ITJ InternationalTransport 19·20 | 9 …€¦ · BLG Logistics Solutions as well as of subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and in Italy. From 2009 until the be-ginning of 2014 Cebulla

CommentAllies not rivalsThe future of container shipping stillremains very uncertain Given the dif-ficult economic environment consumersin many places continue to be cautiouswhich has a negative effect on volumestransported According to the London-based analyst Drewry there was anincrease in goods hauled in April fol-lowing an overall decrease in the firstquarter of 2014 It remains to be seenhow sustainable this improvement is Atthe moment rates are sinking again

In addition to the dwindling amount of goods it is aknown fact that the many large container freighters thatare successively entering the market these days presentanother problem They donrsquot help ameliorate many a ship-ping companyrsquos difficult position

More rational transport and more competitionContainer operators are therefore searching for new waysto close their ledgers with reasonable annual results Onepossibility is to rationalise services by forming alliances(such as the P3 and G6 efforts) or by taking over othercompanies whose activities in an ideal scenario comple-ment those of the buyerrsquos The latest example is the mergerof CSAV and Hapag-Lloyd (see page 16 in this issue)Apparently the Hamburg-based German shipping com-pany additionally hopes to take NOL from Singapore onboard Furthermore unconfirmed reports indicate thatHamburg Suumld is once again showing some interest in col-laborating with HL

Whatever turns out to be the case the planned jointdeployment of large vessels by CSAV and HL should helparrange transport services in a more rational way andfinally make them more competitive

Carriers are also plagued by the fear of additionalcosts caused in part by new legal regulations concerningfuel with a low sulphur content Some market analystsbelieve that the costs will be substantially higher than werepreviously expected Yet again one will have to wait to seethe effects of new laws that have just been introduced

It is certain that maritime carriers and all companiesthat participate in the supply chain have to search for asolution for survival To become allies instead of rivalsdoesnrsquot seem to be too bad an approach for starters

Jutta ItenITJ editor

Congratulations

Patron for the hall of fame

Alexander Dobrindt MP Germanyrsquos min-ister for transport and digital infrastruc-ture (BMVI) has become the patron of thelogistics industryrsquos hall of fame Dobrindtsaid his personal involvement arose fromhis belief in the importance of laquoturningthe spotlight on outstanding personalities in this keyindustryraquo Dorothee Baumlr MP parliamentary secretary ofstate in the ministry and the governmentrsquos coordinatorfor freight transport and logistics became a member ofthe logistics hall of famersquos jury and nominating commit-tee at the start of the parliamentary session in March

Alexander DobrindtPhoto Logistik Hall of Fame

11International Transport Journal 19-20 2014 Companies amp People Job Market

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12 Ports amp Shipping International Transport Journal 19-20 2014

The continuous cascading that is to saythe transfer of ships from the AsiandashEuropetrade into other lanes of ever-larger sur-plus panamax vessels into northndashsouthtrades is still contributing to overcapa-cities there

In the latest edition of its regular Con-tainer Insight Weekly report the Englishanalyst Drewry has said that it is ratherobvious that this problem is likely to getworse when the Panama Canalrsquos widenedlocks are opened at the end of 2015

MSC as the engineThe extent and nature of the problem be-comes clear in the light of the latest newspresented by the Mediterranean ShippingCompany (MSC) It is set to deploy a to-tal of no less than ten vessels all of themchartered and with an average capacity of4000 teu in a new service between Asiaand West Africa

The excess supply of panamax shipswith capacities of between 4000 and4999 teu has ensured that charter ratesfor units plying their trade in these laneshave plummeted and stayed low Thismakes entering that particular market arelatively simple move for new service

providers ndash at least initially It is likelyDrewry elaborated that other lines willfollow MSCrsquos lead especially once thePanama Canalrsquos new locks are openedand ships with outdated maximum sizescan increasingly be deployed in lanes forwhich they were not originally envisaged

Delays in the planned opening of theenlarged Panama Canal ndash it has been putback from the middle of this year to theend of next year ndash have thus at least had apositive effect on most northndashsouth tradelanes

Drewry has said that currently approx-imately 150 ships with capacities between4000 and 5000 teu use the canal to sailbetween Asia and the US east coast An-other 58 vessels of this size sail betweenEurope and the South American westcoast as well as the US east coast andthe South American west coast Many ofthem will be replaced by larger units afterthe expansion is completed

