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Port of Antwerp Intermodal Event
Host Chris Hoornaert, Port Ambassador , Antwerp Port Authority
October 172013
16.30 Welcome speechMarc Van Peel, President, Antwerp Port Authority
16.40 Port of Antwerp Intermodal SolutionsJan Blomme, Head Intermodality & Hinterland, Antwerp Port Authority Steve Declercq, Director Benelux, Duisport Agency
17.15 Business cases AUDI by Richard Schwarze, Vice President Real Estate & Sales, Duisburger Hafen AG BOREALIS by Christiaan Boone, Distribution Manager Overseas – Supply Chain
18.00 Port of Antwerp Connectivity PlatformAnne-Marie Van Asbroeck, Marketing Mgr, Antwerp Port AuthorityDominique Vercauteren, Intermodal Advisor, Antwerp Port Authority
18.30 Closing speechRudi De Meyer, Managing Director Alfaport
18.40 Networking reception
Agenda
Welcome speech
Marc Van Peel, President, Antwerp Port Authority
October 172013
16.40 Port of Antwerp Intermodal SolutionsJan Blomme, Head Intermodality & Hinterland, Antwerp Port Authority Steve Declercq, Director Benelux, Duisport Agency
17.15 Business cases AUDI by Richard Schwarze, Vice President Real Estate & Sales, Duisburger Hafen AG BOREALIS by Christiaan Boone, Distribution Manager Overseas – Supply Chain
18.00 Port of Antwerp Connectivity PlatformAnne-Marie Van Asbroeck, Marketing Mgr, Antwerp Port AuthorityDominique Vercauteren, Intermodal Advisor, Antwerp Port Authority
18.30 Closing speechRudi De Meyer, Managing Director Alfaport
18.40 Networking reception
Agenda
Port of Antwerp Intermodal Solutions
Jan Blomme, Head Intermodality & Hinterland, Antwerp Port Authority
October 172013
IntermodalEvent
1. Positioning the Port
2. Focus Intermodal Solutions
3. What can we do for you?
Agenda
Unique moment “barge meets rail
meets road”
Rail, barge & road: competitors or complements?
1 Positioning the Port
Excellent position of Port of Antwerp towards the h interland
How to keep/strengthen our market share in our core hinterland? Through the improvement of the intermodal network
How to expand our hinterland to the East? Through a better supply of rail services
To strengthen Antwerp’s excellent position
2 Focus Intermodal Solutions
(1)Within the port
(2)In the hinterland
(3)Through market fragmentation
Need to combine and coordinate efforts to bundle cargo throughout the total
supply chain
Increasing complexity
From a port perspective
Towards a supply chain approach
Towards a supply chain approach
Second lock left bankWaiting berths
Liefkenshoek rail tunnel RID parking
(Secured) Truck Parking
Beverdonk Terminal Railterminal Geleen
Collaboration
Efficiency
Infrastructure
Towards a supply chain approach
Collaboration
Efficiency
Infrastructure
Barge Traffic System
Joint Barge Planning
AIS
Communication program Lillobrug Kanaaldok
Dynamic Traffic Management
Pre-announcement system
Re-use of containers
Customs 24/7 E-desk
Simplified procedure AEO
Import VAT without prefinancing
Extended gateway
Towards a supply chain approach
Intermodal Solutions
• Collaboration Port of Antwerp & Alfaport
Captive Hinterland
• Creation of high density, high frequency intermodal network
• Creation extended gateways• Focus more on barge and truck
Long Distance Hinterland
• Development of specific corridors to number of strategic destinations
• Partnership with strategic hinterland terminals for improved hinterland network
