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A turbulent year
All ahead towards LNG
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The region stacked with boxes
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Contents
50 Shale wars – A quest for the fleeting bounty
13Economy
13 Baltic economies in a time of global weakening – H2 2012 – Nordea Market Outlook
16Maritime
16 Prominent container zone – Global trade and container shipping. Impact on the BSR
18 Safe sailing in the Baltic? – Accident in the Baltic Sea in 2011
30 The Montenegrin Port of Bar – New front of the BSR-ASR cooperation?
3Regular columns
3 Editorial6 BTJ Calendar of events8 Market SMS Extended10 What’s new?12 On the roads: A Twitterless sea52 Collector’s corner53 Transport miscellany54 Who’s who
50Energy
Baltic Ports Organization
32 On the edge of changes – Baltic ports’ representatives meet in Turku
32 BPO to be registered in Tallinn, Estonia
33 New initiative – LNG in Baltic Sea ports kicks off
33 BPO calls for a change – Too much border control in cruise ferry business
32Newsletters
48 Who will handle the growing volumes? – Human capacity building in transport operations
48Logistics
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21Report
Baltic maritime container market21 The region stacked with boxes28 Construction commence at
Pomeranian Logistics Centre – Half a million sqm for a logistics park next to DCT
43Focus
Contract Logistics43 A turbulent year46 Pro or even con – Outsourcing
& contract logistics in Russia
I n t h i s i s s u e
”Russia’s contract logistics market performed well in 2011 as its market surpassed EUR 1 bln for the first time ever.”
John Manners-Bell, Transport intelligence’s cEORead more in the article A turbulent year, pp. 43-45
35BTJ Special
Future of Liquefied Natural Gas35 All ahead towards LNG38 Model region for LNG in shipping –
interviews with Merja Kyllönen, the Finnish Minister of Transport, and Janek Parkman, Business Developer Natural Gas at Elering
40 Gas tugs – LNG in harbour and escort assistance
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BTJ calendar of events
BTJ 5/2012 (Sep.-Oct. edition) Special: Future of LNG | Report: Baltic maritime container market | Focus: Contract logisticsIssue distributed at:
4th Annual Baltic Energy Summit, 14-15 November 2012, EE/Tallinn, www.eelevents.co.uk/baltic_energy_2012/index.htmlThe 4th summit will address key issues facing the development of the Baltic energy market, including challenges of providing an integrated and distributed electricity grid, gas market regulations, supply options and pricing along with analysing projects in biomass, wind and small-scale hydro as well as the role of energy efficiency in the Baltics.
Rail Revenue & Customer Management World, 14-15 November 2012, NL/Amsterdam, www.terrapinn.com/2012/rail-revenue-customer-management/index.stm“New revenues, new customers and new opportunities for Europe’s rail operators” are the watchwords of this year’s Rail Revenue Customer Management World. The conference will be built around the core themes of: more effective customer engagement, ways to increase ticket sales (especially looking at cross-border distribution), ideas to maximise revenue streams and how to be more customer-oriented.
Smart Stations & Terminals World, 15 November 2012, NL/Amsterdam, www.terrapinn.com/conference/rail-stations-terminals/index.stmSmart Stations & Terminals World offers the opportunity to hear from station and terminal owners and operators about the latest revenue and development strategies. Investors, property developers, operators, infrastructure managers, designers and technology solution providers will network together and, among others, recognise business models of future stations as well as get to know IT platforms and software solutions which can optimise asset management.
European Ports & Shipping 2012, 19-20 November 2012, NL/Amsterdam, www.umievents.comThe conference will bring together an international audience giving the opportunity to meet, network and benchmark with representa-tives from the ports and shipping industries and discuss how to overcome challenges in today’s competitive economic environment. The conference will tackle such topics alike PPPs, understanding policy and legal frameworks, latest technologies, implementing safety & security standards at ports, and many other.
RORO Shipping Seminar 2012, 20-21 November 2012, UK/London, www.lloydsmaritimeacademy.comThe seminar will be devoted to RORO strategies aimed at maximising efficiency and environmental compliance whilst reducing operational costs. The event will also tackle such issues as current market dynamics, benefits of new technologies (scrubbers vs. LNG) as well as optimiz-ing operating costs and getting the most from crews and fuel budgets.
