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Shallow Draft Ports Shallow Draft Ports SeminarSeminar
Charles HUYGENSCharles HUYGENS
October 2005
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Intermodal Connections : Connecting ShallowDraft Partnerships in Practice
Charles HUYGENSCharles HUYGENS
President of the European FederationPresident of the European Federationof Inland Portsof Inland Ports
General Manager of the Port of BrusselsGeneral Manager of the Port of Brussels
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1. The European network of inland ports1.1. About the European Federation of Inland Ports1.2. The European network
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.2. A glance at the past years2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containers2.4. Building cooperation2.5. Reducing bottlenecks
3. Conclusion
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1.1 About the European Federation of Inland Ports
• More than 200 inland ports in 18 European countries
• The only tri-modal link between road, rail, inland waterway
• Integration in Short Sea Shipping networks, wheregeographically possible
• Access for sustainable transport solutions to economiccentres and basis for urban logisitics
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1. The European network of inland ports1.1. About the European Federation of Inland Ports1.2. The European network
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.2. A glance at the past years2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containers2.4. Building cooperation2.5. Reducing bottlenecks
3. Conclusion
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The European waterway networkThe European waterway network1.2. The European network1.2. The European network
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The Rhine The Rhine \\ Scheldt Scheldt \\Seine NetworkSeine Network1.2. The European network1.2. The European network
Source : FEPI
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The Danube networkThe Danube network1.2. The European network1.2. The European network
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1.2. The European network1.2. The European network
Source : FEPI
The Elbe The Elbe \\ Odra networkOdra network
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The Danube The Danube \\ Elbe networkElbe network
1.2. The European network1.2. The European network
Source : FEPI
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The Danube networkThe Danube network
1.2. The European network1.2. The European network
Source : FEPI
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1. The European network of inland ports1.1. About the European Federation of Inland Ports1.2. The European network
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.2. A glance at the past years2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containers2.4. Building cooperation2.5. Reducing bottlenecks
3. Conclusion
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2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports
• Facing congestion• VLCS• Return freight• Just in time
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• Facing congestion• Port of Antwerp new infrastructure : Deurgangdock for new VLCS ( 8000
EVP)
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports
Source: Photo of Antwerpen
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1. The European network of inland ports1.1. About the European Federation of Inland Ports1.2. The European network
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.2. A glance at the past years2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containers2.4. Building cooperation2.5. Reducing bottlenecks
3. Conclusion
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2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland
Belgium – Luxemburg – Italy - Spain
North-South Freeways
United Kingdom - Hungary
Waterways
Ports
Source : CNT ( France )
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1. The European network of inland ports1.1. About the European Federation of Inland Ports1.2. The European network
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.2. A glance at the past years2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containers2.4. Building cooperation2.5. Reducing bottlenecks
3. Conclusion
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2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports
GLOBAL CONTAINER TRADE
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2.2. A glance at the past years2.2. A glance at the past years
Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd.I.Loges “Global port congestion: No quick fix”.in Port Technology International 26th edition
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1. The European network of inland ports1.1. About the European Federation of Inland Ports1.2. The European network
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.2. A glance at the past years2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containers2.4. Building cooperation2.5. Reducing bottlenecks
3. Conclusion
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2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containersInland ports : Record traffic for containers
• Many inland ports registered record traffic in containers in 2004
• Rate of increase often outstrips overall growth in tonnage
• Success in particular on the Rhine, but positive developments on te Seine, the Rhône and the Elbe, some difficulties still to be solved on the Danube but action is being undertaken
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports
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2.3. Inland ports : record traffic for containersInland ports : record traffic for containers (continued)
Compared to 2003Trade in 20004 (TEU)Port
16.60%198.542Port of Lyon (France)
22.00%610.000Duisbourg (Germany)
9.30%85.254Port of Bâle (Switz)
34.40%239.858Ports of Mulhouse Rhin (France)
15.90%156.436Port of Strasbourg (France)
Source : Cargo systems,may 2005
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1. The European network of inland ports1.1. About the European Federation of Inland Ports1.2. The European network
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.2. A glance at the past years2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containers2.4. Building cooperation2.5. Reducing bottlenecks
3. Conclusion
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Regular lines on Seine river
Le Havre ( Fr)Paris- Genevilliers ( Fr)
Containers feedering lines on Rhone river
Marseille ( Fr)Lyon ( Fr)
R invests in terminal WRotterdam ( Nl)Willebroeck ( Bel)
D invests shares in new terminal in A
Antwerp ( Bel)Duisburg ( Ger)
ActionCoastal PortInland Port
2.4.Building cooperation
Source : NPI (february 2005)
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Map of Europe
France, Paris – Belgium, Brussels – Netherlands, Amsterdam
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Example Port of Paris Example Port of Paris –– containerscontainers
Lines Paris Lines Paris –– Le HavreLe Havre
2.4.Building cooperation
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1. The European network of inland ports1.1. About the European Federation of Inland Ports1.2. The European network
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.2. A glance at the past years2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containers2.4. Building cooperation2.5. Reducing bottlenecks
3. Conclusion
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2.5. Reducing bottlenecks : TEN2.5. Reducing bottlenecks : TEN--TT
Channel : 1350 tonsHeight difference : 73.15 m
Costs : 650.000.000 EURCloses the connection A-B-C-D
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2.5. Reducing bottlenecks : TEN2.5. Reducing bottlenecks : TEN--TT-1350T- 3.500 millions EUR-15 millions of tons\year
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1. The European network of inland ports1.1. About the European Federation of Inland Ports1.2. The European network
2. Enhancing links coastal ports – inland ports2.1. Ensuring good connections with the hinterland2.2. A glance at the past years2.3. Inland ports : Record traffic for containers2.4. Building cooperation2.5. Reducing bottlenecks
3. Conclusion
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3. Conclusions
• Inland ports
• Inland ports
• Cooperation inland ports - coastal ports is a must
• Reducing bottlenecks in the hinterland
Tri-modal nodal points in the transeuropean network
Added value on the logistics chain
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