Not profitableEconomies of scale are at the heart oflinesrsquo business strategies in these diretimes ndash even though panamax units donot always generate satisfactory results

This development has again been broughtto the fore by Evergreenrsquos recent decisionto route more cargo from Asia to the USeast coast via the Suez Canal instead ofvia the Panama Canal

Too much by halfDrewryrsquos calculations have shown that337 ships with capacities of between4000 and 5900 teu are either deployedon routes that do not pass through thePanama Canal or have been laid upShifting even just a small proportion ofthe units that currently pass through thePanama Canal to deployment in othertrade lanes would have a marked impacton the market for ships of this size Thusa large proportion of panamax tonnageis expected to be scrapped according toDrewry independently of its age Drewrypointed out that the average age of thesevessels is 85 years with almost threequarters less than eleven years old

As many of these units are written offover a period of 15 to 20 years howeverscrapping a large proportion of this ton-nage would result in the elimination of agreat amount of book value on paper Re-furbishing or even enlarging these shipscould be one alternative though

About half of the worldwide panamaxfleet which comes to about 28 mil-lion teu today would have to be scrappedto eliminate oversupply after the PanamaCanal expansion Antje Veregge

Panamax fleet seeking new opportunities

Canal-expansion ripples spreading

Rnk Operator TEU Share Existing fleet Orderbook

1 APM-Maersk 2667484 1482 Mediterranean Shg Co 2414170 1343 CMA CGM Group 1532230 854 Evergreen Line 866536 485 COSCO Container L 764064 426 Hapag-Lloyd 762135 427 APL 642722 368 CSCL 614685 349 Hanjin Shipping 603664 33

10 MOL 594795 3311 Hamburg Suumld Group 494399 2712 NYK Line 478847 2713 OOCL 473134 2614 Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp 389266 2215 Hyundai MM 370602 2116 PIL (Pacific Int Line) 360094 2017 K Line 350562 1918 Zim 320857 1819 UASC 275834 1520 CSAV Group 241413 13

Container fleet on 27 April 2014 according to Alphaliner (existing fleet and orderbook)

Tabl

eAl

phal

iner

Delays in the Panama Canal expansion works have hit the headlines in the past few

months This is likely to have a positive effect at least on the northndashsouth trades

according to a scrutiny that the analyst Drewry has presented in its latest

Container Insight Weekly report

Reinforcing the Ravenna box terminalThe Ravenna Container Terminal (TCR) commissioned a new quaycrane at the end of April with the move a part of an overall EUR 8 mil-lion investment programme The new crane the facilityrsquos second onehas a reach of 17 rows of containers and 355 m under the spreader anda lifting capacity of 55 t TCR is now in a position to receive ships witha capacity of 8000 teu av

Russia investing in northern sea route

Expandingin the ArcticThe Russian government continues to promote the open-

ing up of the Arctic coast for commercial shipping as part

of its transport policy The new port of Sabetta which

should be fully operational from 2016 onwards has

already received calls from the first ships

Russia is investing heavily in its Arctic infrastructure(see also ITJ 49-522013 page 15) Russian transportminister Maxim Sokolov recently convened a ministryexecutive meeting at which he gave an assessment of de-velopments designed to facilitate shipping in the north-ern sea route He stated that in 2013 around 4 million tof goods were transported on the sea route

The new port of Sabetta on the Yamal Peninsulain Siberia which plays a central role in infrastructureplanning was recently inaugurated with the arrival ofthe first ship The country is also pushing ahead withthe construction of a new generation of icebreakers notseen anywhere else in the world before with a capacityof 60 MW each The first unit in this series is set to beready for its maiden voyage in 2017

Despite the difficult economic situation in Russia thecountry is set to invest substantially in Arctic and north-ern sea route projects Sokolov has also campaigned forprivate investment emphasising that public-private part-nerships could provide more impetus for the expansionof the northern sea route Christine Kulke-Fiedler

Russia is investing substantially in new icebreakers for the northern sea route

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13International Transport Journal 19-20 2014 Ports amp Shipping

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The merger is on track Germanyrsquos Hapag-Lloyd (HL) and Chilersquos Compantildeiacutea SudAmericana de Vapores (CSAV) signed abinding contract in April to merge theirbox transport activities