Intermodal Europe 2012, 27-29 November 2012, NL/Amsterdam, www.intermodal-events.com This year’s Intermodal Europe visits Amsterdam. The world’s leading event for all associated with the container and intermodal industries dates back to 1976 (at first named CTC – the Container Technology Conference). In 2012 the free-to-attend conference and exhibition will try to answer in what direction the intermodal sector in Europe is heading as well as what role it will play in reshaping the EU transport network.
TRANSLOG Connect Congress, 28-29 November 2012, HU/Budapest, www.translogconnect.euOver two days TRANSLOG Connect Congress, the annual Logistics and Supply Chain Management event, will present itself as a platform for service providers to meet and interact with industry experts and business decision-makers from CEE through a number of pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings and networking activities. Several weeks before TRANSLOG its Meeting Scheduler Website will be available to all participants, enabling vendors and delegates to create their own personalized itinerary prior to the congress.
BTJ 6/2012 (Nov.-Dec. edition) Report: Break-bulk & project cargo market | Focus: Transport and ecologyIssue distributed at:
Ports, Terminals & Intermodal Transport 2013, 6-8 February 2013, NL/Amsterdam, www.transport.flemingeurope.com/ports-terminals-intermodal The conference is designed to get the industry and policy makers on one platform to discuss the importance of ports and terminals development as well as intermodal transport. Above all, examples of practical solutions implemented in companies will be presented in the fields of cost reduction, cooperation, infrastructure development, investment and financing.
LNG Fuelled Shipping, 19-20 February 2013, DE/Hamburg, www.lng-fuelledshipping.comThe shipping industry is fast approaching the deadline for cutting emissions and must overcome financial, practical & technical inhibitors to liquefied natural gas fuelled shipping success. The event’s key learning points will be future LNG pricing and availability, the business case of switching to the new fuel, small scale supply, bridging solutions as well as large scale infrastructure development.
BTJ 1/2013 (Jan.-Feb. edition) Report: Baltic shipyards | Focus: Cruise trafficIssue distributed at:
Transport Week 2013, 5-7 March 2013, PL/Gdańsk, www.actiaconferences.com/eng.htmlActia Conferences invites you to the 3rd edition of international Transport Week which will be held in Gdańsk. The event is a discussion platform for representatives from the maritime, railway and intermodal sectors. Transport Week 2013 will be accompanied by conferences, exhibition areas, discussion panels, seminars and topped with an evening gala dinner.
The 3rd FPSO Vessel Conference, 6-7 March 2013, UK/London, www.wplgroup.com/aciThe 2013’s edition of the conference goes under the theme “defining investment into new markets and streamlining technologies to maximize profits”. The two-day programme includes, among others, 2013 FPSO deliveries, upcoming projects and market forecasts as well as examining the booming energy & petroleum sectors in Brazil and West Africa.
The 10th Green Ship Technology Conference, 12-14 March 2013, DE/Hamburg, www.informamaritimeevents.com/event/greenshiptechnologyThe annual conference focused on green ship technologies will deliver, among many, the CEO dialogue on the changing face of shipping and the environment, a spotlight panel about financing technologies meeting the new regulations (IMO, ballast water) in a tight economic climate as well as four afternoon workshop sessions.
SITL Europe, 26-28 March 2013, FR/Paris, www.sitl.euSITL Europe will offer the transport & logistics community a unique access to the complete range of products and innovative services aimed at distribution and mastering the supply chain of tomorrow. Apart from exhibitions, SITL Europe will deliver dozens of conferences.
TransRussia 2013, 23-26 April 2013, RU/Moscow, www.transrussia.ruThe 18th Moscow International Transport & Logistics Exhibition and Conference will be devoted, among others, to integrating the Russian transport market internationally, addressing tendencies of the cargo car market, attracting investments for infrastructure projects as well as transport and logistics sectors of the Baltic countries. The event’s exhibition will demonstrate the full range of industry solutions – from transport and forwarding services to software and equipment for cargo handling.
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BTJ 2/2013 (Mar.-Apr. edition) Report: Baltic Ro-ro/ferry market | Focus: Break-bulk & project cargo marketIssue distributed at:
Nor-Shipping, 4-7 June 2013, NO/Oslo, www.messe.no/en/nor-shippingThe maritime industry goes from cycle to cycle, living with and by uncertainty and the answer to the question “What’s next?” remains a constant challenge. The event’ agenda includes also the next generation shipping and the offshore shipping conferences as well as the Nor-Shipping awards, presented in three categories – energy efficiency, next generation ship and next-gen leader. There will be also 22,500 m2 available for showcasing latest achievements in marine technologies and services.
