transport
This means that the two
people and cargo using the environmentally-friendly
companies will be pooling their
fuel LNG as of May 2015. According to statements from
efforts in Bremen from the
the two companies, this project represents the first new
coming year. Ipsen Logistics ship in Germany to be built with an LNG drive. The liquefied
is part of the international “Meerwind Süd/Ost” gas supplied by Bomin Linde will replace over 1.2 million
organisation Ipsen Logistics.
wind farm launched litres of marine diesel per year, which would be required by
The contract logistics company a comparable conventional ship.
is a specialist in services for BRE ME RH AV E N . The offshore wind farm
supply chain management. “Meerwind Süd/Ost”, located 20 kilometres to the
The Bremen-based company south of the island of Heligoland, was officially
Kieserling is part of the inaugurated on 18 October 2014 after 18 months
of construction. The wind farm comprises
Compass Logistics International
80 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity
group, which operates
of 288 megawatts, which can generate the
in 18 countries and has
electricity needed to supply 360,000 households.
1,500 employees. A total of 1.3 billion euros have been injected
E MDE N . After decades of into the offshore project, which was initially funded
dispute, a treaty has ended the solely with equity capital.
PHOTOS: WIND MW, REEDEREI CASSEN EILS, BREMENPORTS/BLG, NPORTS, WOLFHARD SCHEER, IDH/ISL,AG EMS
fight over the boundary line
at the mouth of the river Ems.
Ministers for Foreign Affairs
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
2020/25 ports concept presented
and Bert Koenders signed the for Bremen’s ports
agreement at the end of
October. It contains regulations
on economic use and manage-
ment of the territorial sea
between the three and twelve
nautical miles boundary. This
has previously led to problems
with the planning of offshore
wind farms due to the unclear BRE ME N / B R EMER HAV EN. The “Bremisches Hafenkonzept 2020/25” (“Bremen ports concept
legal situation. The ministers 2020/25”), which was presented in December 2014 by Martin Günthner, Bremen’s Senator for
signed the document during a Economics and Ports, aims to provide answers to current developments and future challenges
journey from Emden in Eastern for Bremen’s ports. The resulting tasks are extensive: from the construction of Offshore Terminal
Frisia to Delfzijl in the Bremerhaven, to the expansion of infrastructure in the railway port, to commitment to more
Netherlands aboard the ship sustainability. The ports concept has been developed over the last few months under the leadership
“Neuwerk”. of port company bremenports.
8 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015
Call for tenders: 30 years of operations for OTB
B R EMER HAV EN. The state of Bremen has issued a Europe-wide call for tenders
Track 71 complete in order to find an operator for Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB).
According to the state, the contract for the operation, which is to have a term of
CUX H AV E N . Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts) is investing 30 years, is expected to be awarded in the fourth quarter of 2015. As part of the
further in rail infrastructure. Around 280 metres of tracks have process applicants will have to provide evidence of their economic, technical and
been built within a short space of time. This will ensure a future financial performance ability, as well as similar reference projects from the past
usable length of max. 700 metres, meaning that Cuxhaven’s three years. A rough concept for the operation of OTB and its integration into
train station will have enough tracks for a total of three block Bremerhaven’s wind power cluster (Windenergiecluster Bremerhaven) is also to be
trains. Thanks to the expansion of the existing track 71, it presented. The construction of OTB’s infrastructure will be put out for tender in a
will now also be possible to put block trains together in port, separate process. If the tendering and planning approval process goes as expected,
explains Holger Banik, Managing Director of NPorts. the new port facility is expected to be commissioned in 2018.
New research project for EU support for conversion Deutsche Bahn and the
data recording systems project “MS Ostfriesland” state of Bremen invest
B R E M E N . The end of October saw the starting E MDEN. Together with its project partners B R EMEN/B R EMER HAVEN. Bremen’s rail
whistle blown for the research project “NOTIERT” Energy Valley, Groningen Seaports and Nieder- infrastructure is to be improved with investments
supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic sachsen Ports, Aktiengesellschaft Ems is delighted worth 138 million euros. This was the announce-
Affairs and Energy (BMWi) in Dortmund, which to be receiving EU support for the conversion of ment made by the President of the Senate and
will deal with the development of a standard the Borkum ferry “MS Ostfriesland”. A total of Mayor Jens Böhmsen along with Rüdiger Grube,
for the application and operation of sensor- 3.07 million euros are being made available for Chairman of the Board at Deutsche Bahn (DB),
based data recording systems in temperature- the pilot project, in order to implement the at the second railway summit at the start of
controlled transport in logistics. The standard conversion of the sea-going vessel to an LNG ferry December. The focus was on the expansion of
is to be developed by mid-2016. The project’s and develop the associated LNG infrastructure. rail infrastructure, as DB and the state believe the
coordinator is Jochen Schneider (third from left) The EU funds are being provided from the TEN-T rail connection to be imperative to successful
from the Institut für Distributions- und Handels- programme for the development and expansion of development of the port. The topic of noise is also
logistik (IDH) des VVL (institute for distribution transport infrastructure within the scope of the to be tackled, including strengthening noise-
and trade logistics). MoS II (Motorways of the Seas) concept. reducing measures.