As only 27 of CSAVrsquos minoritystakeholders made use of their right towithdraw (below the threshold of 5 ofall shares) the merger is definite ndash thoughstill subject to the approval of the com-petition authorities concerned CSAVrsquoscontainer business in its entirety willthus become a part of Hapag-LloydrsquosThe South Americans in turn have takena 30 stake in HL making them oneof the linersquos three core shareholderswith the others being HGV (the city ofHamburg) and Kuumlhne Maritime Klaus-

Michael Kuumlhne the majority ownerof HL told a German newspaper thathe was positively disposed towards themove but simultaneously emphasisedthat even after the merger HL continuedto lag too far behind its key competitorsMaersk MSC and CMA CGM

He wants another partner on boardand makes no bones about the fact thathe would prefer the Singaporean lineNOL Though the Southeast Asian linehas shown no interest at all so far Kuumlhnedoes not preclude a change of mindNOLrsquos Singapore location means it wouldcomplement European and South Ameri-can activities ideally

Neighbourly talks with Hamburg Suumldare not off the cards with the latter ha-

ving signalled an interest in a triple alli-ance recently This would depend on theapproval of the Oetker family which hasalready torpedoed such a move twice be-fore The travel group Tuirsquos share of HLhas been cut from 22 to an initial 15as a result of the merger and will comedown further to 139 after a plannedcapital increase Antje Veregge

After the merger is before the merger

All good things come in threesConsolidation in the container shipping industry is proceeding ndash albeit only in small

steps Now that the merger between Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV has definitely been decided

discussions in Hamburg centre on another new partner ndash preferably from Singapore

Are the cards due to be reshuffled in Hamburg

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14 Ports amp Shipping International Transport Journal 19-20 2014

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15International Transport Journal 19-20 2014 Ports amp Shipping

Haropa the alliance of the ports of LeHavre Rouen and Paris is increasinglyfocusing on its role as a partner for trans-portation companies and for shippersThe ports provide their customers withservices from a single source thereby ena-bling them to save time and money

Last year the seaports handled a to-tal of 904 million t of cargo which was6 more than the previous year Thenumber of containers that went throughalso increased by 6 to 259 million teuHaropa therefore has an edge over otherhubs in northwestern Europe Of thesemaritime containers 160000 teu weretransported on the river Seine to Paris4 more than the previous year

Focusing on site development policyThe French alliance does not intend torest on its laurels in light of these resultshowever It rather wants to anticipate theneeds of the economy The partner portsare therefore currently developing a num-ber of ideas to attract more companies totheir sites

Together the three port operatorsmanage 70 major and minor river ports atvarious locations along the Seine whichtogether cover approximately 14000 haof business premises near the riverrsquosbanks as well as warehouse and industrialbuildings with a total of 27 million sqmof covered space Much of this capacity iscurrently still unused and thus availableto interested companies

The three ports together have 300 haof vacant land and 260000 sqm of ware-housing space which could largely beavailable immediately laquoHaropa wants toaccommodate its prospective customersin every respectraquo said Herveacute Cornegravedethe sales and marketing director of theport alliance However one thing is par-ticularly important for the port operatorlaquoWe make it a condition that multimodaltransport and in particular the water-ways are used for activitiesraquo

In addition to its own vacant landHaropa also manages that of several in-

land ports in Normandy ChampagneBurgundy and Ardennes meaning that atotal of around 500 ha of vacant land isavailable for companies to move to

Site acquisitionIn addition the ports are also purchasingmore land that is adjacent to attractivelocations that are of particular economicinterest such as in the port of Bonneuil-sur-Marne on the eastern outskirts ofParis for example

In the port of Gennevilliers to thenorth of Paris the alliance is currentlymodernising a 20000 sqm warehousewhich will house a subsidiary of theHeineken brewery group The brewer isvacating its current premises in Paris LaVillette to make increasing use of theinland waterways for its shipments infuture

Expanding activitiesIn recent years Rouen Europersquos leadinggrain handling centre has increasinglybecome a hub for the paper industry tooin addition to its core activities The pa-per industry uses the river port for incom-ing shipments of waste paper as well as todispatch rolls of new paper for domesticand overseas printing companies

The port of Rouen already provided spaceto expand these activities in 2013 Thecapacity of Le Havre is also not yet fullyutilised There is vacant land and ware-housing in four logistics zones betweenthe large Pont de Normandie bridge andthe new Port 2000 terminal The site de-velopment strategy is proving successful

