The focus of this presentation is on the factors that drive Europe’s successful container on barge markets, and the lessons that can be applied in the United States.
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The European “Banana”
Spain
France
Italy
Germany
Denmark
United Kingdom
Ireland The Netherlands
Brussels
London
Liverpool Leeds
Cardiff
Belgium
Antwerp
Switzerland
Dublin
Barcelona
Rome
Paris
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
Milan
Bern
Cologne
Bonn
Strasbourg
Luxembourg
Rotterdam
Den Hague
Stuttgart
010112
Regions with greatest
market access
10% surface 50% output
Peripheral areas
60% surface 20% output
The economic power
base of Europe
08-99
Slide courtesy of Port of Antwerp
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2 of the Top 5 World Ports
0 100 200 300 400
Antwerp
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Singapore
Rotterdam
(International maritime traffic in millions of tonnes 2005)
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Main European Ports: Evolution of
Market Shares (Total Container Trade)
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5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
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B
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R
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A
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1986 2004
Slide courtesy of Port of Antwerp
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Overview of COB on Rhine
• Wide range of commodities
• Along the Rhine Corridor
Rhine River
System
Highest COB
densities are on….
35% mode share
3 Million TEU’s
• Most secure mode
• Civilian shipments for military
• Barge op’s b-hauled empties
• S. Germ FF’s b-hauled exports
• Full commercial service
US military – 1st customer
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Inland Mode Shares
at the Port of Rotterdam
million tons
barge rail pipe road total
liquid bulk 49.8 39% 1.61% 63.6 51% 11.69% 126.6 43%
dry bulk 77.4 86% 4.15% 0.0 7.9 9% 89.4 30%
containers 14.2 33% 6.816% 0.0 22.1 51% 43.1 15%
conv. cargo 2.2 6% 1.3 3% 0.0 34.291% 37.7 13%
143.6 13.8 63.6 75.8 296.8 100%
48% 5% 21% 26% 100%
Slide courtesy of Port of Rotterdam
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Mode Shift Tactics
• # of Ships calling at port
• % of tonnage on waterways
Leases for
Port Tenants
Tactical approach
for Rotterdam…. Modal Shift
Revenue Potential
• # of jobs created
Economic Development
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Port of Mannheim
• Rhine-Neckar:
European Metropolitan
Region
• Hinterland Port
• 11,310,000 m²
Slide courtesy of Port of Mannheim
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Throughput Containers (TEU)
Port of Mannheim
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
140000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Slide courtesy of Port of Mannheim
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Manheim Overview
• 26 Hours between Manheim and Rotterdam
• 800kms, no locks
• First containers moved in 1968
• US military’s civilian cargo
• Commercial container cargo followed
• 24 million people in larger Neckar/Rhine region
• Industry – BASF plant largest in world, 37k empl
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Container Terminal Mühlau Docks
Slide courtesy of Port of Mannheim
• 30% of COB arrive/leave by rail (Spain, Switzerland)
• On-dock
• 500m trains, 20 cars, single stack
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Container Terminal Neckar River
Slide courtesy of Port of Mannheim
• Ship-to-ship transfer
• Neckar allows 2-high stacks
• Rhine allows 3-high stacks
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Manheim Overview
• 26 Hours between Manheim and Rotterdam
• 800kms, no locks
• First containers moved in 1968
• US military’s civilian cargo
• Commercial container cargo followed
• 24 million people in larger Neckar/Rhine region
• Industry – BASF plant largest in world, 37k employees
• Typical vessel carries 150-200 boxes
• Can carry any kind of cargo
• Larger ones are dedicated container barges
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Climate Change
• 2 meters (6.5 ft)
• Lowering water level
Inland Water
Transport
Sustainability
Global warming is
undermining…. Declining rainfall/snow
Optimum draft
• 60% of normal load factor
Reduce barge efficiencies
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Danube in an Enlarged EU
Danube Corridor will face (for the next 10 years)
annual increase of:
• GDP ~ 4 to 5 %
• Trade ~ 6 to 7 %
• Transport ~ 8 to 9 % (regionally up to 15 %)
• Capacity problem of road and rail
• Enlargement brought new Member States with
inland waterways
• Different status of States along the Danube
Slide courtesy of Federal Ministry of Transport, Austria
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Danube is not the Rhine
• 2004 – 450k TEUs
• 2006 – 1 mil TEUs
• 2010 – 3 mil TEUs
• Weaker industrial base
• No international gateway
Danube Corridor
Emerging corridor….
Lack of Economic Densities
Port of Constantia
• Constantia - Vienna
COB is underdevelopment
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Development Strategy for the Danube
2007
Competitiveness Modal shift
Public
Relations
Informations-
services
Know how
Transfer
SEEC
Lobbying
Infrastructure
Upgradeofbottlenecks
Modernisationoffleets
Portinfrastructure
DonauRiverInformationServices
Services
Improvedservices
IntermodalServices
Transport-andLogisticsConcepts
Onestopshoppublicfunding
Innovation&Technology
2007
Competitiveness Modal shiftCompetitiveness Modal shift
Public
Relations
Informations-
services
Know how
Transfer
SEEC
Lobbying
Public
Relations
Informations-
services
Know how
Transfer
SEEC
Lobbying
Infrastructure
Upgradeofbottlenecks
Modernisationoffleets
Portinfrastructure
DonauRiverInformationServices
Infrastructure
Upgradeofbottlenecks
Modernisationoffleets
Portinfrastructure
DonauRiverInformationServices
Services
Improvedservices
IntermodalServices
Transport-andLogisticsConcepts
Onestopshoppublicfunding
Services
Improvedservices
IntermodalServices
Transport-andLogisticsConcepts
Onestopshoppublicfunding
Innovation&Technology
Slide courtesy of ViaDonau
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RIS Definition
Telematics Systems and
Information Services
in order to increase the
safety and efficiency of
inland waterway transport
Slide courtesy of ViaDonau
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Cost of RIS
• E255mill estimated
• Cost for Danube – E8.5 Mill
RIS
Project
Development
Cost
50% Paid by EU
DoRIS
EU Wide
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MARCO POLO Programme (2003-2006):
To support intermodal services and alternatives to road-only
transport until commercial viability
• Objective: shift international increase in road freight
off the road (12 bill. tkm/year in EU-15)
• 2003-2006, budget of 102 M€
• Risk funding, business-driven
• All segments of international freight (except air)
• Services only; no research, studies or (core)
infrastructure
Slide courtesy of Marco Polo