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 9
MAIN TOPIC
A niche market in the spotlight:
break bulk
Apart from Germany, no other country exports as many goods as it imports.
However, even Germany imports raw materials from all over the world.
These are only partially transported in containers.
The majority is still transported conventionally as break bulk, via Germany’s seaports.
We take a look at a niche market.
10 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015MAIN TOPIC
E
ven though the proportion of break bulk has decre-
ased with increasing containerisation, this conven-
tional form of handling is still highly important for
sites such as Bremen, Brake, Cuxhaven and Emden.
Incoming loads include semi-finished products for the iron
and steel industry (slab), forest products and cellulose for million tonnes respectively for heavy goods and project loads,
the paper and paper processing industry. Break bulk thus the ports of Bremen and Lower Saxony were clearly in front
essentially encompasses iron and steel products, heavy goods of Hamburg with just 642,000 tonnes. The ports of Bremen
and project loads, bagged cargo and forestry products. also took a leading position in bagged cargo (for example,
Bremen’s Neustadt port is Europe’s largest termi- cement, coffee or cocoa), with 1.7 million tonnes.
nal for conventional loading. However, getting an exact What makes getting a holistic overview of the break bulk
overview of the break bulk market in Germany, Europe and market difficult is primarily the load: break bulk is a mixture
the world is no easy task. Break bulk is a very multifaceted of bulk goods and piece goods. It is generally cargo that is pa-
market, which is also a niche market that, in turn, even has ckaged, bundled or grouped into load units that is not trans-
its own niches within it. For this reason, it is not easy to ob- ported in containers. The load, which comprises different
tain current, comprehensive figures for the market. Recent goods groups, can be transported on different types of ships,
surveys following conclusion of the “Breakbulk III” study not just multi-purpose ships. Many ships have piece and
carried out by the Lower Saxony-based corporate consul- bulk goods as well as containers on board. For this reason,
tancy Dynamar from the year 2013 are not available. It is looking at the multi-purpose ship market does not cover the
also virtually impossible to compile the figures yourself, as same areas as break bulk.
port statistics often do not differentiate between containe- Whilst there are several major cargo flows and markets
rised cargo and break bulk. Some figures are no longer coll- for containers, this constant volume is lacking with break
ected: Hamburg, for example, no longer even records bagged bulk as the majority of the load represents project loads.
cargo as a load category. Overall, the global break bulk market
has as many niches as it has operators. Project loading
PHOTOS: J. MÜLLER, RHENUS LOGISTICS, EVAG
Significance for the German seaports Project loading is gaining increasing significance as a
segment of break bulk loading. An impressive example
On local level, and in terms of loads, there is thankfully was the shipment of the container bridges for the deep-
more transparency: the German seaports in Bremen and water port in Wilhelmshaven in 2012. Four steel cranes,
Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Lower Saxony have provided each weighing around 1,800 tonnes, and booms with a
LOGISTICS PILOT with their statistics. The ports of Bremen length of 69 metres were shipped by sea from Shanghai,
were clearly in the lead in 2013, with two million tonnes for via Hong Kong and Singapore and around the southern
iron and steel products. With 1.6 million tonnes and 1.69 tip of Africa, to Germany’s North Sea coast.
The handling of
break bulk requires
highly qualified staff.
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 11MAIN TOPIC
Trends from iron and steel works as there was in the past. At the same
According to the industry experts at Dynamar, break bulk time, however, the transport of complete systems and projects
shipping is key to globalisation. Complete plants, or heavy and is still preceded by a long lead time, which can even last seve-
large parts of them, can only be transported on special ships. ral years. As investment goods are primarily transported as
Many high-quality products such as wind power plants, part of long-term projects, for example for the construction
power generation units and steel products are tra- of power plants, the volumes are relatively low as compared
ditionally also transported as break bulk. Another with other markets. Overall, the break bulk market displays
trend is increasing weights and volumes. Generators, a delayed reaction as compared with the container market.
for example, are extremely heavy and require extraordinary This also applies in the case of crises.
performance in handling, in project and heavy goods ship-
ping and pre and post-transport. Supply function
Market development The German economy depends on Germany’s seaports. The
scope of the ports’ significance becomes clear in the fact that
Logistics is a derivative of society, i.e. its political, econo- there is no alternative for linking the country with the rest
mic and social development. This also very much applies of the world. There is simply no other way to, for example,
to the niche market of break bulk. With the continually import raw materials in large quantities or transport large
increasing division of work and growing globalisation, plants over long distances.
