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The Port of Duisburg: Container handling volumes stable, goods handling declines in 2019
logport I © Hans Blossey
• Container handling volumes remain stable at approximately 4.0 million TEU (approx. -2.5 percent)
• Goods handling reaches approx. 61.1 million tonnes (approx. -6 percent)
Duisburg, 4 February 2020 - In 2019, container handling volumes at Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport), which reached approximately 4.0 million TEU, remained at the level of 2018 (4.1 million TEU). With a share of around 60 percent, container handling is duisport's most important business segment. Total goods handling is expected to decline from 65.3 million tonnes to approximately 61.1 million tonnes (-4.2 million tonnes).
The drop in total goods handling is due to weakening industry demand and Germany's move away from coal-based electricity, which led to another significant decrease in bulk cargo. With 20%, the coal and steel segment was below the previous year’s level. Other factors include the closure of the Öresund bridge, which has significantly impacted the trade with Scandinavia, and weaker demand for preliminary chemical products.
Stable developments in container handling
The stabilization of container handling volumes to 4.0 million TEU (-2.5 percent) after the 2017 and 2018 record years, and under continued difficult conditions, confirms the future viability of the duisport concept. Together with Chinese logistics group Cosco Shipping and other partners, around EUR 100 million will be directly invested in infrastructure improvements in the form of a new container terminal. In this way, the Port of Duisburg will continue its strategy of shifting freight transport, particularly transport from eastern Europe (truck, tractor-trailers, trailers), from road to rail. The implemented expansion measures and the addition of new customers, particularly in logport VI, will already trigger positive impulses for goods handling starting in 2021.
Second structural transformation in the region - Challenge for the Port of Duisburg
“The exit from coal, the continued crisis in the steel sector, the uncertain political environment associated with the energy transformation, the challenges of digitization and the apparent economic downturn - all these factors are akin to a second structural transformation for the entire North Rhine-Westphalia region. The diversified business model of Duisburger Hafen AG is well-equipped for these challenges. But even a company as prepared as ours cannot buck a progressively deteriorating trend in the long term,” concludes duisport Chief Executive Officer Erich Staake with regard to the preliminary analysis of the handling statistics for the year 2019.
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• Container handling volumes remain stable at approximately 4.0 million TEU (approx. -2.5 percent)
• Goods handling reaches approx. 61.1 million tonnes (approx. -6 percent)
Duisburg, 4 February 2020 - In 2019, container handling volumes at Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport), which reached approximately 4.0 million TEU, remained at the level of 2018 (4.1 million TEU). With a share of around 60 percent, container handling is duisport's most important business segment. Total goods handling is expected to decline from 65.3 million tonnes to approximately 61.1 million tonnes (-4.2 million tonnes).
The drop in total goods handling is due to weakening industry demand and Germany's move away from coal-based electricity, which led to another significant decrease in bulk cargo. With 20%, the coal and steel segment was below the previous year’s level. Other factors include the closure of the Öresund bridge, which has significantly impacted the trade with Scandinavia, and weaker demand for preliminary chemical products.
Stable developments in container handling
The stabilization of container handling volumes to 4.0 million TEU (-2.5 percent) after the 2017 and 2018 record years, and under continued difficult conditions, confirms the future viability of the duisport concept. Together with Chinese logistics group Cosco Shipping and other partners, around EUR 100 million will be directly invested in infrastructure improvements in the form of a new container terminal. In this way, the Port of Duisburg will continue its strategy of shifting freight transport, particularly transport from eastern Europe (truck, tractor-trailers, trailers), from road to rail. The implemented expansion measures and the addition of new customers, particularly in logport VI, will already trigger positive impulses for goods handling starting in 2021.