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Transport Logistics, 4-7 June 2013, DE/Munich, www.transportlogistic.de/enTransport Logistics is one of the European biggest trade fairs for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management. Also in 2013, all relevant exhibitors will participate in the event in order to present their latest developments to the highly qualified trade visitors, make contact with decision-makers in all sectors of the logistics industry and secure themselves a valuable know-how advantage.
BTJ 3/2013 (May-June edition) Report: Baltic oil market | Focus: ICT for ports/ terminalsIssue distributed at:
TOC Container Supply Chain Europe, 25-27 June, NL/Rotterdam, www.tocevents-europe.comThe 38th TOC will take place in the Port of Rotterdam. The European edition acts as a global showcase for the international container port and shipping community to gather on an annual basis to learn, debate and network whilst also discovering the latest cutting edge technology available to modern day ports in the exhibition.
BTJ 4/2013 (July-Aug. edition) Report: European ports review | Focus: Rail transportIssue distributed at:
BALTEXPO 17th International Maritime Exhibition, 3-5 September 2013, PL/Gdańsk, www.baltexpo.com.plBALTEXPO 2013 will bring the possibility for the entire maritime industry sector to present its potential, development plans, aspirations and possibilities of regional cooperation. BALTEXPO 2013 will also further support the evolution of the maritime economy, tackling traditional as well as completely new issues, such as offshore power generation, various platforms (drilling, hotel) and intermodal transport.
TRAKO, 24-27 September 2013, PL/Gdańsk, www.mtgsa.com.plThe jubilee 10th edition of the exhibition and conference TRAKO moves to the new AMBEREXPO site, where it will gather all people connected with the railway business – train and tram manufacturers, logisticians as well as product engineers. The event will be packed with seminars, debates and presentations. Additionally, the “World of Small Railway” modelling exhibition will showcase the rail sector from a completely different perspective.
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On the roads
A Twitterless
sea
Twitter is an internet tool which i started to use some two, maybe three, years ago. Now i know that it was too early to understand and
master it. At that time i was trying to visit my account from time to time but i ended up reading a few new tweets without pub-lishing any of my own.
The situation took a 180-degree turn last February after reading two books: “UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start En-gaging” by Scott Stratten (@UnMarketing) and “Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone is connected. connect Your Business to Eve-ryone” by Mitch Joel (@mitchjoel). it was a total transition as i went through an initia-tion and now i belong to the populous tribe of Twitter. it’s not like i am addicted to it… but, to be honest, i am spending relatively more time screening messages in front of the modern tribal items – my smart phone, tablet and laptop.
Especially the tablet is the most up-to-date totem, giving me the possibility to be in touch with everybody, every-where and at any time. TV has become the main victim of this phenomenon and the so-called ‘talking heads’ in particular (mostly “all-knowing” politicians with their never-ending and everlasting “dis-cussions”). Twitter gave their garrulity a coup de grâce, because when you only have 140 characters at your disposal, you must get to the point at once.
i am trying to introduce this social platform to my friends and customers but it feels like going on trial by ordeal. The main arguments are as follow: it takes a lot of time to be there and it is not an effective way to reach your business.
Well, i think it’s a more relative thing in fact. i have decided to present ten myths (with the shortest possible comments in Twitter style, how could it be otherwise?) of this social media tool presented by Eryk Mistewicz in the first edition of the Polish “Nowe Media” quarterly:1. Twitter is too difficult and tough. Not
true. All you have is 140 signs. The menu is very intuitive. it is painless and plain sailing.
2. Twitter is primitivizing the world. Not true. All great quotations in the world are expressed in 140 signs. it is pure synthesis. Today you just don’t have the time to read long elabora-tions.
3. Twitter can’t give me anything. Not true. You are getting complete in-formation, from the very source of it and without any censorship. isn’t this what everyone was looking for?
4. Twitter is dominated by the right or the left wing (it only depends on who’s talking). Not true. Traders, politicians and artists are going where the customers are. All options unite to find their targets.
5. Twitter is only for politicians. Not true. Mr. Obama is not the world. This tool is the most egalitarian one can find today.
6. Twitter will not bring me any income. Not true. Not directly, it’s obvious. We obtain it through 3xR: references, reputation and recommendation. it’s more than enough to make your busi-ness running.
