Creating a bigger hinterland - Global Maritime Hub...Cargo handling 1. Main chemical hubs per continent Houston Singapore Antwerp 2. Storage and distribution in the Port of Antwerp

Port of Antwerp Creating a bigger hinterland

Helen De Wachter Senior Consultant Strategy & Development 1 December 2010

Port of Antwerp

Importance of intermodal freight in the Port

of Antwerp

Port of Antwerp Hinterland

Intermodal projects in the Port of Antwerp

Multifunctional port

1. Industry

2. Logistics

3. Cargo handling

1. Main chemical hubs per continent

Houston

Singapore

Antwerp

2. Storage and distribution in the Port of Antwerp

– 5.45 million m² covered storage space

– Cool and cold storage, hazardous goods warehouses etc.

– Added value services:

– weighing

– packing

– quality control

– labelling

– stock management etc.

3. Shipping freight volumes 2010

Liquid bulk

21%

Dry bulk

11%

Breakbulk

8%

Containers

60%

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Import

Export

176 million ton

3. Shipping freight volumes 1990-2010 (estimation of) total

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Export

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102 million ton

= 8,4 million TEU

3. Shipping freight volumes 1990-2010 (estimation of) containers

Evolution of container market share in the Hamburg - Le Havre Range

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Zeebrugge Bremen Le Havre

A seaport is more than a transit hub

– A seaport is partner in the total logistics chain

– Competition with other ports is about logistics and transport networks

– Customer wants a total supply chain solution

Port of Antwerp

Importance of intermodal freight in the Port

of Antwerp

Port of Antwerp Hinterland

Intermodal projects in the Port of Antwerp

Modal split containers

Seagoing vessel

train

14%

road

37%

barge

45%

2009 2020

barge

40%

road

40%

train

20%

2009

barge

33%

road

56%

train

11%

overall cont cont

pipeline

4%

Inland navigation Importance

– 2nd biggest barge hub in Northern Europe

– 55 000 handled barges in 2009

– Connected to the European waterway network by Scheldt-Rhine canal and Albert canal

– Main inland terminals within easy reach: Brussels, Liège, Duisburg, Ludwigshafen, Basel, etc.

Inland Navigation in the Port of Antwerp Evolution

=> 1997 – 2008: strong growth of inland navigation

overall: +57% - containers: +124%

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forecast 2010 = 84.6 million tons

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forecast 2010 =

20,6 million tons

or 2.55 million TEU

increase of 11%

versus 2009

OVERALL CONTAINERS

Inland Navigation Container shuttles

– 45 barge operators frequently connected to the port of Antwerp

– 15 operators representing 80 % of the market share

– Over 370 container shuttles per week to 55 destinations in 7 countries

– All container barge sailings can be consulted on www.inlanddeparturelist.be

Inland navigation Intra Port Barge services

Volume 2009: 400 000 TEU

= 15% of container barge traffic in the Port of Antwerp

3 specialised operators within the port

Daily barge services between all container quays in the Port of Antwerp

Right bank River terminals right bank: Q913 & Q869

Delwaide dock: Q730 & Q742

Canal dock B1/2: Q604 (Ancon) & Q524

Churchill dock: Q420

Grain dock: Q364 (ATO)

3rd Harbour dock: Q170

Albert dock: Q104

Left bank

Deurganck dock: Q1700 & Q1742

Vrasene dock: Q1227

Rail freight Importance

– 2nd biggest rail port in Europe

– 2009: 24 million tonnes (net)

– 1055 km tracks in the port

– 26 rail sidings

– Each terminal has a rail connection

– 250 loaded freight trains daily

– +/- 50 % of all Belgian in- and export has origin or destination Antwerp

Share rail freight in modal split of the Port of Antwerp

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containers total

Source: EOS 2008, GHA

– NMBS Logistics

– Crossrail Benelux

– TrainsporT AG

– ACTS

– Belgian Rail Feeding

– SNCF Fret

– Captrain

– European Rail Shuttle

– CFL Cargo

– DB Schenker Nederland

– Euro Cargo Rail

11 railway companies on the Belgian Net

+ 3 new railway companies have applied for safety certificate B

Rail freight in the Port of Antwerp 2009 Market shares

1%

8%

11%

80%

Rail freight sector: 3 different markets

Transport concept Market share Competitive environment

Block Trains

25%

Traditionally barge competition

Price decline

Single Wagon Load traffic

25%

Road competition

High entry barriers

Complex production process

Combined transport

50%

Strong road competition

Subsidized in several countries

Source: X-Rail, Mc Kinsey, VIL, Port of Antwerp

– IFB Interferryboats Connections to - Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

