Erich Staake – President / CEO duisport Group

Success factors of infrastructure operators in Europe – Learnings and Transferabilities for Middle East

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Some facts about duisport …

The world’s largest inland port:

– Approximately 110 million tonnes are transshipped in the public ports and the 7 private ports p.a.

The world‘s largest inland container port:

– Transshipment of over 1 million TEU per year

The leading hinterland hub of the Northern EU sea ports:

– Network of more than 350 container shuttles per week

One of the leading logistics locations in Europe:

– logport project with more than 60 new logistics investments from a dozen nationalities within the last years

The most important economic factor in the region:

– Over 36,000 jobs depend on the Port of Duisburg

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duisport: location

In the Heart of Europe

Situated in Europe‘s largest industrial conurbation with more than 30 million consumers and 300,000 companies within a radius of 150 km

Located at the junction of major European water, rail and road transportation routes

Major hinterland hub for gateway cargo from and to the North Sea ports

The EU enlargement made Germany the geographical center of the world‘s largest free trade area

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duisport (Duisburger Hafen AG)logport Logistic-Center Duisburg

logport ruhr

duisport agencyduisport facility logistics

duisport railduisport consult

dpl Duisburg / Essendpl Chemnitzdpl Hainburgdpl Antwerp

dpl Shanghai

Packing LogisticsPacking LogisticsLogistics Service ProvidersLogistics Service ProvidersInfra- and Suprastructure ProvidersInfra- and Suprastructure Providers

Integrated Service Provider

Business Units

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duisport – an integrated port concept with strategic investments of global players

duisport became a fully developed port concept with 1,6 Mio. m² warehousing capacities

50,000 sq.m

40,000 sq.m

20,000 sq.m

30,000 sq.m

25,000 sq.m

50,000 sq.m

120,000 sq.m

40,000 sq.m

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logport I: one of the leading logistic centers in Europe & a major hub for contract logistics

3DIT / D3T

Roll-on/roll-off

PDI center

Shunting yard

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Integration of strategic partnersExample: Duisburg Trimodal Terminal

Europe‘s first shipping line container

terminal in the hinterland

Start of operations: 1st January 2008Lines involved: CMA CGM and NYK as equal partners (each 40%) alongside duisport as further partner (20%)

Two berths and four half train-length platforms were built on the lot

CMA CGM and NYK are consolidating their gateway cargo at the Duisburg location

More than 100,000 TEU turnover at D3Tin second year of operation

Learning #1: Cooperation & integration of strategic partners

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Example project: Terminal D3T on Logport I(NYK / CMA CGM / duisport)

Largest containercrane in an inland

port in Europe

4 rail tracks handling area

reinforced concrete wall on a drilled pile foundation

sheet pile wall with banquette

Cross-section:

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Status quo

220 km of rail tracks

5 Shunting yards

7 intermodal container terminals connectedvia daily duisport rail shuttle:

– Capacity 2010: 1,5 Mio. TEU p.a.

– Capacity 2015: 2,5 Mio. TEU p.a.

Further service facilities:– 5 coal unloading terminals– 9 covered loading/discharging facilities– 6 steel service centers– 19 liquid cargo transfer facilities– Approx. 0.6 million m³ of tankage– 2 roll-on/roll-off facilities– 1 PDI center and 220,000 sq.m for automobile logistics at the logport site

RRT

DIT/D3T

DUSS

DeCeTe

Gateway West

DKT

Terminal- and railway infrastructure

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duisport – expansion of leading turntable and hub function

duisport as europe`s largest gateway hub and special focus on railway infrastructure

Construction of 5 shunting yards to allow optimal processes and further growth

Direkt connection of warehouses to track network via individual rail hubs

Minimum of half train length tracks in terminals

Advanced track network signalling and control system

Further expansion of railway infrastructure planned to serve costumer needs

Learning #2: Long-term investments in essential infrastructure interfaces, i. e. terminal and railway infrastructure

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Provision of innovative solutions Example: Break Bulk & Heavy Lift Solutions

Project “Nordhafen” - Status Jan. 2010

additional 45,000 m² for packing logistics multipurpose hall

(6,750 m² with 8 overhead cranes up to 25 tons) packing hall

(4,850 m² with 6 overhead cranes up to 100 tons incl. direct

water access for 100 tons handlings for short sea vessels) both directly connected to track network

Verpackungs-halle

Spare partsHalle

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Completion: January 2010 Location: Duisburg, south bank Außenhafen Floor space: 11.600 m² Hall: 2.000m²; hook clearance 15m,

canopied with direct water access

Specialties: trimodal handling and packing of heavy goods direct access via inland naviagtion network to seaports and to production sites in south germany

2 overhead cranes, 2 heavy-duty cranes with single capacity up to 125 tons, integration of platform for heavy goods handling up to 500 tons possible

Example project: Heavy Lift Terminal Duisburg (HTD)

HTD

Nordhafen

Learning #3: Establishment as an innovative customer-driven solution provider

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Value Added Services to strengthen networkExample: Regional Feeder Shuttle Network

duisport Group offers industry solutions to major production and trading companies

Daily railroad shuttles by duisport rail to/from different container terminals in the Rhine-Ruhr region (e.g. Marl, Unna, Krefeld-Uerdingen, Dormagen)

Feeding of the continental cargo into the combined transportation network of duisport clients

Combination of continental and maritime cargo in existing rail shuttle systems

Shifting some 50,000 containers p.a. from road to rail

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Example: Regional Feeder Shuttle NetworkRhine-Ruhr-Area

Spoke Wesel

Spoke Gelsenkirchen

Spoke Dortmund

Spoke Unna

Spoke Essen

Spoke Ennepe

Establishing the 1st regional Hinterland-Hub-and-Spoke-system worldwide within Europe`s largest industrial conurbation

Spoke Marl

Spoke Krefeld

Spoke Dormagen

Learning #4: Offering of various value added services, i. e. rail services, facilty management, consulting

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duisport bundles maritime andcontinental cargo streamsEurope-wide

Approx. 350 scheduled combined transportation train links per week to over 80 destinations in the European hinterland

Hub relations greatly increase the shuttle capacities to and from ports

Combination of maritime and continental transport at the hub leads to strongly increased quantities

Guarantee of delivery for the customer due to frequent and continuous direct connections

Learning #5: Buildup and extension of an international transport network

duisport: Leading Turntable and Hub Function

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SummaryLearnings and Transferabilities for Middle East

#1: Cooperation & integration of strategic partners

#2: Long-term investments in essential infrastructure interfaces, i. e. terminal and railway infrastructure

#3: Establishment as an innovative customer-driven

solution provider

#4: Offering of various value added services, i. e. rail services, facility management, consulting

#5: Buildup and extension of an international transport network

From an infrastructur operator to a customer-driven service provider

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Thank you very much for your attention!

More Information: www.duisport.com