Second structural transformation in the region - Challenge for the Port of Duisburg
“The exit from coal, the continued crisis in the steel sector, the uncertain political environment associated with the energy transformation, the challenges of digitization and the apparent economic downturn - all these factors are akin to a second structural transformation for the entire North Rhine-Westphalia region. The diversified business model of Duisburger Hafen AG is well-equipped for these challenges. But even a company as prepared as ours cannot buck a progressively deteriorating trend in the long term,” concludes duisport Chief Executive Officer Erich Staake with regard to the preliminary analysis of the handling statistics for the year 2019.
Presentation of 3D crane simulator in the Port of Duisburg
Erich Staake (Chairman of the duisport board), Marcel Krause (crane technician of the duisport group), Prof. Thomas Schlipköther (member of the board). © krischerfotografie
Presentation of 3D crane simulator in the Port of Duisburg
Duisburg, 27 January 2020 – Today, the duisport Group officially presented its own crane simulator in the Duisburg free port: A first for combined transportation in the hinterland. With this initiative, the world's largest inland port not only sets new trends for technical innovation in the logistics industry but also invests in the professional training and continuing education of its own employees.
“The duisport training center in the Duisburg free port has already had its own train simulator since the beginning of 2019, and it is an integral part of our long-term training and continuing education strategy. The addition of a crane simulator means that the duisport Group’s training program is unique in Europe,” explains duisport Chief Executive Officer Erich Staake.
Under the project leadership of duisport Executive Board member Professor Thomas Schlipköther, the crane simulator was made in the US and was adjusted to the requirements and conditions of the Port of Duisburg. The crane was made by US company GlobalSim, which is based in Salt Lake City.
When using the simulator, the employees operate crane facilities in a virtual environment that mimics a real crane and the scenery in the Port of Duisburg. The so-called “piggy back simulation” is especially designed for the needs of inland ports.
The system has seven 4k flat screens that are based on a proprietary 3-DOF movement (three-dimensional space). Users get a realistic sense of how the entire simulator moves - exactly how the equipment would move during the operation of a real crane.
An instructor control station is in constant contact with the system and the user. The operator can simulate any number of scenarios with instruction, including difficult weather conditions and special emergency situations. Such scenarios cannot be simply practiced on a real crane during regular operations. This represents a fundamental advantage of the crane simulator.
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Duisburg, 16 January 2020 - DSV, one of the world’s leading logistics groups, will build a mega distribution cen-ter in logport VI.
The 40-hectare logistics park logport VI is a former indus-trial area that was developed by the duisport Group for companies that are active in the area of value-creating lo-gistics (contract logistics).
According to duisport's Chief Executive Officer Erich Staake, the goal is to generate many more workplaces than the 300 people that previously worked in paper pro-duction on this site.
Commissioning is expected to take place in the summer of 2021, with over 300 new workplaces created. The use concept provides for a land parcel of 12 hectares, which will initially feature a 56,000 square meter building with 76 dock doors.
The Denmark-based logistics group, which generates an-nual sales of EUR 15.8 billion, is a full-service provider of logistics services and also a leader in contract logistics. “This investment once more confirms our ability to provide our customers with the best economic environment as the leading logistics hub in central Europe,” says Erich Staake.
logport VI has been designed as a trimodal logistics areal with its own container terminal for optimum transport solu-tions. “We aim to provide our customers with sustainable competitive advantages in the Port of Duisburg and on the logport premises. Over 100 new companies have settled here in recent years, which underlines the attractiveness of our logistics concept,” says Erich Staake.
Horst Köhler visits the Port of Duisburg
The duisport board received the former German president and his wife in front of the head office of Duisburger Hafen AG (from left to right): Erich Staake (Chief Executive Officer to the Executive Board of Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport); Former Federal President Horst Köhler; Eva Luise Köhler; Prof. Thomas Schlipköther (Member of the Executive Board of Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport); Markus Bangen (Member of the Executive Board of Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport); © krischerfotografie
Duisburg, 10 January 2020 - Horst Köhler, who was the ninth President of the Federal Republic of Germany, visited the Port of Duisburg today. He informed himself of the further development of the successful structural transformation based on the logport concept, as well as current duisport projects. The visit also included start-up accelerator startport, which focuses on the latest industry trends in the logistics sector.