- CIS countries, Romania

- France, Spain, Austria, Hungary

- Germany, Italy, Balkan, Scandinavia

– Hupac Connections to - Spain, Portugal

- Germany, Italy

- France, Switzerland

- Poland, Russia

– Rail Link Connections to - Dourges

– Naviland Cargo Connections to - Lyon/Marseille

- Strassbourg

– MSC Medlog Connections to - Frankfurt, Germersheim

- Neuss, Regensburg

– Kombiverkehr Connection to - Duisburg

– Quadrum Raillogistics Connection to - Basel, Novarra

7 intermodal operators in the Port of Antwerp

Single wagon loads

– Single wagon load traffic is done almost exclusively by NMBS-logistics in the Port of Antwerp.

– In 2008 the total volume of single wagon loads accounted for 6,6 million tonnes, or 26% of the total volume that NMBS-Logistics transported to and from the Port of Antwerp

– In 2009 This volume dropped to 4,7 million tonnes or 25% of the total NMBS-Logistics volume in Antwerp

Rail freight 26 Public rail sidings

Main Hub

Far West

Belgische Basis

Kongo

Rhodesie

Angola

Wilmarsdonk

Amerika Zuid

West-Siberië

Groenland

Alaska

Ijsland

Petrol

Kanaaldok

Oorderen

Lillo

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Kalishoek

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Saeftinge

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Xrail network 2010

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Container rail terminals

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Main Hub

Zomerweg

Combinant

Hupac Terminal Antwerp (HTA)

Maritime rail terminals

Cirkeldyck (MSC Home Terminal)

Noordzeeterminal PSA

Europaterminal PSA

Antwerp Gateway DP World

Deurganckdok PSA

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Over 250 container shuttles per week to more than 70 destinations in 19 countries

Rail freight

Container shuttles from/to the Port of Antwerp

Over 250 container shuttles per week to more than 70 destinations in 19 countries

Rail freight

Container shuttles from/to the Port of Antwerp

Over 250 container shuttles per week to more than 70 destinations in 19 countries

+ 7 new connections in 2010

Port of Antwerp

Importance of intermodal freight in the Port

of Antwerp

Port of Antwerp Hinterland

Intermodal projects in the Port of Antwerp

A seaport is more than a transit hub

– A seaport is partner in the total logistics chain

– Competition with other ports is about logistics and transport networks

– Customer wants a total supply chain solution

Collaboration with hinterland hubs

– What?

– Tight collaboration between port and hub in the hinterland

– Why?

– Supporting logistics platforms in the natural hinterland of Antwerp (for ex. Liège, Genk, Venlo, Duisburg, etc.)

– Improved barge and railway network

– Hinterland hubs take over groupage and distribution function of seaport

– Hinterland hubs have become a major determining factor in the success of a port

Hinterland strategy: 3 pillars

1. Infrastructure: extending rail, barge and road infrastructure, e.g.

– Barge: heighten bridges on Albert Canal

– Rail: Liefkenshoek rail tunnel, 2nd rail access to the port

– Road: Oosterweel connection

2. Operational improvements, e.g.

– Master plans rail and barge

– Central Barge Planning system

– ICT: “Port Community system”

3. Collaboration and/or investment in the hinterland, e.g.

– Limburg: Logistics Platform

– Liège: TriLogiPort

– Beverdonk: Container terminal (transferium)

– 2 new terminal projects (South and East)

Hinterland strategy: Goals

– “Win-win” for the seaport and the hinterland hub

– Anchoring of trade flows

– Anchoring companies with trade imports/exports in ‘natural hinterland’

– Local account approach of shippers

– Deploy Port of Antwep marketing efforts to attract companies in the hinterland location

– Optimisation of available (limited) space of port concessions

– Focus in the port on port related activities

– Offering potential investors an alternative at equal total logistics costs in the hinterland