7. Twitter is a time killer. Not true. No, nay, never. it’s pure economics. it’s
Is Twitter really not effective for you?
a one stop shop, most often directly with you.
8. Twitter cannot be controlled, it’s an endless journey. Not true. it’s fully controlled according to your prefer-ences. By the way, it is the most reit-erated statement by people NOT us-ing it.
9. Twitter is full of trolls. Not true. Re-tards swarm it no more than any oth-er web device. At any time you can ban anybody you dislike.
10. Twitter has no future. 99% not true. Only in the case that someone intro-duces something more superb in ex-cellence.i recommend to you to read the
whole article and try to tweet. it can be the start of a wonderful journey by hav-ing the chance to see the world through other people’s eyes.
Finally, i have one more remark. i was trying to find Twitter accounts of seaports, port terminals and other stake-holders across the maritime economy. i have only found a few of them. The most active in my Gdynia and Gdańsk neigh-borhood, tweeting unfortunately not very often, is @DcT_Gdansk. The majority of the community is not using it, though. Are there any serious obstacles? is this way of communicating – enabling to contact almost everybody in real time – really not effective for you? Shall the Bal-tic Sea still remain a Twitterless body of water? i will be more than happy to listen to your opinions. Send them now… i am waiting 24/7 on @KrzysztofUrbas. �
Krzysztof Urbaś
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The regionstacked with boxes
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The Baltic Sea region’s container market is evolving on many fronts. Nowadays trends cross-cut ports, shipping companies, their fleets and networks. The Baltic is by no means a stagnant area, it’s rather a poker table with mul-
tiple players with diverse interests, dealing cards and wanting to cut a round piece of the cake.
The sun shines in the eastclearly, most of the current surplus (83% of the whole 1.35 mln
TEU growth year-on-year) was achieved by a group of eight large ports on the eastern shores of the Baltic (from HaminaKotka in the north to Gdynia and Gdańsk in the south). These ports, apart from serving their own hinterlands, are mostly engaged in transits to Russia or to other continental markets. Last year seven out of the mentioned eight – namely the ports of St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Riga, Klaipėda, Kaliningrad, Gdańsk and Gdynia – also beat their own
Total container turnover in 2011 in the Baltic ports amounted to 8.8 mln TEU, for the first time exceed-ing the 2008 ‘pre-crisis’ record of eight mln 20-foot boxes. Indeed, last year was full of substantial affairs. St. Petersburg hardened its dominant role with another peak. Gdańsk strengthened its hub function with four intra-Baltic feeder lines. Global carriers took over half of the total Baltic feeder/short sea capacity, while MSC Conti Singa set a new record in feeder capacity.
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historic peaks recorded in years 2007-08. The sole exception here is HaminaKotka which, even after the merger of two separate port units, is now “only” the fifth container port in the Baltic.
On the contrary, ports on the western shores noted a rather moderate growth in 2011 or even a slight drop (up to -3%). Last year’s Top 10 Baltic ports, which actually include seven of the al-ready mentioned names (except for Tallinn holding a 12th position), handled almost 80% (7.01 mln TEU) of the whole region’s turnover (76% and 5.63 mln TEU in 2010).
Today’s regular container network is also richer by several new ports. The brand new container terminal in Ust-Luga has been receiving semi-regular calls by UcS Line since mid-2011, a full scheduled line by Unifeeder (since Dec. 2011) and its most re-cent loop by cMA cGM (from October 2012). Meanwhile, in H1 2012, TransAtlantic added Raahe to its ‘Trans Feeder Line North’ and Unifeeder expanded its ‘Danish Service’ with Kalundborg.
The EU’s North European LNG Infrastructure Project
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In 2010 a total of 14,000 ships entered the SEcA waters and an additional 2,700 were present there for more than 50% of the time, consuming around 12 mln
tonnes of fuel. Supposing a fleet growth rate of 2%, the use of more than 17 mln tonnes can be expected within the Sulphur Emission control Areas in 2030 (of which the Bal-tic Sea represents 25% in terms of fuel use). Annually, 0.5 bln tonnes are handled in the Baltic Sea and close to 0.2 bln tonnes in the ports located in the waters between Sweden and Denmark. Moreover, the highest share of vessels that spend 100% of their time in the SEcA is found within the Baltic waters.