Horst Köhler was received by duisport Chief Executive Officer Erich Staake, with Board members Professor Thomas Schlipköther and Markus Bangen also in attendance.
The visit started at logport I, where Staake initially discussed the unique success story of Duisburg-Rheinhausen: From industrial brownfields to one of the leading logistics locations in Europe.
The former premises of the Krupp steelworks in Rheinhausen have given way to a booming logistics park that is home to approximately 50 companies and more than 5,000 employees over an area of 265 hectares. Directly or indirectly, the Port of Duisburg employs over 47,000 people and is therefore one of the major employers in the Rhine-Ruhr region.
The second station of the port visit was duisport subsidiary startport in the Werhahnmühle in the Duisburg interior port. Launched two years ago, startport has become a platform of innovative ideas for the logistics industry, which has attracted international attention.
Köhler already visited the Port of Duisburg in 2006, as part of an invitation to Duisburg that was extended by the Agentur für Arbeit.
In 2009, the city welcomed the diplomatic corps of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was during this visit that Horst Köhler informed himself of the logistics location Duisburg during a ship tour with former Lord Mayor Adolf Sauerland and duisport Chief Executive Officer Erich Staake.
“We were pleased to personally welcome former President Horst Köhler to the Port of Duisburg for the third time. His visit and interest in the progress of the logport concept reflect the esteem for Duisburg and the entire Rhine-Ruhr region,” explains Staake.
Pressepaket downloadenduisport and CargoBeamer focus on innovative rail logistics – for climate targets and sustainable growth
A new boost for rail logistics: Duisburger Hafen AG, a trimodal logistics hub and Europe’s largest hinterland hub, and Leipzig-based rail technology company CargoBeamer AG have entered into a long-term cooperation for more growth in the combined transportation (rail/road) segment. The objective of this collaboration is a massive increase in freight transport by rail. Innovative logistics products form the basis for this initiative. Three elements will be used to promote a climate-friendly transportation transformation: Automated handling for tractor trailers from road to rail, robotized cargo centers and the electromobility-based distribution of goods to industrial centers and urban metropolitan areas. This will lead to the emergence of a powerful European network out of North Rhine-Westphalia.
“Approximately three quarters of the freight on European roads is transported by tractor trailers, which have been unable to use rail for technical reasons. Duisburger Hafen AG, which is the European leader in trimodal goods handling (road/rail/ship), is expanding its services into this large market segment. Now we offer our customers efficient and excellent climate-compatible logistics chains from ramp to ramp on the basis of their existing vehicle fleet. That is another quantum leap for the type of logistics services that our customers have grown to (and can continue to) expect from our premium port. This effort combines the strong innovative power from the Rhine-Ruhr region with the sophisticated innovations out of Saxony,” says Erich Staake.
“The CargoBeamer technology was developed for exactly this market,” says Dr. Hans-Jürgen Weidemann, CEO and co-founder of CargoBeamer AG. “The transportation transformation in the freight segment can only be achieved with automation, parallelization and digitization, and by addressing the huge market for tarp, reefer, silo and mega trailers of all types with innovative rail logistics products. The CargoBeamer technology is based on the entirely automated and high-throughput loading and unloading of tractor trailers of all types. A CargoBeamer transshipment track can unload and load an entire train in 15 minutes, and within 20 minutes on ‘half-long’ tracks,” says Weidemann.
The network of innovative arrival and departure train stations for tractor trailers is just one pillar in the partners’ vision for the future. In addition to the handling centers and automated cargo centers, the duisport Group will also implement digital platforms for processing “LTL” (“Less than truck”) and “LCL” (“Less than container”) shipments for its freight forwarder and logistics customers.