– Structural congestion free solution via solid hinterland strategy

– Bundling of flows

– Optimisation of rail and barge network

– Hinterland nodes take over certain activities of seaports

– Groupage, distribution functions

– Green lanes, customs, security,…

- Tier 1: Consolidation of volumes via transferia

- WCT Meerhout, Beverdonk Container Terminal, TCT Willebroek, Port of Brussels,…

- Tier 2: Tri-modal hinterland hubs

- LAR Kortrijk & Mouscron (South West), Athus (South East), Liege

- Tier 3: Hinterland corridors (Rail/Barge)

- South Lanes:

- France/Spain (Lille/Paris/Irun/ Hendaye and Lyon/Marseille/ Perpignan/Barcelona)

- Italy (Basel/Milan East & West)

- Eastern Lanes:

- Rhine corridor

- Germany/Austria/Hungary

- Czech Rep/Poland

Port of Antwerp hinterland strategy

Port of Antwerp Collaboration and investments in inland terminals

– Logistics Platform Limburg

– Collaboration with the province Limburg, POM Limburg, NV De Scheepvaart, NV LRM & city councils (14)

– Collaboration on land development promotion, joint efforts in infrastructure developments and exchange of know-how,…

– Genk South:

– 26 ha of Port of Genk

– Joint efforts to attract potential investors

– Port of Brussels

– Collaboration on land development, promotion, and hinterland connections and exchange of knowledge

– Trilogiport, Liège

– Economic collaboration

– Beverdonk Container Terminal

– Participation in Joint Venture

– Operational start 2012

Port of Antwerp

Importance of intermodal freight in the Port

of Antwerp

Port of Antwerp Hinterland

Intermodal projects in the Port of Antwerp

Masterplan Barge (2009-2016)

1. AIS for barges (Automatic Identification System)

– Compulsory use of inland AIS as from 1 March 2011 for inland navigation in the port of Antwerp

2. Functional Analysis Inland Container Shipping

– Charting the functional needs of the different inland shipping players in the short and long run in a structural manner

– Resulting in a supported action plan that can be initiated at short notice

3. Sailing schedules Container Barges

– Optimisation of the sailing schedules of the barge operators in the port

4. Barge Traffic System

– ICT interface between the barge operator and the terminal operator for the planning of loading and unloading operations.

– New version mid September 2010

5. Consolidation small container volumes

– Investigation by APA into possibility to set up consolidation platform in or outside the port

– Focus on consolidation of the Rhine volumes

6. Premium Barge Service intra port transport by barge

– Working out a dedicated barge service (regular ‘bus service’) servicing fixed terminals within the port with fixed volumes at fixed time slots.

Upgrading Albertcanal between port and Wijnegem

Renovation Van Cauwelaert lock (2008-11)

Waiting dock for push barges K530

Development of waste park and water supply nearby Lillo bridge

Waiting dock for barges Noordland bridge

Waiting dock for barges Lillo

Replacement fenders in Vrasene Dock

Barge infrastructure investments

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Masterplan Rail (2009-2016) 1. Antwerp Intermodal Solutions II

– Objective: create new intermodal linkages between Antwerp and selected regions in Southern Germany & Central/Eastern Europe. Achieve win-win

– Commercial & cost advantages for participants (demand side)

– New opportunities for rail, intermodal and terminal operators

– Antwerp as a rail hub

– Antwerp Port Authority (APA) runs a neutral platform to allow for bundling of traffic (forwarders and carriers) and provide structured feedback to supply side

– Results: 5 new railway connections (Paris, Vienna, Ludwigshafen, Verona + 1 to be launched) + 2 destinations with frequency increases (Lyon and Duisburg)

2. Intra Port Rail – Objective: to improve competitiveness of intra port shunting services and last mile

solutions.

3. Conditions – tanking facilities

– maintenance workshops for wagons and locomotives

– parking facility for wagons & locomotives

– use of Antwerp North bundling station

– Locomotive drivers: bottleneck profession (a profession which has difficulty filling vacancies)

4. Innovative projects to improve hinterland connectivity – E.g. connect Antwerp to China via rail

– E.g. creating a corridor towards the West (UK market)

Liefkenshoek railway tunnel

Deurganckdok rail installations and terminals

Capacity extension right bank rail access (L27A) + second rail access

Modernisation rail infra right bank

Iron Rhine

Rail infrastructure investments

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