INTERNACIONAL SEMINAR ON INLAND

NAVIGATION AND INTERMODAL

TRANSPORTATION IN BRAZILIA

MAY 7th, 2014

Cooperation between University, Government

and the Industry in R&D with Respect to

Inland Navigation Technology and

Management: the Belgian and Brazilian and

Worldwide Experience

Prof. Dr. Eng. Jean MARCHAL

Vice-reitor para Assuntos Internacionais da

Universidade de Liège, Diretor da Comissão

Interuniversitária da Comunidade Francófona

da Bélgica. Bélgica

Triple Helix Strategy (ULg)

•Training and teaching

•Research trough PHD sandwich and

development of R&D Center

•Cooperation with private and public

companies (transfer of Knowledge

and Services to the Society to assure

a Socio-Economic development

based on priority sectors of both

partners and regions

CLUSTERING

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Logistics in Wallonia

The logistic assets of Wallonia

and the Competitivness Cluster for

Transport en Logistics

22nd of December 2011

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1. Why Transport & Logistics ?

3. Who are we ?

4. Projects

2. Context : The Marshall Plan

5. Other activities

6 1. Why Transport and Logistics ?

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Rotterdam : 12,1 Mio. TEU

Antwerp : 8,6 Mio. TEU

Dunkerque : 0,3 Mio. TEU

Zeebrugge : 2,2 Mio. TEU

Total of TEU’s handled in 2011

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Rotterdam : 2,5 Mio. TEU

Antwerp : 0,9 Mio. TEU

Dunkerque : 0 Mio. TEU

80% of all consumer goods arrive in containers

Zeebrugge : 1,03 Mio. TEU

Import from Asia in 2009

9 Links with the Netherlands

10 Links with Flanders

11 Links with France

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Infrastructures

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• High density of internal navigable ways (4 ports)

• 80% of the fluvial ways have european template (1350 tons)

1. Why Transport and Logistics ?

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Integrators

Paris Frankfürt

Amsterdam • Presence of main hubs in

less than 200 km

• FRA – CDG – AMS = 66%

of air freight in Europe

• => + LHR = 75%

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1. Why Transport and Logistics ?

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Numerous multimodal logistic parks

1. Why Transport and Logistics ?

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Ranking Nuts - 2 regions

2009

Ranking

2006 Costs

Transpor

t System

Accessib

ility Supply Labour

Know-

How Score

1 Liège 2 4,1 1,5 1,0 2,4 2,6 2,5 2,1

2 Limburg - B 1 3,6 2,0 1,2 1,2 2,9 1,7 2,1

3 Hainaut 3 3,2 2,2 1,7 1,0 2,1 3,3 2,2

4 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 9 2,8 2,5 3,0 2,1 2,5 3,8 2,7

5 Namur 6 3,7 2,4 2,0 4,3 2,1 3,5 2,7

6 Luxembourg Belge 21 3,3 3,4 1,5 2,3 3,6 4,0 2,7

7 Alsace 8 3,7 2,8 2,1 2,8 3,8 3,8 2,9

8 Oost-Vlaanderen 10 5,8 2,0 2,0 2,5 3,2 2,0 2,9

9 Antwerpen 4 7,4 1,5 2,0 2,4 2,0 1,0 3,0

10 Arnsberg 16 4,7 3,6 1,5 2,0 4,0 3,3 3,1

11 Köln 14 8,6 1,8 0,7 3,0 3,4 2,5 3,1

12 Koblenz 25 6,0 3,1 1,0 2,8 4,5 3,0 3,2

Source : Cushman & Wakefield 2009

Wallonia has a potential for welcoming logistics activities such as European Distribution Centers (EDC)

1. Why Transport and Logistics ?

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• Targeting prioritary actions

• With additional means

• To boost the regional development

• With the collaboration of :

- entreprises

- trade unions

- the actors of education

- citizens

2. Context : the Marshall Plan

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• The main measure :

Creation of Competitivness Clusters

• 6 sectors : – life-science

– agrofood industry

– mecatronics

– aeronautics

– green technologies

– transport & logistics

2. Context : the Marshall Plan

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Members of the cluster :

- Industrial companies

- Transport and logistics companies

- Service and solutions providers

- Infrastructure managers

- Training organisations

All the actors of transport and logistics

3. Who are we ?

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3 main tasks

1. Clustering

- Networking for the actors of the sector

- Organisation of meetings and seminars

- Information from and for our membres

2. Support in innovation

- Support in the realisation of innovative projects

3. Who are we ?

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3 main tasks

3. Promotion of Wallonia

- In and outside Wallonia

- Support to the internationalisation of our members

- Promotion of FDI in Wallonia

- Participation in trade fairs and trade missions

- Collaboration with sister organisations abroad

3. Who are we ?

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TriLogiPort • 100 ha dedicated to logistic

activities (15 ha for a container terminal)

• Direct links with Antwerp and Rotterdam

• First concessions are granted to Euroports (+ DP World), DLG and WDP

• Completion : 2012

4. Projects

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– Creation of working groups around infrastructures, training, strategy and international promotion

– Website with an extranet for extra value-added information

– Presence in various conferences in and outside Belgium

– Organisation of miscellaneous meetings and seminars

5. Other activities

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24 They place trust in Wallonia…

•Project IRRSA : development of and intermodal axis

between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

•Tiete-Parana network survey (Hydro power Company)

•Intermodal transport study along Tocantins and

Araguaia rivers (Ministry of Transport, and University of

Sao Paulo)

•Survey of the inland port of Santa Fe (Argentina)

(United States and Minisry of Transport)

Analysis of the development of a R&D center for Inland Navigation

(Laos and Cambodia)

Rehabilitation ofthe

navigation on the

River Congo Fleet, shipyards,

inland ports (World

Bank)

Development of a salvage unit

forInland Boats

(Government of Belgium and ADB

with the cooperation of three

private companies)

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Executive Master in Shipbuilding Technology

(Maritime University of Vietnam – Haiphong)

(Cooperation between Governments of Vietnam and

Belgium)

Executive Master in Transport and

Logistics (University of Danang)

(Cooperation between

Governments of Vietnam and

Belgium) ; development of a

R&D Center and clustering

Executive Master in Sustainable Hydraulic Structures

and Inland Navigation (WRU University in Ho Chi

Minh) -Development of a R&D Center and clustering

(Cooperation between

Governments of Vietnam and

Belgium)

•The largest archipelago

on Earth

•17, 504 islands

•81,000 km coastline

•3 times zone

International Training Center for Inland Navigation and Ferries of Palembang

(Indonesia) ASEAN Center

(Cooperation between

Governments of Indonesia

and Belgium)and with private

companies)

•Development of coal intermodal transport

policy by the use of waterways through 4

main ports (100 million tons/year)

•Funded by the Government of Indonesia

and ADB (with the cooperation of Three

private companies)

•Master in Intermodal Transport and Logistics (Funded by the Belgian Ministry

of Cooperation to Development)

•Study of a Passengers public transport link along Rio Napo (Funded by

the Belgian Ministry of Cooperation to Development)

•FLUDURAMS Project

FLUDURAMS Project

A Belgian-Brazilian network

The FLUDURAMS is a network under a first sponsoring of CIUF – Conseil Interuniversitaire de la Communauté Française – joining six universities of French Community in Belgium and in Brazil - Université de Liège (ULg), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (UFRG) and Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

Executive Master in Technics and management of inland navigation

The goal of the course is to develop a centre or a network of

competence in shipbuilding technology and management focuses

on inland and seashore navigation, aiming at the transfer of

knowledge through research, teaching and training activities.