This method is even supposed to work all the way to China, as the partners are relying on another innovation: the “CBoXX” – a high-volume rail container that can be loaded and unloaded by robots. The ubiquitous sea container, which dominates the market and the transcontinental movement of goods, is optimized for maritime vessels and not for automated continental rail logistics. The “CBoXX” will allow the environmentally-friendly but hitherto not very flexible freight trains to connect to modern cargo centers and offer competitive unit costs especially in the flexible market for less-than-full-load shipments.
duisport is already the leading hub for freight trains from China: Every week, around 35 trains from Chinese commercial centers reach one of Duisburg’s “logports” via the “New Silk Road”.
With the “CBoXX” technology, trains will be able to transfer additional ocean freight volumes to the faster rail segment using automation, rapid track changes at the Russian and Chinese border and the optimum use of volume and weight on the rail cars. “The land route using rail is not only faster but also connects many urban metropolitan areas in China, Central Asia, Russia and Europe,” says Erich Staake.
As a first step, the partners will shortly start transport routes using the first CargoBeamer rail car park for all types of tractor trailers, with Duisburg as the starting point and destination. In this way, the already existing container terminals in Duisburg can also be utilized.
The CargoBeamer rail car technology is fully compatible with existing cranes and reach stackers: “Customers only have to bring their tractor trailers to logport and pick them up at the destination. It is just like traveling in person – you get on board and off you go,” says Weidemann. At present, the rail cars of the Leipzig-based company are traveling solely on one of the first Alpine-crossing routes to Milan/Domodossola.
Pressekontakt CargoBeamer AG:
Barbara Schafroth
Handelsplatz 1b
D- 04319 Leipzig
Fon/Fax Leipzig: +49 341 652358 14
Email: bschafroth@cargobeamer.com
Internet: www.cargobeamer.com
duisport and CargoBeamer focus on innovative rail logistics – for climate targets and sustainable growth
A new boost for rail logistics: Duisburger Hafen AG, a trimodal logistics hub and Europe’s largest hinterland hub, and Leipzig-based rail technology company CargoBeamer AG have entered into a long-term cooperation for more growth in the combined transportation (rail/road) segment. The objective of this collaboration is a massive increase in freight transport by rail. Innovative logistics products form the basis for this initiative. Three elements will be used to promote a climate-friendly transportation transformation: Automated handling for tractor trailers from road to rail, robotized cargo centers and the electromobility-based distribution of goods to industrial centers and urban metropolitan areas. This will lead to the emergence of a powerful European network out of North Rhine-Westphalia.
“Approximately three quarters of the freight on European roads is transported by tractor trailers, which have been unable to use rail for technical reasons. Duisburger Hafen AG, which is the European leader in trimodal goods handling (road/rail/ship), is expanding its services into this large market segment. Now we offer our customers efficient and excellent climate-compatible logistics chains from ramp to ramp on the basis of their existing vehicle fleet. That is another quantum leap for the type of logistics services that our customers have grown to (and can continue to) expect from our premium port. This effort combines the strong innovative power from the Rhine-Ruhr region with the sophisticated innovations out of Saxony,” says Erich Staake.
“The CargoBeamer technology was developed for exactly this market,” says Dr. Hans-Jürgen Weidemann, CEO and co-founder of CargoBeamer AG. “The transportation transformation in the freight segment can only be achieved with automation, parallelization and digitization, and by addressing the huge market for tarp, reefer, silo and mega trailers of all types with innovative rail logistics products. The CargoBeamer technology is based on the entirely automated and high-throughput loading and unloading of tractor trailers of all types. A CargoBeamer transshipment track can unload and load an entire train in 15 minutes, and within 20 minutes on ‘half-long’ tracks,” says Weidemann.
The network of innovative arrival and departure train stations for tractor trailers is just one pillar in the partners’ vision for the future. In addition to the handling centers and automated cargo centers, the duisport Group will also implement digital platforms for processing “LTL” (“Less than truck”) and “LCL” (“Less than container”) shipments for its freight forwarder and logistics customers.