The Seine is ever more attractiveLast year for example the Norwegiangroup Odfjell Terminals Europe decid-ed to build a new tank farm includinga liquid chemicals terminal laquoSubsidiar-ies of the three major maritime shippinglines that is Maersk Line MSC and CMACGM which have their own terminalsin Port 2000 in Le Havre also use theriver Seine and have a partial presenceat the main terminals along the riverraquoexplained Cornegravede

They act as locomotives with smallerand medium-sized enterprises followingtheir example and using the Seine fortheir shipments He is convinced thatlaquothe Seine artery is therefore becomingincreasingly significant and ever moreimportantraquo Cornegravede believes that laquoHa-ropa is in the process of becoming oneof the most dynamic ports for the 21stcenturyraquo Ralf Klingsieck

Haropa develops strategies to make better use of vacant land

Therersquos still some space in FranceWhilst many ports in northwestern Europe are operating close to the limits of their capacities the Haropa port alliance is developing

strategies to attract transportation and logistics companies to its hubs The undertaking will focus particularly on the use of vacant

sites along the river Seine A central aspect of this is making the best use of the waterway for transport to and from sea ports

The inland port of Rouen Europersquos largest grains hub has become an ever more important centre forthe paper industry in the past two years

Phot

oHa

ropa

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17International Transport Journal 19-20 2014 Aviation

The official opening of the new airport

in Qatar ndash initially planned for December

2012 and then called off again at the last

minute on 1 April 2013 ndash has now finally

taken place on 30 April

Akbar Al Baker the CEO of Qatar Air-ways watching a VIP flight land at thenewly-opened Hamad international air-port said that it was laquoa historic momentnot only for our airline but also for theentire Qatari nationraquo He was comment-ing on the first official landing at hiscompanyrsquos future hub Accompanyinghim aboard the Airbus A320 which hadtaken off just a few minutes earlier fromdirectly-adjacent old Doha internationalairport were members of the transport

ministry and the civil aviation adminis-tration of the Middle Eastern country

Initially ten airlines will use the newair hub which has been under construc-tion since 2005 They are Air Arabia AirIndia Express Biman Bangladesh Air-lines FlyDubai Iran Air Nepal AirlinesPakistan International Airlines PegasusAirlines Syrian Airlines and YemeniaQatar Airways itself wants to shift its en-tire hub operations to the new facility on27 May

Only thereafter will the airport seelarger aircraft land Qatar Airways is set totake delivery of its first three of ten A380son order and is the launch customer forthe A350 which will be delivered in De-cember Currently Qatar Airways oper-ates a fleet of 134 aircraft ndash including

three A330Fs and six Boeing B777Fs ndashwhich serve 138 destinations worldwideThe airlinersquos freight division Qatar Air-ways Cargo completed its first shipmentin the new facilities in December 2013(see ITJ 49-522013 page 19) Hamadinternational has been designed to han-dle a throughput of around 14 million tof cargo a year Formerly the companyrsquoscargo-handling capacities were limited tojust under 500000 t Andreas Haug

Opening of the new Hamad international airport

A soft landing in Doha

It was a smaller aeroplane and not one of Qatar Airways future wide-body jets that had the honourof making the first official landing at the new Hamad international airport in Doha Photo Qatar Airways

Japanese freight businessprofitable again

Japan Airlines ( JAL) has said that it hasbeen travelling laquoa slow road to recov-eryraquo in financial 2013 which ended on31 March The Japanese national carrierwhich only emerged from creditor pro-tection three years ago noted that house-holds had higher incomes and were thusindulging in increased spending which inturn had been supported by an upturn inexports as well as various political initia-tives to build the economy

This development was under pressurefrom a global economic downturn how-ever In total JAL achieved sales worthUSD 128 billion 57 more than in theprevious year Below the line its profitscame to USD 16 billion 54 less thanin the previous period when profits haddeclined by almost 15 Revenues fromits freight business increased by 41 toUSD 776 million According to reportsfrom Tokyo the airline was able to in-crease its international freight volumesby 97 despite limited opportunitiesfor an increase in demand in the country

ABC celebrates anniver-sary by adding Munich

Russiarsquos Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC)started its tenth anniversary year with thestrongest operational quarter in its his-tory In the first three months of 2014 thevolume of freight it transported increasedto 86500 t 9 more when comparedwith the same period last year Measuredin freight tonne kilometres ABCrsquos freightvolumes rose by 13 whilst the marketaverage was only 4