transport by sea is continuing to gain importance for
global networking. This is the only way to explain, for Logistics
example, tower sections for onshore wind power being
ordered in China, despite there being local manufacturers The handling and transport of break bulk poses great
PHOTOS: EPAS EMDEN, J. MÜLLER, IPSEN LOGISTICS
in Germany. challenges for all involved. Metals such as aluminium,
As on many markets, globalisation has changed the trans- copper and tin, as well as goods in sacks, balls or big bags, are
port industry: more transparency and competitive pressure stowed loose in the ship’s hold. Port facilities with the latest
are resulting in more last-minute shipments than before. equipment are required to ensure safe handling of the freight,
Those that always know how much of what is available where which often weighs many tonnes and comes in large volumes.
wait until they really need the goods and find the most at- The work is in the detail: comprehensive logistics concepts
tractive offer for them, including transport costs. need to be created in advance. Due to a lack of standards,
Although considerable growth has been predicted for individual calculations often have to be carried out for each
crude steel production, load quantities are very difficult to type of load, in order to decide how it will be secured on
plan nowadays. There is no longer a regular flow of goods board, known as “lashing” in technical terms.
12 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015MAIN TOPIC
Increasing specialisation requires port service providers
to have increasingly specialised equipment. This includes, for
example, reach stackers with special attachments for sheets and
special pipe tongs for pipelines. Many port service providers
Transport connection
are no longer limiting themselves to handling as their core
competency, and are adding forwarding elements to their busi- A port’s hinterland connections are now a focus for trans-
ness: they offer the entire transport chain from a single source. porters, for all types of goods. Those that can offer tri-modal
networks have a clear advantage. In Brake, for example, around
Customer requirements half of the volume handled at the break bulk terminal is deli-
vered by rail. However, inland shipping is also very important.
Customers’ needs have also changed over recent years. Alongside rail, this is where the greatest capacity lies, whilst
“Overall we are seeing customer requirements becoming transport to and from the German seaports by lorry is increa-
more complex, meaning that we, as service providers, singly reaching its limits. Limits in rail transport are set by the
need to be increasingly flexible,” says so Jörg Kaplan, structure gauge, which determines the maximum dimensions
Authorised Representative for Wind Power and Project of the load. In inland shipping, fluctuating water levels can lead
Logistics at the break bulk terminal run by J. Müller to heavy and large loads not reaching their destination on time.
in Brake. Constant availability of the service must be Nevertheless, the trend is clear: inland vessels are becoming
guaranteed. Notification periods of one day to the next for increasingly attractive for the transport of break bulk.
handling of heavy goods handling are the order of the day.
Handling operations over the weekend are a given. There Ports as logistics hubs
are only five holidays a year on which the ports do not work.
However, some loads are just too big or too heavy for many
Pre and post-transport means of transport. Large systems weighing several hundred
tonnes, such as pipework, can often only be transported in
Sometimes heavy and large loads require transport to or from individual parts. Assembly does not take place until in the
the port by road. Complex and lengthy approval processes for port, right before loading onto a sea-going vessel or pontoon.
special transport runs are often an obstacle. Diversions are The German seaports use their logistics areas and qualified
sometimes required due to dilapidated road infrastructure. personnel for loads of this size. Sites such as Bremen/Bremer-
The time frames for night-time transport are often very short. haven, Brake, Cuxhaven, Emden, Nordenham, Papenburg
For this reason, alongside road, the modes of transport of and Wilhelmshaven offer their customers assembly areas
rail and inland vessel are increasingly being involved in the directly by ship-depth water, thus supporting the German
planning of transport runs. economy’s production processes and exports. (cb)
Port facilities with
the latest equipment
are required
for safe handling.
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 13MAIN TOPIC
PPI symposium:
industry get-together in Bremen
PHOTOS: J.MÜLLER, ANKER
The port and logistics site of Bremen/Bremerhaven will play
host to the PPI (Pulp and Paper International) transport
symposium for the first time from 19 to 21 October. “We are
delighted to have won out against several applicants and to be
hosting the symposium in Bremen this year,” says Michael
Skiba, Head of Marketing at bremenports. He says that the
idea for the application came from Bremen-based companies
Pulp logistics
working in the handling and transport of paper and cellulose.
This combination of trade fair and conference is one of the
world’s most important industry events in the paper and pulp
on the river Ems
industry. It is jointly organised by Risi, an industry information
service, and the International Forest Products Transport
Association (IFPTA). The content of the symposium centres
around innovative technical developments in handling very
sensitive cellulose.