This method is even supposed to work all the way to China, as the partners are relying on another innovation: the “CBoXX” – a high-volume rail container that can be loaded and unloaded by robots. The ubiquitous sea container, which dominates the market and the transcontinental movement of goods, is optimized for maritime vessels and not for automated continental rail logistics. The “CBoXX” will allow the environmentally-friendly but hitherto not very flexible freight trains to connect to modern cargo centers and offer competitive unit costs especially in the flexible market for less-than-full-load shipments.
duisport is already the leading hub for freight trains from China: Every week, around 35 trains from Chinese commercial centers reach one of Duisburg’s “logports” via the “New Silk Road”.
With the “CBoXX” technology, trains will be able to transfer additional ocean freight volumes to the faster rail segment using automation, rapid track changes at the Russian and Chinese border and the optimum use of volume and weight on the rail cars. “The land route using rail is not only faster but also connects many urban metropolitan areas in China, Central Asia, Russia and Europe,” says Erich Staake.
As a first step, the partners will shortly start transport routes using the first CargoBeamer rail car park for all types of tractor trailers, with Duisburg as the starting point and destination. In this way, the already existing container terminals in Duisburg can also be utilized.
The CargoBeamer rail car technology is fully compatible with existing cranes and reach stackers: “Customers only have to bring their tractor trailers to logport and pick them up at the destination. It is just like traveling in person – you get on board and off you go,” says Weidemann. At present, the rail cars of the Leipzig-based company are traveling solely on one of the first Alpine-crossing routes to Milan/Domodossola.
Pressekontakt CargoBeamer AG:
Barbara Schafroth
Handelsplatz 1b
D- 04319 Leipzig
Fon/Fax Leipzig: +49 341 652358 14
Email: bschafroth@cargobeamer.com
Internet: www.cargobeamer.com
Splendid honour for Staake
Erich Staake was inducted to the Logistics Hall of Fame. Source: Logistics Hall of Fame / Gabsch
Press release of Logistics Hall of Fame.
Ismaning near Munich/Berlin, December 5, 2019. Thunderous applause, standing ovations and a flurry of flashlights for Erich Staake: On December 5, the Chairman of the Executive Board of Duisburger Hafen AG was inducted to the world-famous hall at the annual gala reception of the Logistics Hall of Fame at the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin as the “modernizer of inland port logistics”. 250 guests from logistics, politics and industry paid tribute to the work of the man who, with his logport concept, had led inland port logistics into a new era and made the regional port of Duisburg to one of the leading logistics hubs in Europe.
“Erich Staake has characteristics that are rarely found among managers: He combines power, management and courage. He assumes responsibility, leads and sets the direction. And he has shaken up logistics,” said former Bertelsmann manager Mark Wössner, who delivered the laudatory speech for the new member. The manager has not only made a significant contribution to the port of Duisburg, but has also impressively demonstrated how logistics strengthens the economic power and quality of life of an entire region. A total of 50,000 jobs, 7,000 directly in the port, have been created in the past 20 years.
Staake, who worked as a manager for Preussag, the construction group Philipp Holzmann, Wella and Bertelsmann among others, is the 35th member of the Hall of Fame of the world's most famous logisticians. In the historic Erich Klausener Hall of the Federal Ministry of Transport he accepted the prestigious membership certificate made of glass and metal.
Source: https://www.logisticshalloffame.net/en/press/press-information/splendid-honour-for-staake-and-titzrath#!LHOF_Trophy
Background: The Logistics Hall of Fame was founded in 2003 and honours leading figures who have made outstanding efforts to promote the further development of logistics and supply chain management. This eternal pantheon is also designed to remind future generations of the achievements of these individuals in the service of logistics. The aim of the Logistics Hall of Fame is to act as a worldwide platform to publicise the performance capability of logistics and its importance for society. The Logistics Hall of Fame is a non-profit initiative supported by the world of politics, associations, the logistics industry and logistics science. The patron is Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) in Germany.
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