• Rail 1st choice
Efficiency
Infrastructure
3 What can we do for you?
3 pillars
1• Benchmark
2• Facilitate
3• Share, inform and promote
Conditions for support
POA hinterland analysis
compatible Minimum critical mass
No exclusivity
Direct (ambition) &
high frequent
Intraport distribution
Break even within 3
years
Open Access
Related with maritime volumes
Transparent cooperation
LONG-TERMSUSTAINABLEINTERMODAL CONNECTIONS
First outcomes Intermodal Solutions
Improved Duisburg
connection
Support Marco Polo subventions
Modal shift actions to individual
companies
Improved Vienna rail connection
Waasland shuttle
Improved Venlo
Connection
Intermodal Connectivity
Platform
network
Transition of Narcon to
alternative rail distribution
network
Extensive benchmark excercise
Intermodal Booking Platform
Everything is possible
Antwerp – Duisburg Intermodal Cooperation
Steve Declercq, Director Benelux, duisport agency
1 Company profile
Duisport - most important hinterland hub in Europe
� duisport - Group� The largest inland port in the world (110 M tons
throughput)
� Leading logistics center in Europe (2.6 M TEU per annum)
� Most important trade and transport turntable of the Rhine-Ruhr region (40,000 jobs)
� Excellent location (70 business settlements in the last ten years)
� 3 pillars: � Infrastructure (250 M € investments p.a.)
� Transportation & logistics services (2M m² roofed storage space)
duisport agency GmbH
� Packing logistics
� Mission: excellence in logistics
duisport - wide-ranging international network
duisport agency offers extensive transport connections in Europe
2 Challenge & strategy
Business goals• Strengthen duisport as a hinterland hub of the sea ports• Strengthen duisport as a cargo gateway to central Europe
Challenges• Bundling local, continental, shortsea and maritime cargo by tailor-made solutions i.e.
swap bodies, tank containers (23ft, 25ft, 30ft ...), all ISO containers and trailers• A sustainable differentiation between barge, rail and road products by offering
“synchromodality”
Strategy• Strengthening existing transportation links via Duisburg in order to optimize frequency
and transit times• Developing new connections to and from Duisburg i.e. to offer intermodal logistics
services to local, continental, shortsea as well as deepsea markets• The optimization of transportation and logistics chains by combining the various
transport modes
Enhancing our customers Supply Chain
3 Solution
Renewed Memorandum of Understanding on 4th of July 2013:
– qualitative reinforcement of the logistic corridor between the ports (reducedintermodal transit times)
– improved connections between Port of Antwerp and the railway system for whichDuisburg is a central hub in the West.
Port of Duisburg and Port of Antwerp strengthen their intermodal cooperation
Active collaboration between Port of Antwerp Intermodal Solutions and duisport agency on:
– The development of the Antwerp – Duisburg axis as one of the most important logisticcorridors in Europe with:
» daily barge connections (15 hours)
» fixed-day rail departures and arrivals (6 hours)
– Further developing the Antwerp-Duisburg-Vienna shuttle, Vienna being an importantgate to the Central- and East-European rail markets
– Electronic data exchange such as E-Desk
– Extended gateway
Exchange and joint advice on possible investment projects in both ports:
– In the past, the Port of Duisburg already took a stake in the container terminalAntwerp Gateway on the left bank of the river Scheldt.