In 2015, bremenports will be organising the event in Anker Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft in Emden,
cooperation with Messe Bremen and the Bremen Convention
a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Bremen-based
Bureau, and in collaboration with Bremen-based logistics
service providers Alexander Global Logistics, Fr. Meyer’s Sohn Leschaco Gruppe, is involved in pulp logistics for the
and BLG Cargo Logistics. paper factory of UPM Nordland Papier in Dörpen,
The symposium takes place every two years, alternating
between Europe and North America. The symposium will offer Emsland. The factory has received the majority of its
the state of Bremen/Bremerhaven the opportunity to present pulp via the seaport of Emden for decades.
the port and logistics site’s performance in this sector to a
large specialist audience. bremenports and Seaports of
Jan Remmers, Authorised Representative and
Niedersachsen will be represented with trade fair stands. In Divisional Manager at Anker, tells LOGISTICS PILOT
addition to a key note presentation, the programme consists
of five forums on different regional and thematic aspects of
about the collaboration.
the industry. Around 700 conference participants are expected
to attend the industry get-together.
14 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015MAIN TOPIC
What exactly do you handle at your forestry product
terminal, and in what quantities?
We have been working for our Finnish employer UPM since
1983, and have handled more than twelve million tonnes of
pulp, paper, plywood and fibreboard, as well as sawn timber,
in Emden. The current annual volume is around 400,000
tonnes. Alongside the liners chartered by UPM, tramp ships
have also been running between the Finnish ports of Pietar-
saari, Kotka (Halla) and Emden carrying pulp for 22 years.
In Emden, the incoming pulp, among other things,
is transferred directly from the sea-going vessel to an
inland vessel, in order to be transported on to the factory.
Jan Remmers,
What is the background behind this
Authorised
and what is special about this type of handling?
Representative and
We transfer the majority of this volume from sea-going ves-
Divisional Manager sels to inland vessels for UPM Nordland Papier. From our
at Anker Schiffahrts- point of view, there is an advantage in terms of the cost saving.
gesellschaft Additional handling in the warehouse, and the associated
risks of damage, is not required. We have been working very
closely and very successfully with our partners, the forwarder
UPM nortrans in Dörpen and the logistics service provider
Rhenus in Leer, for over 30 years. With up to seven inland
vessels employed in shuttle transport, together we offer our
customer environmentally-friendly transport from Emden
to Dörpen.
What special terminal equipment or harnesses
are required to transfer pulp
from a sea-going vessel to an inland vessel?
For direct movement of the pulp unit from the sea-going
vessel to the inland vessel, we need special handling harnes-
ses known as “pulp frames”. We have around ten different
harnesses as stowage equipment for the different types of
LOGISTICS PILOT: Mr Remmers, how ship handling.
important are the break bulk ports to the
paper supply for German industry? Alongside this, you handle forestry products
JA N R E M M E RS : Leading groups like UPM need high- via your terminal on the Emskai.
performance receiving ports and terminals on the North How exactly is the handling carried out?
and Baltic Sea coast that are familiar with the handling of First, the forestry products are stored in three warehouses
forestry products, in order to get their imports from Europe, specially designed for this type of good, and then they are
and increasingly from overseas, to the paper machines in transferred to our terminal in the Emder Außenhafen using
their production facilities on time. the tri-modal system, following release and instruction from
the customer. To do this, we have over 20 forklifts ranging
They have been handling forestry products from 2 to 13 tonnes in size, with special attachments such
for 30 years. How does handling forestry products as bale clamps for pulp handling and roll clamps for paper
differ from other break bulk? handling. Alongside this we have a large fleet of vehicles:
Due to its later intended use – primarily for making paper, but terminal tractor machines with heavy-load trailers transport
also for the food and hygiene industry – pulp needs special the moisture-sensitive goods from and to the ship, or in and
handling, for example. Cleanliness and purity are of utmost out of the warehouses. The goods, particularly the pulp, are More information:
importance. The goods must also be dry, free of odours and then delivered to various recipients throughout Europe by www.leschaco.com
free of any residues. inland vessel via our terminal. (cb)
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 15SUSTA I N A B I L I T Y FACTS Research project Project launch for shipping route optimisation: 2010 Part of the research focus ROBUST (route and freighting planning and control for maritime shipping) at the HILOG university institute Support from the Institut für Umwelt- technik (institute for environmental technology, EUTEC) and the seafaring faculty at the University of Emden/Leer Participation from the University of Osnabrück Other partners: Reederei Briese, Deutscher Wetter- dienst (DWD), Institut für Verkehrswesen, Eisenbahnbau und -betrieb at TU Braunschweig and Technologie-Zentrum Informatik (TZI) at the University of Bremen Budget: just under one million euros 16 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015
SUSTA I N A B I L I T Y
Nowadays, those that want to run
a ship economically and in
an eco-friendly way need to think
about fuel consumption.
The Hochschul-Institut Logistik
(university institute for logistics) at
the University of Emden/Leer
and Leer-based Reederei Briese are
currently looking into whether
optimisations in shipping routes
could help as part of a joint
research project.
