MARCH 2016

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BILBAONEWS

PUERTO DE

INCREASE IN PORT RAIL TRAFFIC

Intermodality, an essential piece for competitiveness

The majority of the frei-ght volume which enters and leaves from Bilbao's port installations happens through piping (51%), con-sistent with the significant importance of the market for hydrocarbons, LNG and other liquid products. Road transport is emplo-yed in 42% of cases as a complement for maritime transport.

Port railway traffic’s figu-re, although much lower, is also an essential piece for the port's competitive-ness because each mode of transport contributes value for efficient logistics. Hence, companies from Bilbao's port sector have looked after intermodality and rely on the rail, with the aim of providing a res-ponse to their clients' di-fferent needs.

Cargo transported by rail in 2015 (1,694,904 metric tonnes) to/from the docks of Bilbao's port represen-

ted 5% of the total traffic, 7% of the total traffic re-corded on the commercial docks and 10% of the frei-ght likely to use this mode of transport by type of in-dustry/product.

This volume of port rai-lway tonnage means a 10% increase compared to 2014. Among the increa-sed tonnage, 11.5% corres-pond to containerized car-go and 4% to other freight (general cargo and liquid bulks) which exceeded, in this case, 308,000 me-tric tonnes. In TEUs, the year closed with a figure of 122,000, equivalent to 19.5% of the total TEU vo-lume and a 9% increase.

The traffic is received or sent directly from the maritime terminals, which have their station or rai-lway siding where the tra-ins are prepared, thus op-timising Bilbao's logistics position, preventing addi-tional handling or haulage.

Rail Port Services

Long distance rail port services are carried out from/to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Guadalajara (Azuqueca de Henares), Seville, Murcia and Castellón. Short and medium distance services connect with Bur-gos, Navarre and Vitoria-Gasteiz. Shipping companies and operators have maintained and even strengthened the rail port services, which carry out close to one hun-dred trips weekly including arrivals and departures.

The rail port traffic figures in 2015, in terms of abso-lute volume, point to a record year which justifies the importance that the Bilbao port community has given to following up on railway infrastructure projects which are being planned for the Bilbao Metropolitan Arterial Network (access to the High Speed Line to Bilbao and the South Railway Variant)

VASCO SHIPPING

Service to North Africa and the Middle East

Vasco Shipping Services has started a weekly servi-ce, as the representative of Cosco, from Bilbao to the ports of Alger (Algeria), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and Jebel Ali (United Arab Emi-rates).

The connection is via Al-geciras, from where Cos-co has established weekly connections. In the case of Alger it is a feeder service from Algeciras, and in the case of Jeddah and Jebel Ali, it is the MINA service which connects the port with the Middle East and India

NORDIKMARITIME

Strengthening positions in Denmark and the Baltic

On 4 March, the Nordik-maritime service, carried out by the M/V Karion, celebra-ted its 45th call in the port of Bilbao. The company thus strengthens its position in Bilbao with the regular ser-vices it operates every 20 days with the Danish port of Esbjerg and with individual calls such as Nantes, Immin-gham and Bremerhaven, on its voyage toward Denmark, or later in the Baltic such as Kristiansand, Vasteras and Gdynia.

The company offers its services principally intended for project cargo

In February, Brittany Services started a ro-ro service which connects the ports of Bilbao and Poole twice a week.

The service, represented by Bergé Marítima Bilbao, is covered by the "MV Pelican", 155 metres long, with capacity for around a hundred unaccompanied cars and accommodation for eight drivers. Included among the possible freight that can be carried are the goods typically transported by trailers (including frozen and refrigerated cargo) and transport vehicles (cars or buses). The ship also allows special transport and cargo on "mafis". To do so, the ship has a ramp which allows shipments of up to 60 tonnes (of weight on the ramp) and up to 5 m in height.

The ship leaves the port of Bilbao on Mondays at 12 p.m. and Thursdays at 8 p.m. Departures from Poole occur on Tuesdays at 12 a.m and Saturdays at 4 p.m.

With the launch of this service, Brittany Ferries responds to the new demands of transport companies, while also freeing space on the ships which connect Bilbao and Portsmouth and which offer accompanied transport service.

Thus, with the "MV Pelican", the company operates five weekly departures from the port of Bilbao to the United Kingdom, by adding these two weekly departures to the three (on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) which have connected with Portsmouth

MARÍTIMA DÁVILA BILBAO

First call of the SDW Shipping with South America

The call by the M/V Johanna, on 3 March, started the new direct monthly maritime link that SDW Shipping and Marítima Dávila Bilbao have implemented from the port of Bilbao with Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Bolivia. The service admits general cargo, ro-ro and IMO, heavy, over-sized and project cargo.