Port of Duisburg and Port of Antwerp strengthen their intermodal cooperation
Intermodal & trade facilitation solutionsBy collaborating with Port of Antwerp, we offer to our clients :
• Increased number of railway connections between Eastern and Southeastern Europe and NW- European seaports
• Increased number of railway and barge connections between the single biggest European consumer market and numerous chemical/industrial parks around Duisburg and the NW- European seaports
• Increased number of trimodal transport options between Duisburg and NW European seaports
• Streamlined and paperless customs processes for export (E-desk) and import (Extended gate)
Port of Duisburg and Port of Antwerp strengthen their intermodal cooperation
Maritime connections & trade facilitation solutions
By collaborating with Port of Antwerp, we offer to our clients:• Export: frequent maritime connections to/from all continents
• Import:• Clearance of import cargo prior to arrival in the port• Deferral of import VAT without deposit• Use of APCS IT Application:
– E-Transit: re-use of electronic manifest information for transit declarations– Re-use of empty container (import i.e. after stripping) for a new export load
Port of Duisburg and Port of Antwerp strengthen their intermodal cooperation
4 Result
The possibility to select an optimal transport chain thanks to atrimodal connection and numerous intermodal service providersensures high performance and flexibility at best of market rates
A central location at the heart of Europe which is close to thecustomer, and directly connected to the Port of Antwerp with itsexcellent overseas connectivity, allows for high responsiveness
A highly developed intermodal infra/superstructure allows for aquick handling of orders and smooth throughput of the cargoto/from the Port of Antwerp
Reduced transportation costs: adjusted transport mode, savingsdue to optimized lead time
Individual supply chain solutions tailored to customer needs
Environmentally sustainable structures with expandablecapacities allow for viable growth of our clients‘ businesses
A flexible, reliable, cost-efficient and sustainabl e supply chain solution for our customers
Total cost
Flexibility
Sustainability
Reliability
Working with Port of Antwerp
“The intensification of direct rail and bargeservices between our two ports allows for a vast
improvement of the logistic corridor betweenboth our hubs and beyond. It will offer moreflexibility and cost-efficient solutions to both ourcustomers.”
Mr. Erich StaakeCEO, DuisburgerHafen AG
Further Information www.duisport.com
Let's shape your ideas!
Steve DeclercqDirector Benelux
duisport agency GmbHHafennummer 3650
Alte Ruhrorter Straße 42 – 52
47119 Duisburg
Germany
www.duisport.com
17.15 Business cases AUDI by Richard Schwarze, Vice President Real Estate & Sales, Duisburger Hafen AG BOREALIS by Christiaan Boone, Distribution Manager Overseas – Supply Chain
18.00 Port of Antwerp Connectivity PlatformAnne-Marie Van Asbroeck, Marketing Mgr, Antwerp Port AuthorityDominique Vercauteren, Intermodal Advisor, Antwerp Port Authority
18.30 Closing speechRudi De Meyer, Managing Director Alfaport
18.40 Networking reception
Agenda
A new performant supply chain for Audi
Richard Schwarze,Vice President Real Estate & Sales, Duisburger Hafen AG
1 Customer profile
AudiA world leader in the automotive sector 1.469.205 Mio produced cars / year (worldwide)Turnover: 48,8 billion Euro (2012)
Mission Deliver high quality products and excellent service to customers worldwide. „We inspire customers worldwide“
Customer Profile
Organisation• New assembly plants in China, India and Mexico• Export of knocked down cars in containers from Germany to those overseas plants� New warehouse in Duisburg: consolidation hub for spare parts delivered by multiple
suppliers � expected number of TEU’s / year = 25.000
Market challengeHighly competitive and comparable market, fluctuating demands, gain and hold Leadership
2 Logistics challenge
Goal
Realise a reliable and flexible supply
chain in the most sustainable way
Challenges• Use eco-friendly transport modes• Avoid truck carriage after consolidation• Build empty container depot nearby• Use the shipping line Cosco for maritime transport • Deliver punctually overseas in order to
enable just-in-time assembling
Setting up a new export supply chain
Setting up a new export supply chain
Strategy
� Centralization of all supplies in Duisburg with good connections towards a seaport
� Set up a performant supply chain with reliability, cost and quality as top priorities
Criteria to make the seaport choice:
• A port with a last port of call � shortens transit times for export • Flexible rail & barge shuttles• Good partnership in rail connections
� Antwerp� Antwerp� Belgium
3 Solution
Smooth intermodal container flow to the Port of Antwerp
Intermodal solution from hub to port• Empty containers from shipping line made available at Duisport• Strategic location of Port of Antwerp: short distance to Duisburg export hub • Excellent multimodal solutions:
» Frequent barge services: up to 6 / week (transit time 15 hours (Rhine))
2 barge operators: flexible system especially implemented for audi
» Frequent rail services: 3 complete trains per week (transit time 6 hours)
Customs solutions & data exchange• Audi makes use of E-Desk for export documents: this smoothens the export process
Reliable maritime transport at the Port of Antwerp
Maritime connection • Frequent maritime connections with China, India and Mexico:
China: 1/ week
India: 1 / week
Mexico: plant did not start up yet
3 Results
• punctual supply of CKD cars overseas
• punctuality • flexibility • reliability
• cost-efficiency • demurrage optimization • empty containers available at inland
terminal
• flexible use of barge & rail according to the supply chain needs
• flexible terminal & depot spaces in Duisburg
• use of environmentally-friendly transport modes such as barge and rail enables CO² economization
Results
Flexibility
Total cost
Sustainability
Reliability
Quality
Reasons for final choice Port of Antwerp:
• many aspects of partnership between Belgium / Germany • daily barge connections• own train to Antwerp• trimodal connection between Duisburg and Antwerp
Future expectations towards the Port of Antwerp:
We have now a competitive rail network, but the efficiency should be monitored constantly.