F
uel costs account for around 60 per cent of trans-
port costs in normal weather conditions. “On routes
in the North Atlantic, poor weather can often lead
to using 20 to 25 per cent more fuel,” says Micha-
el Schlaak, Professor at the Institut für Umwelttechnik
(institute for environmental technology, EUTEC) at the
University of Emden/Leer. Consumption can be lowe-
red using measures such as reducing the speed of travel
(slow steaming), however ship owners have already lar-
gely exhausted these options. Particularly on long routes,
they are desperately looking for potential to make further
savings.
Higher fuel consumption
in poor weather
PHOTO: IGOR CHAIKOVSKIY/FOTOLIA
No investigations have previously been carried out to de-
termine how a ship should be driven in order to consume
as little bunker as possible: “We didn’t know whether and
when it was worth it for the captain to change course due to
the wave and wind conditions,” says Schlaak. Models from
the Hamburg Ship Model Basin (Hamburgische Schiff
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 17SUSTA I N A B I L I T Y
The “BBC Hudson” is a multi-purpose cargo vessel owned by Reederei Briese and run by the freighting company BBC
Chartering, which belongs to the Briese Group. For the research project, the ship was equipped with measuring gauges
to record the links between wind and waves, and their influence on the ship’s behaviour on different parts of the
world’s seas, over the space of a year.
bau-Versuchsanstalt) were used to investigatewhat in- 2014. They aim to record the influence of wind and waves
fluences wind and waves have on ships. Exact values from a on the ship’s behaviour, for example fuel consumption, on
PHOTOS: BRIESE,HILOG/HOCHSCHULE EMDEN/LEER
real sea-going ship were, however, not available. different parts of the world’s seas.
Complex measuring devices Measurement every ten minutes
on the research ship
The drive power and actual consumption required to drive
This is where the research project on route optimisation the ship are measured continually. A wave radar system is
steps in, under the leadership of Professor Schlaak: a range also being used. It uses the reflection of the waves, which are
of measuring devices were installed on the “BBC Hudson”, a hidden in a normal radar system. The height, frequency and
ship owned by Reederei Briese from Leer in Eastern Frisia, direction of the waves are measured. Alongside the measured
during a stay in dock at Bremerhaven’s Bredo-Werft in April values on wind, waves, power on the wave and ship move-
18 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015SUSTA I N A B I L I T Y
ments, a variety of other information is generated regarding
the ship’s operation. A total of 64 values are collected every
ten minutes, and stored in a control cabinet, where all of the
values go into one computer, on the ship’s bridge. Once a
week, all of the data is sent to the University of Emden/Leer
by means of a satellite link, and evaluated by a research team.
Comparing measured values
with theoretical calculations
Challenges in installing
Checking the precision of the gauges proved to be more
the measuring gauges
complex than expected. “We needed to compare the values
Lennart Seifert was appointed to take care of the measu- recorded by the measuring gauges with existing informati-
ring systems on the “BBC Hudson”. The naval officer, on and observations and recalibrate the gauges,” says Sei-
who was brought in to install the devices, monitored the fert. Back on land, he is now working in Professor Schlaak’s
measurements on the ship for around five months: “A variety research team, which is comparing the measured results
of problems had to be solved on board. Even standard mea- with the theoretical calculations at the University in order
surements for recording wind data sometimes caused pro- to evaluate them.
blems.” One particular challenge was, for example, looking
for a suitable location to install an ultrasound anemometer. Complexity of data analysis
This device, which measures wind speed very precisely, is
extremely sensitive. “The vibration on the bridge’s railing This is also a very complex task: “The particular challenge
distorted the measurement and required some initial con- with this project is the continual changes in all parameters,”
version of the device. Then it turned out that the exhaust reports Seifert. All of the conditions vary constantly: the
gas from the funnel was changing the flow characteristics position of the ship, the wind and the waves. “We also didn’t
as soon as they reached the measuring sensor with the stern expect the information to have such a lack of clarity when
wind,” says Seifert. A suitable location was finally found on pooled together,” adds Schlaak. Nevertheless, he is optimistic:
the ship’s signal mast. “The situation with the data is improving all the time.”
Building on the results of the first phase, the second stage
of the project is all about route optimisation using an auxiliary More information:
sailing drive on the ship. “So I’ll be stuck with the wind and www.hs-emden-leer.de
weather for a bit longer,” smiles Schlaak. (cb) www.briese.de
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LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 19SAFETY & SECURITY
On the safe side
Reinhard Diegner and Matthias Bening from Bremen-based
underwriting agency Lampe & Schwartze have the same aim as their customers:
for the project load to arrive undamaged. Talking to LOGISTICS PILOT,
they explain how they, as insurance brokers, contribute to this.
FACTS LOGISTICS PILOT: What is special covers both technical and legal issues. All those involved
about insuring project loads? must have a relationship with the project – our customer as
Lampe & REINHARD DIEGNER: First it is important to differentiate: well as us as consultants and risk bearers.
