Port of Antwerp Intermodal Event October 17 2013 · Port of Antwerp Intermodal Event Host Chris...

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

steve.declercq@duisport.com

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: connectivityplatform@portofantwerp.com

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.

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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

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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

connectivityplatform@portofantwerp.com

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