A riddle for shipowners and the EU’s recommended alternative
Shipowners have to reflect upon new fu-els and/or technologies to build up competi-tive short sea shipping. At present there are three compliance possibilities: continue to operate on High Sulphur Fuel Oil (HSFO) by installing scrubbers to wash the sulphur from the exhaust gas, switch to Marine Gas Oil (MGO) or deliberate over Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) engines.
A strong candidate to meet the SEcA demands is an ‘end of pipe’ solution with scrubbers for SOx removal. HSFO is easily available and the infrastructure is also sat-isfactory, thus the shipowners will not need to retrofit or replace their engines. Scrub-ber tests indicate that the sulphur emissions are reduced to almost zero. The disadvan-tages include the unavoidable investments in scrubbers and costs of waste utilization. Another drawback is that the proportion of cO2 in the exhaust gases is not reduced and that each scrubber used to fulfil the SEcA requirements will have to be iMO certified.
Applying MGO results in low sulphur emissions and limited exhaust gases, which fulfils the SEcA requirements. NOx and green house gases will remain at the same level as when using HSFO. MGO does not demand additional volume for storage tanks and an engine’s retrofitting generates mar-ginal investment costs. Although fuel prices are already at a rather high level, it is gener-ally believed that they will continue to rise.
The last solution, greatly supported by the EU, involves LNG-fuelled gas engines. Natural gas is very voluminous, but if cooled
down to minus 162oc it takes a liquid form. The process of liquefaction, when 600 m3 of natural gas is condensed to 1 m3, makes it suitable for storage, distribution and bunkering. Due to the low temperature, LNG has to be stored in cryogenic tanks. LNG has a high auto ignition temperature and therefore needs an additional ignition source (pilot fuel) to start up combustion engines. LNG storage tanks require much more space than traditional fuel oil tanks. This may reduce cargo capacity, depending on the vessel’s type. The advantages are that gas engines have proven to be reliable and LNG is a clean and low-sulphur fuel. it can be used in engines being able to run on ei-ther liquid fuel oils or gaseous fuel. The EU recommends using LNG inside the SEcA and another fuel outside the area.
Uncertainty on fuel marketsBunker fuel prices are very volatile in
both the short and long-term. The general tendency is that the prices of MGO, HSFO and Brent oil have increased since 2003. in 2009 and 2010 a 106% increase in the average price of HSFO was observed, a 52% increase
New regulations set by the IMO constitute that the sulphur content in maritime fuel for use in the Bal-tic Sea, the North Sea and the English Channel is to be reduced from 1.0% to 0.1%. Novel standards – Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECA) – are set in order to improve the environment by developing shipping as a green means of transport and will come into force on 1st January, 2015.
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A turbulent year
As both Europe and the US struggled with economic issues, they appeared to no longer be able to contribute to the world econ-omy as the primary customers of imported goods. Because of this, we witnessed perhaps an important shift in trade patterns
as emerging markets such as Russia, South America and the Middle East began to exercise their growing economic strength. Demand from these regions has increased, resulting in china, the US and Europe targeting their export trade to these markets.
Despite global economic concerns, mergers and acquisitions within the transport and logistics industry remained strong as the number of deals increased almost 5% through the third quarter of 2011 compared to same period in 2010. However, according to Price-waterhousecoopers’ figures, the total deal value compared to 2010 was down by almost 40%. This suggests that smaller, more special-ised providers appear to have been targets of acquisitions throughout 2011. The majority of the acquisitions made were in Asia and other emerging markets, however, the European and the US merger and acquisition market remained fairly strong as well.
Globalisation has heightened supply chain risksNot only was the global economy a major concern to the industry,
but external threats such as natural disasters played havoc to global sup-ply chains. The Japanese earthquake and tsunami caused disruptions in the automotive industry, impacting manufacturing facilities through-out the world. in addition, the Thai floods’ effect on the high-tech in-dustry resulted in leading iT manufacturers, intel, Dell and Texas in-struments, to report lower quarterly earnings. However, understanding the risks of external threats is at a very early stage and therefore few companies account for these threats in their business strategy.
One survey, undertaken for the World Economic Forum, found that 30% of respondents estimated losses of 5% in annual revenue from sup-ply chain disruption. However, over a quarter of respondents were not able to place a figure on the financial impact of a disruption.
it is not that the risks themselves have become more acute. After all, there have always been wars and natural disasters. Rather, it is
According to Transport Intelligence, growth in the global contract logistics market slowed in 2011, follow-ing a reasonable recovery in 2010. The market was characterised by a strong start to the year, followed by a slowdown in the second half of 2011 as weakened consumer confidence, driven by uncertain economic prospects, led to declining volumes, particularly in Europe and the US.