Schwartze KG are we talking about load insurance, i.e. insuring the load it-
Founded in Bremen in self, or about transport liability insurance, i.e. the forwarder’s How do you go about creating
1858 liability? In any case, we offer both. such an insurance concept?
M AT T H I AS B E N I N G : The major challenges with project BENING: We should have a draft contract
Authority to sign and loading are assessing the risks for the goods, the liability, as as early as during the offer
claims settlement on well as possible consequential costs in the case of damage or phase. This is checked
its own account for a delay. Unlike with standardised loads, an expert team and a from both legal and
around 30 insurance good network are required, on the part of both the customers logistical points
companies and the risk bearers. For example, alongside insurance agents of view.
Matthias Bening (r.),
Medium-sized and and nautical experts, our department employs engineers, What is Team Leader for
owner-run legal experts and forwarding and shipping agents. Only by also im- Transport Liability
working together can we create holistic insurance concepts. portant
Over 200 employees is that the
in the group How much time is required
Among one of for an evaluation of this type? Reinhard Diegner (l.),
Germany’s ten largest B E N I N G : Our work essentially involves a lot Head of Marine Cargo
insurance brokers of exchange of information and consultation.
That is also what makes our job so varied.
With the transport of the tripods (found-
ations) for offshore wind farms by heavy-
duty pontoon to the ABC-Halbinsel in
Bremerhaven, it took several days for us to
create the insurance concept, even though
the transport was more or less taking
place right outside the front door. But it
generally happens much faster, of course.
D I EG N ER : It is important that we deve-
lop a comprehensive and shared under-
standing of the project, in order to be able
to identify the fundamental risk. This
20 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015SAFETY & SECURITY
PHOTOS: BREMENPORTS/BLG, M. BENING/R. DIEGNER
underlying logistics concept is presented to us before it is sig-
ned. In order to determine the risk, we require important key
data, such as an exact description of the load, its dimensions
and weight, as well as the value of the goods. Furthermore, we
need to be given information on the freight costs, transport
routes and means of transport for us to look at. Alongside
the pure risk of damage to the goods, we also need to assess
the likelihood of possible consequential damage, or even the
threat of contractual penalties.
DIEGNER: An important component is often what is known The transport of tripods for offshore wind farms
as the “method statement”. This is a detailed record of the is both logistically demanding and a challenge
for the insurer.
technical handling. In this paper, logistics providers have
already set out the processes individually, and have gene-
rally also implemented many, or at least all of the required,
calculations and tests.
B E N I N G : However, sometimes we still have questions or
see issues. In this case, we request an additional review or
further expert opinions, for example. We also utilise our The responsibility for the costs of consultation or expert
network for this. opinions lies with the policyholder, depending on what is
agreed.
How are the costs of damage prevention
measures split between the How is it possible to create a solid
insurer and customer? risk analysis for an individual policy if you have
D I EG N E R : As a rule, the not had any similar experience?
most important thing DIEGNER: Once again here, teamwork and different profes-
here is transparency. In sional experiences are essential. We encounter this situation
the event of minimal time and time again.
expenses, the insurance BE NING : With the tripods, for example, we had to ask our-
providers cover the cost. selves whether there would be risks during interim storage
on ABC-Halbinsel, due to their design, size and weight. This
makes our work very exciting and varied. We are able to
utilise our wide range of experience, and then implement
it in new set-ups.
What determines whether you
insure an project or not?
BENING: The first prerequisite is for us to understand
the project fully. Only then do we provide a quote.
This is also important for our customers: the more
comprehensive risk information we receive, the
better we can calculate a price to offer them.
D I EG N E R : Ultimately it is a commercial de-
cision as to whether or not the prerequisites
or conditions for insurance are met. After
all, our main goal is always to ensure that
the load arrives undamaged, and that the
project is completed to everyone’s satis- More information:
faction. That’s always the most impor- www.lampe-schwartze.de
tant thing! (cb)
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 21LOGISTICS STORY
Lorry driving
with passion Schneider is proud to have a “set” vehicle.
I
Drivers of heavy and large-scale loads have t’s cold, very cold. Achim Schneider has just topped up
with another 350 litres of diesel in Helsinki and sets off
a lot of responsibility. Achim Schneider into the wintry darkness on his way to Joensuu, in the Fin-
travels throughout Europe with his truck, and gives nish Lakeland, 450 kilometres away. For hours he doesn’t
pass any villages, or even an inhabited house. Just before the
us an insight into his job. tank is empty, he finally reaches the edges of the tiny city.
