Trimodal Network Solutions -The neska intermodal active chain

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neska intermodal

Imperial Holdings LimitedSouth Africa

Car Rental and Tourism

LogisticsMotor and financial services

Imperial Logistics International

Europe

Imperial LogisticsSouth Africa

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The neska intermodal Container Terminals

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The neska intermodal Container Terminals

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The neska intermodal Container Terminals

• scheduled trimodal services to all important Northsea ports

• various shuttle connections to local satellite terminals (e.g. Hürth, Unna)

• modern infra and supra structures• ISPS certificates• storage of dangerous goods

• depot services for all major sea carriers

• container sales

• stuffing & stripping

• maintenance & repair

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Rhein-Ruhr Terminal Duisburg

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Current Terminal Infra- and Superstructure

• 77.000 m² terminal area (53.300 m² + 23.700 empty depot) • container storage capacity: 5.300 TEU • warehousing 3.000 m²

Rhein-Ruhr Terminal Duisburg

• 2 gantry cranes (up to 50 tons)• 4 reach stackers full container / 1 reach stacker empty units• reefer plugs: 12 (400V / 32A / 50Hz)• container repair shop

• trimodal connections:

barge: 400 m quayside

rail: 650 m railway tracks

truck: motorway connections: A2, A3, A40, A42, A57, A59

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Barge Schedule:- Antwerp: TU / TH / SA- Rotterdam: MO / TU / TH / FR / SU

Rail Schedule:- Rotterdam: MO / TU / WE / TH / FR- Bönen / Unna: MO / TU / WE / TH / FR

Trimodal Services Barge and RailTrimodal Services Barge and Rail

Rhein-Ruhr Terminal Duisburg

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CTS Container-Terminal GmbH

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Current Terminal Infra- and Superstructure

• 173.000 m² terminal area• container storage capacity: 12.400 TEU

CTS Container-Terminal GmbH

• 5 gantry cranes (up to 50 tons)• 5 reach stackers full container / 4 FLT• container repair shop • container sales

• trimodal connections:

barge: 800 m quayside

rail: 3000 m railway tracks

truck: motorway connections: A1, A3, A4, A57, A59

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Barge Schedule:Barge Schedule:• Antwerp: TU / MI / TH / SA• Rotterdam: MO / TU / TH /

SA

Rail Schedule:Rail Schedule:• Rotterdam: MO / TU / WE / TH / FR • Hamburg and Bremerhaven: MO / TU / WE / TH / FR / SA• KCG, Huerth (satellite terminal): MO / TU / WE / TH / FR• Bergisch Gladbach / Düren: MO / TU / WE / TH / FR

Trimodal Services Barge and RailTrimodal Services Barge and Rail

CTS Container-Terminal GmbH

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Intermodal Rhine Navigation / Rail Transportation

Alcotrans Container Line B.V.

• Multimodal operator, which plans, coordinates and executes transports of maritime containers by barge and rail from the ARA-ports to the lower rhine

• founded in 2003, 100 % member of Imperial Reederei Group

• fleet of 8 top modern barges with capacities of up to 450 TEU

• EDI interfaces with all partners within the transport chain

390.000 TEU p.a. carried per barge

45.000 TEU p.a. carried per rail

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Alcotrans Container Line B.V.: Weekly Departures

Barge

from Rotterdam to from Antwerp to

Duisburg v.v. 5 Duisburg v.v. 3

Krefeld v.v. 5 Krefeld v.v. 2

Düsseldorf v.v. 5 Düsseldorf v.v. 2

Neuss v.v. 3 Neuss v.v. 2

Dormagen v.v. 4 Dormagen v.v. 3

Köln v.v. 5 Köln v.v. 3

Rail

from Rotterdam to

Duisburg v.v. 5

Düsseldorf v.v. 5

Köln v.v. 5

Intermodal Rhine Navigation / Rail Transportation

Imbalanced Container Flows?

neska intermodal network => the efficient solution!

Process Optimization ...