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the evolving supply chain and production strategies of the major global manufacturers which have changed, leading to a re-balanc-ing of the risks inherent within various parts of the supply chain.
Extended supply chains mean longer lead times (and a less agile response to market conditions); more handoffs between parties; more challenging quality control as well as exposure to currency fluctuations, labour disputes, shipping costs, corrup-tion, theft and natural/geo-political instability. An understand-ing of this has led to many manufacturers adopting a hybrid strategy of remote production combined with near-sourcing.
The chart below provides a purely illustrative attempt to assess the damage which an external event can have on a supply chain. For example, an earthquake such as the one in Japan in 2011 has a major impact on supply chains, but only at a local or regional level. A flood can have the same impact, but is only very serious if a large number of suppliers are clustered in the affected area.Fig. 1. Global Supply Chain Risk – External Event Impact on Supply Chain (illustrative matrix)
Source: Transport Intelligence
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The region stacked with boxes
Dear Readers,
A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group 10; Abra Terminales Marítimas 11; Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty 19; APL 23, 24; APM Terminals 10, 11; Atlantic Container Line 25; Baltic Container Lines 24; Baltic Container Terminal Gdynia 11; Baltic Rail 11; Big Port of St. Petersburg 3, 10, 16, 21, 22, 26, 27, 33; BIMCO/ISF 20; Buksér og Berging AS 40; Caudrilla 51; Central Bank of Russia 15; CEVA Logistics 44; Chesapeake Energy Corporation 51; Chevron 50, 51; CMA CGM 10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26; Combispeed 24; Confederation of Finnish Industries 54; Container Terminal Frihamnen 11; Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg 26; Containerships Group 22, 23, 24, 25; Contaz Line 25; CTL 8; Copenhagen Malmö Port 33; Danmarks Nationalbank 13; DB Port Szczecin 10; DB Schenker 8; DB Schenker Rail Automotive GmbH 54; Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk 8, 12, 25, 29; Dell 43; Deloitte Consulting Services 47; Delta Shipping Lines 22, 23; Deutsche Bahn 46, 47, 54; Deutsche Bank 10; DHL Supply Chain 44; Drewry Shipping Consultants 17; Eimskip 22, 23, 25; Elering 39; ESF-Euroservices 24; Estonian Railways 8; EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven 10; EUROGATE Group 10; Exxon Mobil Corporation 51; FESCO Transportation Group 22; FESCO-ESF 24; First Container Terminal 10, 26; Fitch Ratings 51; G6 Alliance 11, 25; GARD 19; Gasnor 36; Gazprom 10, 36; Global Ports 10; Goodman 28, 29; Green Feeder 22, 23, 24; Hacklin Seatrans 22, 23; Hapag-Lloyd 23, 24; Hitachi Transport System Ltd. 44; IMCL 24; Intel 43; JadeWeserPort 10; K-Line 22, 23, 24, 25; Kuehne + Nagel 44; Kuršių Linija 24; Latvian Railways 8; LOTOS Kolej 8; MacAndrews 11, 22, 24, 25; Maersk Line 10, 11, 23, 24, 25; Mann Lines 22, 23, 24; Marathon Oil Company 51; Mediterranean Shipping Company 3, 11, 21, 22, 23, 27; Merilinja 23, 24; Mitchell Energy 50; Moby Dik 10; Nord Stream 10; Nordea 13, 15; Nynas 37; October Railway 26; Orient Overseas Container Line 10, 22, 23; ORLEN Lietuva 15; ORLEN Upstream 51; Petrolesport 10, 26; PKP Cargo 8, 11; Polish Oil & Gas Company SA 51; Polzug Intermodal 11; Pomeranian Logistics Centre 28, 29; Port Aarhus 22, 33; Port Ancona 30; Port Antwerp 10, 11, 20, 23; Port Bar 30, 31; Port Bari 30; Port Bilbao 11; Port Bremerhaven 11, 23; Port Cartagena 10; Port Esbjerg 22; Port Felixstowe 20; Port Gdańsk 3, 9, 16, 21, 22, 25, 29; Port Gdynia 11, 21, 22, 25; Port Gothenburg 11, 22, 25; Port Hamburg 9, 10, 16, 20, 23, 48, 49; Port HaminaKotka 16, 21, 22; Port Hanko 23; Port