Almost at his destination, he takes a wrong turn – and gets
stuck: his lorry, with its excess length and width, is no longer
able to move forwards or backwards on the icy road, and is
blocking the only access to the main road at seven o’clock
in the morning. There’s only one thing for it: Schneider will
need to put the snow chains on. It takes a few minutes. And
22 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015LOGISTICS STORY
yet, “The locals waited patiently, no one beeped at me, a few
offered to help and one even brought me some tea.” He’s still
enthusiastic to this day about the friendly Finns. “As soon as
I was able to move on, a taxi driver accompanied me to the
company that I needed to get to, although he had a passenger.
This is the reason that I love my job.” police escort. Or he comes across road works that he didn’t
know about. “And there I am, sitting in the road works while
Lorry driving as a childhood dream the traffic builds up behind me.” Often there isn’t any point
in calling the police, as they won’t be able to get through.
Schneider knew from a young age that he wanted to be a Often he receives help from the people in the escort vehicle,
lorry driver. After training as a vehicle mechanic and spen- who move the road block to the side and put it back after he
ding several years with the army, he started at haulage firm has passed through. “Being flexible and staying calm – that’s
Morof at the age of 26, initially as a temporary driver in the key,” says Schneider.
summer. “Everything suited me perfectly: a good wage, and
the opportunity to fulfil my childhood dream and my desire Often out and about at night
to see places.” It wasn’t long before he was behind the wheel
permanently. Since then, he has covered around 3.5 million Schneider copes well with the different shifts. “At night, I
kilometres with “his” truck. use every minute to sleep. Otherwise you get a kind of jet
“We employees are lucky to be able to drive a set ve- lag, which plays havoc with your body clock.” It’s very un-
hicle,” says the 59-year-old. He was able to contribute pleasant, he says.
a few of his wishes when the tractor unit was ordered: a He’s often out and about at night. This is due to the type
of load: 70 per cent of his transport runs are large-scale, i.e.
they involve loads with excess width, length or height. These
primarily take place between 22:00 and 6:00. He has an escort
vehicle on around half of his trips. This is prescribed by law
in Germany for loads with a width of over three metres.
There are no special exams for drivers of lorries with
heavy and large-scale loads. The additional driving licence
exam that is mandatory in the EU for load securing doesn’t
help him either. “When I’m travelling through Spain or Eas-
tern Europe, I often wonder about the lack of load security,”
says Schneider. In the beginning, he acquired the necessary
specialist knowledge himself, as company training on load
securing has only been available for the past 20 years.
Transport of a laser system to Romania
Rarely at home
dashboard made of root wood and a fridge with freezer, Schneider is at home for around four to six days – per month.
which he uses to store pre-cooked frozen meals from home. He spends a lot of time behind the wheel, however. “Your
“But I do change about; two to three times a week I eat in private life does, of course, sometimes fall by the wayside
my cab. On the other days I go out to eat.” Apples and nuts during the week,” says Schneider. And yet, his home is his
are good for keeping him awake at night, he says. “You can’t apartment, not his cab.“The saying ‘if you don’t keep moving
PHOTOS: MOROF, ACHIM SCHNEIDER
sleep when you’re chewing.” you’ll never get home’ fits me pretty well.”
Most of the time, however, Schneider doesn’t need to When on holiday, however, he prefers to avoid driving.
keep himself stimulated, as there’s always something hap- “Either my partner and I get straight on a plane or she has
pening. Often he doesn’t know where his next tour will be to drive,” explains Schneider. He also doesn’t like it when his
until a few days before. Sometimes he doesn’t even have all partner criticises his driving style. “I spend so much time More information:
of the required authorisations when commencing the trip. driving myself that when I’m in holiday I just want to look www.morof.de
In the past, officers have been two or three hours late for a out the window quietly.” (cb)
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 23PORTRAIT
A port under private ownership
Germany’s largest publically accessible private port is located in Nordenham.
Speaking to LOGISTICS PILOT, Uwe Oppitz,
Branch Manager of the site operated by logistics service provider Rhenus,
talks about the port’s areas of focus and special features.
24 LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015PORTRAIT
“Handling submarine cables
is very challenging.”
Uwe Oppitz, Branch Manager at Rhenus Midgard
Together with your neighbour FACTS
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke, you have specialised
in submarine cable handling. Nordenham
Was that the reason for establishing yourself Receives around
on the offshore market? 180 sea-going vessels
In any case,it was good preparation.Handling submarine cables per year
is very challenging: you need to understand and monitor
Mr Oppitz, you have been responsible for the bending radii, as well as temperature restrictions. Great Quay length in the city
Nordenham site since 2006. care is required in handling, particularly when transferring port: 1,068 metres
What makes your port special? between different modes of transport. We have been able to Ship sizes
Our two multi-purpose terminals give us the flexibility we build on this knowledge for the handling of offshore wind (fully unloaded)
need to accommodate goods of any kind – even at very short power plants. up to 80,000 gross
notice. To do this, we utilise our own expertise, or that of load capacity
the group. We have handled pretty much all products. We How important is this sector for you?