Working with the Port of Antwerp
“ With Antwerp we have been able to set up a performant and above all reliable supply chain for Audi”Richard Schwarze, Duisport
17.15 Business cases BOREALIS by Christiaan Boone, Distribution Manager Overseas – Supply Chain
18.00 Port of Antwerp Connectivity PlatformAnne-Marie Van Asbroeck, Marketing Mgr, Antwerp Port AuthorityDominique Vercauteren, Intermodal Advisor, Antwerp Port Authority
18.30 Closing speechRudi De Meyer, Managing Director Alfaport
18.40 Networking reception
Agenda
An optimized deepseacontainer flow
Christiaan BooneDistribution Manager Overseas – Supply ChainBorealis
Company profile
Borealis Group− 6,200 employees worldwide committed to Borealis values− Customers in over 120 countries− Production of polyolefin solutions that are tailored to customers’ needs− Production sites in Europe and in the Middle East and Asia thanks to the
joint venture with ADNOC – Borouge− Export of 55.000 TEU of polyolefins from Europe to all around the world
Borealis – taking on the challenges of tomorrow for more than 50 years
Challenge
Optimizing the Borealis Supply Chain
• Our business goals and our values
−We are fit, fast and flexible−We create and capture opportunities−We seek the smart and simple solutions
• Challenges
− Offer high flexibility to our clients− Our clients have very different needs− Container loading activities to be adjusted to railway connections
• Our supply chain strategy
− Our mission is to exceed in supplying our customers with value-creating products and services at an optimal balance of Supply Chain cost
− We supply the right material to the right place at the right time for the right customer by applying “state-of-the-art” end-to-end processes
− Accounting for complexity− Balanced sourcing of products from plants− Less detail and higher flexibility
− We keep track of our customers' Supply Chain needs
Solution
Multiple, diverse intermodal connections from the Borealis’ facility in Schwechat
Intermodal & trade facilitation solutionsOur collaboration with Port of Antwerp, allows our clients to benefit from:
• Increased number of direct railway connections between Vienna and the NW European seaports• Streamlined and paperless customs processes for export (E-desk)• Optimal intraport distribution at Port of Antwerp• Collaborative approach and service level Port of Antwerp
Maritime connections Port of Antwerp as prime export port
•Last port of call: shorter lead times total supply chain•Frequent maritime connections to all our destinations
Multiple, diverse intermodal connections from the Borealis’ facility in Schwechat
Results
Cost-efficient, flexible and reliable supply chain
Antwerp
Speed
Total cost
Reliability
Flexibility
Sustain-ability
Quality
1. Antwerp still considered as cost-effective port
2. Streamlined and paperless customs solutions(E-desk)
3. Increased number of intermodal solutions
4. Borealis serves its customers in a more flexibleway
5. Decrease of total lead time of our client’s supplychains via Port of Antwerp
6. Increased number of intermodal solutions
7. Fixed railway schedules enhance container loadingoperation
8. Increased flexibility improves general service level to customers
9. Green effect of Port of Antwerp on Borealis’ carbon footprint
Working with the Port of Antwerp
“The customer focused approach of the Port of Antwerp as an intermodalfacilitator and the efforts undertakenbring a higher performance to Borealis’ supply chain and its customers”
“ Port of Antwerp not only listened to our needs. Port of Antwerp also acted and reacted to our intermodal needs, which makes us feel very confident.”