On 23 April ABC celebrated the tenthanniversary of its inaugural flight fromMoscow Domodedovo (Russia) to Bei-jing (China) Its five original destinationshave now been extended to 23 (see ITJ15-162014 page 23 of the special) On9 May ABC added a weekly Boeing B747service to Munich which had previouslybeen served by a B737 belonging to Volga-Dnepr Group sister airline Atran CargoAirlines Development manager AndreiAndreev said that the new route to andfrom Sheremetyevo will benefit fromstrong industrial production in southernGermany ah

In briefIncreased frequencies Turkish Airlines hasadded some Istanbul links to its scheduleIt now flies to St Petersburg seven times aweek instead of four and to Rostov-on-Donfour times a week instead of three Besidesthese two Russian cities the airline alsoimproved links to two Libyan destinationsIt now lands 14 times in Benghazi (up fromten) and 21 times in Tripoli (up from 14)

wwwturkishcargocomtr

Unique know-how Spainrsquos Iberia Mainte-nance has repaired its first FT8 industrialturbine and returned it to owner Endesawhich will use it to generate power inMenorca The Iberia Group subsidiary hassaid that it is the only firm in Europe Africaand the Middle East that has the capabil-ity and the capacity to handle this type ofturbine wwwiberiamaintenancecom

Corporate merger The two long-estab-lished airlines First Air and Canadian Northare set to merge They are each owned byrepresentatives of one of Canadarsquos first peo-ples the Inuit They both serve the sparsely-populated Arctic north of the country withcargo and passenger services

wwwnewnorthernairlinecom

No reason was officially given for why thelast planned opening of Doha airport wasscratched (see ITJ 15-16 2013 page 19)The reason for the last delay in Berlin fourweeks prior to its scheduled grand openingon 3 June 2012 was given as laquoproblems withthe fire safety systemraquo Now those in chargeof the new airport which has been takingshape since 2008 are reluctant to announcea new opening date Air Berlin CEO WolfgangProck-Schauer assumes that his company theGerman capitalrsquos largest airline will have tofly from Tegel ndash one of the two airports cur-rently operating in Berlin ndash for laquoanother twoyears at leastraquo

News from Berlin same old same old

18 Advertorial International Transport Journal 19-20 2014

Participants followed the event with keen interest and had the opposhyrtunity of taking on an active role themselves The sequence ofclasses offered was dedicated to transport management The topiccovered was the international logistics environment which dealtwith the influence international economic factors and their effectson transport logistics Realshyworld examples from the industry illushystrated the complexity international corporations have to contendwith today and what some of the approaches to solutions mightlook like

Afterwards participants had the opportunity to experience thepotential applications of modern logistics automation systems liveat Swisslogrsquos test and demonstration centre In addition to a proshyfessional tour there were questionshyandshyanswer sessions at variousworkstations Swisslog employees were available at the stationsas many of the questions were a real challenge even for expertsin the field

Generalists with a high level of skillsThe demand for wellshytrained logisticians especially generalists withproven realshyworld experience has been growing steadily in recentyears The lack of specialist employees is one of the industryrsquos greatchallenges ABBrsquos technical school saw the writing on the wall andsince 2006 has been offering a threeshyyear professional cooperativetraining programme culminating in a laquoDipl Techniker HF Logistikraquodegree a nationallyshyrecognised professional logistics qualificationbased on a new curriculum The degree represents the highest levelof logistics education in Switzerland outside of a university Theprogramme focuses on international logistics and supply chain manshyagement and is thus also a good choice for forwarders and peoplein the export business

In ABBTSrsquos practiceshyoriented logistics education the emphasis ison training specialised professional users who can be utilised in asmany areas of the logistics field as possible or others who have theknowshyhow to do a range of jobs Once again Swiss Logistics Dayat Swisslog in Buchs has made a contribution towards ensuring apracticeshybased approach as well as to the transfer of knowledge

Beat Schlumpfhead of the logistics department as well as of technical customerservices at the ABB Technical School (ABBTS)