Ship sizes
also offer a wide range of services: from handling to storage We only began handling submarine cables for offshore wind
(partially unloaded)
to onward transport. power plants three years ago. We have been working more
up to 180,000 gross
intensively on this over the last year and a half. The develop-
load capacity
You offer handling and interim storage ment of niches on the offshore market is still very attractive
of all kinds of goods (bulk goods, piece goods, for us. However, we’re still not going to turn away from the Depth in fresh water
project loads, containers and ro-ro). conventional fuel of coal. Energy supply companies and their up to 13.1 metres
Do you also have a focus suppliers are, and will remain, our partners.
Size of premises at the
when it comes to your services?
city port: 250,000
We don’t have just one area of focus – we have several. Coal You clearly also like continuity
square metres
handling still plays a major role for us. From the Unter- in your choice of employer. You have been working
weser, we supply power plants along the Weser into the for the Rhenus Group for almost 20 years. Why? Tracks with a length of
greater Hanover region. However, its significance for the site There are several reasons: the size of the group allows me 5,000 metres
is decreasing due to the changing political and economic to develop. At the same time, I am like a partner within the
PHOTOS: RHENUS MIDGARD
framework conditions. A similar situation applies to tropical company. This means that I have a lot of freedom and can,
timber. Another popular load is building materials. We are for example, take time for things that are important: strategic
also strong in liquid loads, such as gas oil for inland vessels, as development, acquisition of new customers, and, of course, More information:
well as fuel and heavy oil. We added the string of the offshore our employees. Reporting processes are pretty streamlined www.rhenus.com
sector to our bow a few years ago. here, and we talk to each other a lot. I like that. (cb)
LOGISTICS PILOT February 2015 25PEOPLE
SUMMARY NEWS
RE-ELECTI ON.
Ports expert retires
Jochen Quick has R ET IR EMENT. The era of Hans-Joachim Uhlendorf
been re-elected at the head of Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts) has ended.
President at the The long-standing Managing Director of the Lower Saxony-based
port infrastructure company has entered into his retirement
ordinary general
with a much-enjoyed celebration. The 65-year-old was responsible
meeting of the Bundesverband
for strategic development of the ports as Central Divisional Manager
Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Logistik
for Technology and Port Planning at NPorts, and is an expert in
(German association for busi- hydraulic and port construction. The qualified structural
ness, transport and logistics). engineer for hydraulic construction had been working for
Serving Vice Presidents Klaus the port and shipping administration company in
Hartmann and Günter Baden- Lower Saxony since 1980. He was appointed Managing
hop, as well as board members Director in September 2009. Folker Kielgast has
Jörg Eichhorn and Willi been introduced as his successor for issues and projects
since October 2014. Holger Banik remains the
Stollenwerk, were confirmed in
Commercial Managing Director.
their posts. Andreas Ott has
joined the board.
APPOINTMENT. Handover of ship lists
Albert Kohlmann to Bremen’s ports archive
has been
GI FT. To mark the 50th birthday of the company
appointed
Peter W. Lampke, Authorised Representative
Managing Director
Andree Brinkmann (right) handed over three
of B. Dettmer Reederei in Lloyd’s registers, some of which are over 100 years
Bremen. Albert Kohlmann’s old, to Winfried Brandes of the Hafenmuseum
team will take care of shipping Speicher XI for Bremen’s ports archive. The company
was founded in Bremen in 1964 as a ship broker and
PHOTOS: TFG, DETTMAR, BWVL, ANDREAS BURMANN/BURMANN NPORTS, PWL, PIZ MARINE,
of dry goods from the head-
quarters in Bremen following line agent. Offices were subsequently opened in
approval from the responsible Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Duisburg. The company
competition authority.
Peter W. Lampke (PWL) has now developed into a Two police commissioners
corporate group. The PWL Group’s range of services
become mayors
AUTOPORT EMDEN, ESPO, ANTJE BOETIUS, ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT
AD D I TI O N. includes agency activities for around 15 liner
Berit Börke has forwarding companies. D EPART UR E. The Chief of Police at Lower Saxony’s
been promoted to police headquarters (Zentrale Polizeidirektion
the executive Niedersachsen, ZPD), Uwe Lührig (left), has said
goodbye to the heads of the water constabularies for
board of TFG
Brake and Stade in Brake. Chief Commissioner
Transfracht as of 1 December
Klaus Rübesamen (Brake) (third from left) and
2014, taking over leadership of Commissioner Michael Kurz (Stade) (second from left)
the sales department. Börke has are now facing new challenges as mayors for the
years of experience in seaport municipality of Stadland and the city of Brake. Together
hinterland logistics and has with the Vice Head of the Water Constabulary,
been working with TFG Superintendent Jörg Beensen (fourth from left),
Transfracht since 2004. Lührig reflected on the contributions that Rübesamen
and Kurz have made in a laudatory speech.
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