Helsingborg 33; Port Helsinki 10, 22, 33; Port Hong Kong 11; Port Jeddah 11; Port Kaliningrad 21, 22, 25; Port Kalundborg 21; Port Kiel 22, 23; Port Kingston 10; Port Klaipėda 21, 22, 27; Port Le Havre 10, 16; Port Lipeāja 9; Port Long Beach 40; Port Los Angeles 40; Port Lübeck 22, 23; Port Nynäshamn 37; Port Raahe 21; Port Rauma 16; Port Riga 9, 21, 22, 25, 27; Port Rostock 22; Port Rotterdam 7, 10, 11, 23; Port Santo Tomas de Castilla 10; Port Sassnitz 22; Port Shanghai 11; Port Shekou 11; Port Singapore 11, 54; Port St. Petersburg 3, 10, 16, 21, 22, 26, 27, 33; Port Szczecin-Świnoujście 22, 37; Port Tallinn 10, 21, 27, 32, 33, 39; Port Tangier 11; Port Tilbury 11; Port Turku 32, 33, 38, 39; Port Ust-Luga 10, 16, 21, 26, 27; Port Vaasa 23; Port Ventspils 9; Port Vostochny 10; Port Wilhelmshaven 10; Port Zeebrugge 10; Ports of Stockholm 11, 32, 33; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 43; Puerto Cortés 10; Puerto Moin Limón 10; R&A 44; Rolls-Royce 40; Royal Arctic Line 25; Russian Railways 8, 46, 47; Saimaa Lines 24; Samskip 22, 23, 25; SCA Transforest 22, 23, 24; Sea Connect 22, 23, 24; Seafarers International Research Centre 19; Seago Line 10, 23, 24, 25; SSCT 11; St. Peter Line 33; Swan Container Line 22, 23; SynergyEuropaPartner 48, 49; Tallink 10, 54; TECO 24; Texas Instruments 43; The Swedish Club 20; TIS.pt 54; TransAtlantic 10, 21, 23, 25; Trans-Baltica 24; TransContainer 8, 25, 26, 27; Transport Intelligence 43, 44, 45; Transportation Investments Holdings 10; Tschudi Lines 22, 23, 24; TT-Club 19; Twitter 12; UCS Line 21; Ukrainian Railways 8; Unifeeder 10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26; Universal Logistic System 10; Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company 10; Wincanton Plc 44; X-Press Feeders 22, 23.
C o m p a n y i n d e x
N ow the wintertime is coming, but the BSR container environment is far from being filled with frost. Last year’s volumes in the Baltic ports amounted to 8.8 mln TEU, for the first time exceeding the 2008 ‘pre-crisis’ record of eight mln TEU. That’s certainly good news, but not the only, as last year was full of substantial affairs.
St. Petersburg hardened its dominant role with another peak; Gdańsk strengthened its hub function with four intra-Baltic feeder lines, while MSC Conti Singa set a new record in feeder capacity – you can find this in our Report section. Read the article “The region stacked with boxes” authored by Marek Błuś, but don’t forget to get a hold of our Baltic Container Yearbook 2012 for more information. The publication, featuring a map poster with complete Baltic liner shipping and rail networks, presents a full list of ports and terminals, shipping lines and their services as well as intermodal operators along with analyses and statistics.
As you can see from our cover in this issue we write about Liquefied Natural Gas as ships’ fuel. Since new regulations constituting that from 1st January, 2015, the sulphur content in maritime fuel for use in the SECA is to be reduced to 0.1%, LNG can become a vibrant option for the shipping operators. I present to your attention a text entitled “All ahead towards LNG” by Justyna Rataj as well as the interview with Finnish Minister of Transport Merja Kyllönen “Model region for LNG in shipping”.
Last year was, however, a turbulent one for the global supply chains. John Manners-Bell in the Focus section presents to us his in-depth analysis on the condition of the global contract logistics market in relation to the BSR. Take a look as well at the piece entitled “Who will handle the growing volumes?” on human capacity building in transport operations highlighting the importance of people and their skills which ultimately drive the whole transport sector.
That’s only part of what we have prepared for you in this edition. I invite you to discover the rest.
Enjoy your reading,
Lena Lorenc