Our expectations? “A further alignment is needed on container
flows from the Bavarian area, whereBorealis also owns a production facility.”
Christiaan Boone,Distribution Manager Overseas Supply Chain
Borealis Group
Thank you
October 17, 2013Port of Antwerp Intermodal event
Voting session
18.00 Port of Antwerp Connectivity PlatformAnne-Marie Van Asbroeck, Marketing Mgr, Antwerp Port AuthorityDominique Vercauteren, Intermodal Advisor, Antwerp Port Authority
18.30 Closing speechRudi De Meyer, Managing Director Alfaport
18.40 Networking reception
Agenda
Port of Antwerp Connectivity Platform
Anne-Marie Van Asbroeck, Marketing Mgr, Antwerp Port AuthorityDominique Vercauteren, Intermodal Advisor, Antwerp Port Authority
October 172013
Port of Antwerp Connectivity Platform
(1)Within the port
(2)In the hinterland
(3)Through market fragmentation
Need to combine and coordinate efforts to bundle cargo throughout the total
supply chain
Increasing complexity
Need to combine and coordinate information to create transparency and
visibility throughout the total supply chain
Increasing complexityAlso in terms of data and information
Conditions: clear, simple, accurate, neutral and mark et conform
Positioning
• To position the strengths of the Port of Antwerp in terms of “connectivity”• To market and to sell the intermodal solutions offered by the port, terminals and
operators
Service delivery
• To offer a userfriendly interface creating transparancy on the broad offer of intermodal solutions to all stakeholders
Collaboration
• To develop opportunities for collaboration and networking between port, terminals and operators
Port of Antwerp Connectivity Platform 3 ambitious objectives
From market needs to practical tools
Functionalanalysis
Q4 2012 Q1 2013
Concept, architectureand design
Q2 2013
Data collection
Q3 2013
Development and data collection
Realised ...
Collaboration, the key to success
Analysis of functionalities based on dialogue with the port communityFreight forwarders, road transporters, rail operators, barge operators, inlandterminals, port terminals
Data collection in collaboration with the terminals and operators+ 185 terminals, in the port and in the hinterland
+ 11 rail operators
+ 50 barge operators
Launching the platform …
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Does the platform meet its objectives?
Positions the port’s strengths
Positioning
Service delivery
Collaboration
Facilitates the “buying proces” in a neutral, market conform way
Offers transparant information
Has accurate data
Is clear, simple to use
Creates networking opportunities
Strengthens the port’s network
Branding & selling the platform, our intermodal strategy and the intermodal offer.
2014: to a real collaboration platform
Positioning
Service delivery
Managing a dynamic platform by adding functionalities based on market needs.For questions, remarks, ideas: [email protected]
Collaboration
Developing a network, based on two-way communication and cooperation.
2014 action plan
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Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 …
Pos
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Branding and selling platform and network:press, campaign, newsletters as Radar / Circle of Friends and port events.
Ser
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Functional analysis and development of new featuresCollection of remarks andsuggestions
Validation of data Validation of dataCommunication to and with
stakeholders
Communication to and with
stakeholders
Col
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Launching initiatives to create a formal network
Brochures
Help us to brand the Connectivity Platform
Campaign & social media
Business Cases
More information
portofantwerp.com/connectivity
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October 17, 2013Port of Antwerp Intermodal event
Voting session
18.30 Closing speechRudi De Meyer, Director, Alfaport
18.40 Networking reception
Agenda
Closing speech
Rudi De Meyer, Managing Director, Alfaport
October 172013
Port of Antwerp Intermodal Event
Host Chris Hoornaert, Port Ambassador , Antwerp Port Authority
October 172013