Starting from the Swedish port of Uddevalla and the Netherlands' Port of Vlissin-gen, the two multi-purpose vessels with which they ope-rate make their last European port of call at Bilbao before heading to Callao (Peru), and Iquique and Arica (Chi-le) as base ports. There is also the possibility of calling at Buenaventura (Colombia) and expanding the service through to Valparaíso (Chile) depending on cargo availa-ble. Additionally, the call at Arica facilitates access to the Bolivian market.

With an estimated transit time of 24 days between Bil-bao and Callao, the service has among its new aspects the possibility to operate with net prices (without BAF, CAF surcharges, etc.) and the multi-functionality which the vessels' ro-ro features offer

SHORT SEA SHIPPING

Brittany Ferries start a service with Poole

PUERTO DE BILBAO NEWS 72

TORO Y BETOLAZA

Acquisition of a mobile crane

Bergé Marítima Bilbao has reinforced its operating capacity with the acquisi-tion of a new Liebherr 550 mobile crane, with a lifting capacity of up to 144 ton-nes. The crane will be used for new heavy cargo pro-jects and to handle all types of freight

BERGÉ MARÍTIMA

Edited: UniportBilbaoD.L. BI-1681-98

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All roll trailers received

In recent weeks, Toro y Betolaza has completed receiving a second round of 6 roll trailers out of an initial total order of 12 units. Toro y Betolaza's know-how built up over decades in handling ro-ro cargo and its application to the field of general cargo allow the company to work with these over-sized 40' equipment with a 130-tonne payload. With these maffis, heavy goods can be received, which later facilitates the moves or manoeuvres needed to load the ship, with the subsequent savings in time and money in handling and additional means. An example of this is the recent delivery of 110-tonne Nacelles. This machinery is added to the new Liebherr LHM 400 mobile four-cable crane with a lifting capacity of 104 tonnes, which started operations in January

BBG

PETRONOR

Renovations of its maritime terminal

Petroleos del Norte (Pe-tronor) has invested nearly two million Euros in repla-cing the loading arms of the SP-3 berth of the Punta Lucero maritime terminal, in the port of Bilbao, with new arms equipped with the latest environmentally friendly technologies.

The old arms had been operating for 40 years, from the time when Petro-nor started its activities in the port. The new arms, by the German manufacturer (SVT), have an emergency release couplers or ERC, which minimise the likeli-hood of a possible conta-mination. Furthermore, by having a hydraulic coupling system, connection and disconnection operations’ times have been reduced, thus decreasing laytime. The entire coupling ma-noeuvre to the ship's mani-fold (the ends of the loading and unloading lines) is done by remote control.

The two 12-inch arms are for dirty products and the other two 10-inch arms are for clean products. All the-se have an air draft (maxi-mum height from the ba-llast condition to the ship's manifold) and reach up to 15 metres, which can ac-commodate larger vessels

Gas, a strategic business which is gaining strength

Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG), a major supplier of natu-ral gas destined for domestic, commercial and industrial consumption, located in the port of Bilbao, unloaded 25 LNG vessels and loaded another four during 2015. BBG furthermore supplied 1,035 LNG road transport tankers. The cargo unloaded added up to a total of 3.4 million m3 and the loaded cargo reached 0.5 million m3 of LNG.

BBG- owned in equal parts by Enagás and Ente Vasco de la Energy (the Basque Government’s Energy Agen-cy)- regassified 15% of the liquid natural gas introduced in the Spanish gas system and with it contributed 7% of the total of natural gas consumed. On the other hand, it supplied 70% of the natural gas needs in the Basque Country. With all this, BBG has fulfilled its mission of gua-ranteeing the supply of this energy source to the Basque country and to strengthening the gas system.

Euskadour

A year ago BBG inaugurated its third liquid natural gas storage tank, with which it increased its capacity up to 450,000 cubic metres. Now this business has experien-ced a new impulse with the recent launch, by Enagas, of the compression station in Irún, which has required an investment of 20 million Euros.

The new station has increased the transport capacity of Euskadour, the gas pipeline connecting Spain and France, by ten fold, allowing the regassified natural gas in BBG to be exported to Europe. Furthermore, it is prepared for the future business of bunkering, which is expected to receive an important impulse for this gas business

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BILBAO

Three new partnersFCC ÁMBITO (belonging to the FCC Group-Ci-

tizen Services) is the company dedicated exclu-sively to managing all type of industrial waste, whether hazardous wastes (HW’s) as well as non-hazardous wastes (NHW’s), and specialises in the search for fully integrated management solutions (reuse, separation and final manage-ment) of waste generated by any industrial ac-tivity. FCC is also accredited by the Basque Go-vernment for the study and decontamination of contaminated soils and it is one of the awardee companies to evaluate and possibly redress en-vironmental emergencies which may arise.