One-Stop-Shopping …

Cost Reduction …

An other chance for inland water transport…

DCHDuesseldorf

CTSCologne

RRTDuisburg

KCTKrefeld

Container Export

Container Import

Current situation:

DCHDuesseldorf

CTSCologne

RRTDuisburg

KCTKrefeld

Our innovation:

Container Export

Container Import

Some information about the river Rhine

The first ships travelled on the river Rhine 2000 years ago

Since the 17th century bulk cargo is transported

In our days, the river Rhine is the busiest waterway in the world

The river Rhine is about 1000 km long

The river Rhine is linked to several other waterways, some of them have been build in the 20th century (“Mittellandkanal”)

How it all began...

End of the 1960th container transport by barge started on the river Rhine.CCS was the first liner service along the Rhine in 1976, operating with 52 TEU barges.

1976: 52 TEU barge

1967:1st. Ctr. in Rotterdam

2003: 400 TEU barge

Fast development

From the beginning of the 1980th the container transport by barge on the river Rhine grew explosivly as also the number of operators

1980…..60.000 TEU1985…..200.000 TEU1995…..1.000.000 TEU2007…..2.000.000 TEU

                                                

And many others

Success factors (initial)

Easy acces to major industrial centres via river Rhine

Competitive rates

Balanced volumes import – export

Bundeling of containers to reach the critical mass

Flexibility

Reliability

Safety

Success factors (social and enviromental)

Avoiding road congestion

Less fuel consumption, less emission

Dutch area appr. 25

Belgian area appr. 15

Lower Rhine appr. 15

Middle Rhine appr.15

Upper Rhine appr. 10

Major areas

Port of Rotterdamappr.40

Port of Antwerpappr.30

Many terminals and watersided depots

Changing Markets

Due to economic growth and globalisation more and more container were shipped to and from Europe. Consequently the waiting- and handling time at the seaports increased. In order to increase flexibility the inland shipping lines started to operate with larger barges. The capacity grew from 192 TEU to 398 TEU. So the stowage could done in separate stacks, in order not to block the operation when one of the planed terminals could not perform on time. So the costs grew, but the time schedules could be held, at least for a while.

Changing Markets

In 2004 the capacity problems in the ports became serious. It became more and more difficult to keep the turnaround time of a barge within an economically timeframe because of the long waiting time in the seaports. Where it used to be possible to serve for example Duisburg with one barge twice a week, it became even hard to serve Duisburg once a week. Extra barges had to be chartered in order to keep the sailing frequency. This brought even more ships to the seaports, so the existing problems increased again. The charter rates for barges climbed as never before.

In 2007 a congestion surcharge was implemented. This did not solve the problem, but softened the pain.

Rotterdam container terminal capacity and demand forecast

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Future Prospects...

Source: PoR.

Personal assumption: Port of Antwerp will have a similar development

Figures from the port of Rotterdam

The modal split expected in 2035

The port of Rotterdam has committed itself to promote “GREEN” transportmodes like barge and rail.

Because of this, 5 barge operators began to take a new initiative, in order to improve container handling.

New initiative

Development of an IT system based on GPRSData exchange to get grip on the logistical process

Transparent information

The new system: MIS - CoBiVa

GEOFENCES

70 ships of 7 operators are equiped with the system,the results are promising

GPS driven data-warehousing system

Summary

Basic Success factors to implement container transport by barge

•Balanced volumes in import and export to have the ships loaded in each direction•Highly productive terminals to operate the ships in a fixed time window•Possibility to reach more than one inland terminal with a barge•Industrial centres next to the inland terminals with a good road connection•Fixed schedules•Effictive Waterways

- Possibility to use big barges (waterlevel, bridges, etc.)- Low water level and top water level must allow barging through the whole year- Short transit times must be possible

Advantages of container transport by barge

•Very safe (nearly no accidents)•Reliable•Low costs•Best environmental balance•Avoiding road congestion

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Your advantages in numbers:

• container terminal area: 456.000 sqm

• intermodal departures: 210 per week oneway

• trucking: 220 trucks / 380 chassis

• container storage capacity: 30.000 TEU

• barging: 8 barges with capacity of 5.800 TEU per week

• staff: 320 employees

• TEU / year 1.000.000

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Members are: Alcotrans, Zwijndrecht; CTS, Köln; DCH, Düsseldorf; KCT, Krefeld; RRT, Duisburg; UCT , Dormagen