Swiss Logistics Day promotes the next generation

United against a shortshyage of professionalsABBrsquos technical school joined forces with the firm Swisslog to give the

public an opportunity to take an inside look at the fascinating world of

logistics on Swiss Logistics Day The event was an important contribution

to the promotion of the next generation of logistics professionals

Logistics is more than just moving things from A to B In order to present the diversityof logistics tasks to a broad public a Logistics Day was introduced throughout Europerecently The Swiss Logistics Day is held under the auspices of the countryrsquos federaltransport office and is organised through GS1 Switzerland In collaboration with inshydustry partners ABBrsquos technical school has been a part of this initiative from day one

Swisslog based in Buchs a provider with global activities of integrated logistics solushytions for warehouses distribution centres and hospitals invited the public to takean inside look at training and practice together with the logistics department of theABBrsquos technical school (ABBTS)

ABBTS and Swisslog collaborated on Swiss Logistics Day

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19International Transport Journal 19-20 2014 Forwarding amp Logistics

Austriarsquos logistics real estate market hardly

stands out for its strong momentum these

days as the latest market analyses show

ITJ correspondent Josef Muumlller

investigates

The Austrian market for logistics real es-tate is hardly attractive for internationalreal estate developers these days Theyoften do not even have the country ontheir map of Europe When new real es-tate property is erected it is mostly usedby the builder itself The latter categoryincludes freight forwarders trading com-panies as well as industrial businesseslaquoAustria is a very quiet market whichgrows primarily from withinraquo observedUwe Veres-Homm of the Fraunhofer ISSresearch institute for instance Majorlogistics real estate developers prefer tolook to Germany or the Netherlandswhere their projects are far more lucra-tive because demand is far stronger laquoInGermany the potential is far greater thanin Austria or Switzerland despite all thecompetitionraquo Veres-Homm said

Low demand high pricesA lack of transparency regarding exist-ing buildings and actual lettings out-dated real estate a high degree of build-ings used by the owners themselves andlow demand characterise the Austrianmarket However these facts are pittedagainst consistently high rents amongstthe highest in Europe as can be read inthe latest market analysis conducted byCBRE a US real estate company Thelack of very large logistics areas paradox-ically leads to low demand for such inAustria This is contrary to the situationin Czechia and Slovakia where sufficientreserve areas are available Felix Zekely ofCBRE Austria explained

As logistics companies in Austriaprefer to use buildings that they buildthemselves rather than rent the need fornew surface areas continues to be smallThe low rents that are calculated in theproprietary use of old existing buildings(due to low accounting values) can thenbe passed on to the customers of the lo-gistics company concerned Higher rents

would result in a competitive disadvan-tage which cannot be absorbed in fullby efficiency increases is the conclusionof Zekelyrsquos examination The importantstandards that apply to contemporary lo-gistics real estate include sufficient shunt-ing areas and platforms as well as the ex-istence of sprinkler systems in additionto the size of the units (at least 5000 sqm)and a room height of at least 9 m

The situation in the regionslaquoHigh property prices in Viennarsquos citylimits donrsquot permit the development oflogistics real estate that could be offeredat a standard market price in terms ofthe calculationsraquo reads the report Well-connected dedicated plots of land inindustrial and commercial zones fetchplot prices of significantly more thanEUR 200 per sqm The conclusion is that

developers and interested parties need tomove further away from the city centreThe only real estate built on a speculativebasis that fulfils international standardswas erected by the real estate developerKara in Hagenbrunn not far from thenorthern city limits of the Austrian capi-tal Here a real estate project coveringapproximately 25000 sqm than can belet was built This is also the place whereAustriarsquos telecommunications companyA1 is establishing a new logistics base

The rents for logistics real estate in thecountry currently range between EUR 35and 65 per sqm and month The cheapestlogistics areas can be found in the met-ropolitan area of Graz where EUR 35per sqm per month is common whilstthe most expensive facilities are locatedin Bregenz and fetch EUR 65 per sqmper month Josef Muumlller

Logistics real estate in Austria

A very rigid market

A freight terminal with more than 6000 sqm of warehousing and office space was opened at Linzairport last autumn The tenants are ACS Logistics Cargo Partner Gebruumlder Weiss and UTi Logistik

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Rents returns property prices for logistics real estate in Austria

Rent EUR sqm month Returns () Property prices EUR sqmVienna north east 4ndash475 75 80ndash260Vienna south west 45ndash585 75 90ndash280Greater Vienna 375ndash5 8 45ndash150Linz 4ndash5 8 70ndash180Graz 35ndash5 825 80ndash180Salzburg 45ndash650 8 90ndash150Bregenz 45ndash650 75 80ndash190

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