The HW Transfer Station in the Port of Bilbao takes care of the demand from the companies belonging to the port and logistics centre, with the added value contributed by FCC's proxi-mity, and for all types of industries and clients from the public sector.

DEBUSMAN centres its attention on the field of global supply and service solutions of equi-pment manufactured by companies from the same group, as well as the exclusive represen-tation of prestigious internal manufacturing companies such as Hartmann & König, a global leader in manufacturing reels for cranes and for supplying the Shore Power vessels. Further-more, the company designs and manufactures equipment for diverse sectors such as ports, shipyards, steel mills, mining companies, ce-ment producers, public works, diverse machi-nery manufacturers and theatres-auditoriums.

Among the variety of their equipment, the eli-tecross®solutions system stands out, with chan-nels produced to protect the electric cables in port docks, port defences, electricity and water supply towers for vessels and cranes and moo-ring bollards.

TRANSITIA, with its headquarters in Bilbao, is the only private company in the Basque Coun-try with a railway licence and security certificate which operates with its own trains on the ADIF network. The company has a Vossloh 4000 mo-del diesel locomotive and twenty 90’ platforms, and is in the process of implementing a second locomotive with its corresponding composition.

The company participates in SIBPort (Servi-cios Intermodales Bilbaoport), whose purpose is the sale and promotion of intermodal transport, and it has a railway company named Transitia Rail, dedicated to freight transport by railway. Furthermore, the company carries out its acti-vity in the road passenger transport sector with the management and use of inter-urban and ur-ban services in Biscay, and also in the sphere of infrastructures through the management and use of roads and concessions

UNIPORTINEOS

Acquisition of Befesa Valorización

Ineos has acquired Befe-sa Valorización de Azufre, the sulphuric acid plant lo-cated in the port of Bilbao, which will now be known as Ineos Sulphur Chemicals Spain. This acquisition com-plements the Ineos' already existing business of this tra-ffic in the United Kingdom and doubles its production capacity in Europe

ASTA LOGISTIK

Departure for South Africa

Asta Logistik has carried out the shipping of project cargo for Volkswagen Uitenhage (South Africa). The cargo consists of 10 parts, of 480 tonnes in total. The three main parts have been of 120, 105 and 100 tonnes

BASQUE GOVERMENT

For the 20th anniversary of the European Eco-Monitoring and Audit Scheme (EMAS), the Basque Government has recog-nised the organisations in the Autonomous Basque Communi-ty which have obtained this cer-tification. Various companies as-sociated with Uniport hold this recognition such as: Bilbao Port Authority, Bahía de Bizkaia Electricidad (BBE), Compa-ñía Logística de Hidrocarburos (CLH), Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza, Esergui, FCC Ámbi-to, Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao or Terminales Portuarias (Tepsa)

E. ERHARDT Y CIA

Annual convention

On 11 February, E. Erhardt y Cia, present in the Trans-port and Logistics, Sale and Distribution of Metalworking and Industrial Products, and Information Technologies markets, celebrated its an-nual convention under the slogan "Making the Invisible Visible"

EMAS Recognition for companies

• A.PérezyCía.,S.L.• AbraStoreInternational• AccionaForwarding,S.A.• Acideka,S.A.• AgenciaMarítimaArtiachZuazaga,S.L.• AgenciaMarítimaCondeminasBilbao,

S.L.• AlborsGalianoPortales• AlexStewartAssayersIbérica,S.L.• AmarradoresPuertodeBilbao,S.A.• AonGilyCarvajal• Aparkabisa• ArabaLogística,S.A.(Arasur)• Asetravi-AsociaciónEmpresarialde

TransporteporCarreterayLogísticadeBizkaia

• AsociaciónVizcaínadeCapitanesdelaMarinaMercante

• AstaLogistik,S.L.• AsthonCargoBilbao,S.L.• AutoridadPortuariadeBilbao• AuxemaStemmannEspañola,S.L.• AyuntamientodeBilbao• BahíadeBizkaiaElectricidad,S.L.(BBE)• BahíadeBizkaiaGas,S.L.(BBG)• BefesaZincAser,S.A.• BergéMarítimaBilbao,S.L.• BilbaoAduanas-Biladu• BilbaoExhibitionCentre(BEC)• BilbaoMetropoli-30• BolloréTransportLogisticsSpain,S.A.U.• BridgestoneHispania,S.A.• BungeIbérica,S.A.U.• Caixabank,S.A.• CámaradeComercio,Industriay

NavegacióndeBilbao• CargorBizkaia,S.L.• Cecotrans-Biz,S.Coop.• CementosLemona,S.A.• CMACGMIbérica,S.A.• ColegioOficialdeAgentesy

ComisionistasdeAduanas• CompañíadeRemolcadoresIbaizabal,S.A.• CompañíaLogísticadeHidrocarburos,

CLH.S.A.• ConsignacionesToroyBetolaza,S.A.• ConsorciodelDepósitoFrancodeBilbao• Consulmar,S.L.U.• CorporaciondePracticosdelPuertoyRía

deBilbao,S.L.• DebusmanPastrana,S.L.• DependenciaRegionaldeAduanaseIIEE

delPaísVasco• DepósitosdeComercioExteriorS.A.

(Decoexsa)• DepósitosPortuarios,S.A.(Deposa)• DFDSLogisticsIbérica,S.L.• DiputaciónForaldeBizkaia-Dpto.de

DesarrolloEconómicoyTerritorial• E.ErhardtyCía,S.A.• EmbalajesArechaederra,S.L.• ErhardtProyectos,S.L.• Esergui,S.A.• EuropeadeConsignaciones,S.A.(Ecosa)-

GrupoLeeward• EuskoJaurlaritza-GobiernoVasco-

DepartamentodeDesarrolloEconómicoyCompetitividad

• EuskoJaurlaritza-GobiernoVasco-DepartamentodeMedioAmbienteyPolíticaTerritorial

• FCCÁmbito,S.A• FrigoríficosPortuariosdelNorte,S.L.

(Frioport)• HamburgSudBilbao• HapagLloydSpain,S.L.• HijosdeCabanellas,S.L.• IDOMIngenieríayConsultoría,S.A.• INEOSSulphurChemicalsSpain,S.L.U.• InternationalSeamen’sClub• “K”LineEspañaServiciosMarítimos,S.A.• Kuehne&Nagel,S.A.• MacAndrews,S.A.U.• MaerskSpain,S.L.U.• MarítimaDavilaBilbao,S.A.• MarítimaEuroship,S.A.• MarmedsaNoatumShippingAgency• MediterraneanShippingCompany

España,S.L.U.• MetransitNorte,S.L.• MGM&Asociados,CorreduríadeSeguros• “MinisteriodeEconomíay

Competitividad• DirecciónTerritorialdeComercioen

elPaísVasco-ServiciodeInspecciónSOIVRE”

• NavieraMurueta,S.A.• NerviónInternacional,S.A.• NipponExpressdeEspaña,S.A.• NirintIberia,S.L.• NoatumContainerTerminalBilbao,S.A.• Onecargo,S.L.• OPDRIberia,S.L.U.• OperinterTraimer,S.L.• OrientOverseasContainerline(Spain),

S.L.-OOCL• PacecoEspaña,S.A.• PetroleosdelNorte,S.A.(Petronor)• ProgecoBilbao,S.A.• PuertoSecoAzuquecadeHenares,S.A.• SchenkerLogistics,S.A.U.• SeatransMaritime,S.A.• Serveco• ServiciosIntermodalesBilbaoport,S.L.

(SIBPort)• ServiciosLogísticosPortuarios,S.A.

(S.L.P.)• SGSEspañoladeControl,S.A.• SociedaddeEstibayDesestibadelPuerto

deBilbao,• S.A.G.E.P.”• SociedadFinancierayMinera,S.A.-

CementosRezola• SpaceCargoNorte,S.A.• SparberGroup• (SPRI)SociedadparalaTransformación

Competitiva,S.A• StarTransNorte,S.L.• STEFIberia,S.A.U.• “SubdelegacióndelGobiernoenBizkaia-

DependenciadeAgriculturayPesca• InspeccióndeSanidadVegetalExteriore

InspeccióndeSanidadAnimalExterior”• SubdelegacióndelGobiernoenBizkaia-

DependenciadeSanidadyPolíticaSocial• T.AchaCargo,S.L.

• T.Titán,S.A.• Tecniruta-Concisa,S.A.• TecnologíasVascas,S.L.(Tecnovas)• TerminalesPortuarias,S.L.(Tepsa)• TibaInternacional,S.A.• TráficosyServiciosElorzayCía.,S.A.• TransEuropeanTransportSuardíaz,S.L.• TransbidenorServicios,S.L.• Transitia,S.L.• TransportesAstra,S.Coop.• TransportesdelPuertodeSanturtzi,

S.Coop.• TransportesGonzálezEurotrans,S.L.• TransportesyGrúasAguado,S.L.• TransUnionNorte,S.L.(DachserSpain)• TransVolSdad.Cooperativa• TrincasyJarcias,S.A.• Tubacex,S.A.• UniversidaddelPaisVasco-EuskalHerriko

Unibertsitatea• VaporesSuardiazNorte,S.L.• VascoCatalanaGroup• VascoShippingServices,S.L.• VinatransBizkaia,S.L.• W.E.CLinesEspaña,S.L.U.

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