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Intermodal shortsea transport The motorway of the 21 st century. Sander van ‘t Verlaat. SPC HOLLAND. Started in 1997 based on report “No traffic jams at sea” Public/private partnership 62 participants Main aims Increase awareness of shortsea Provide information on possibilities
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Intermodal shortsea transportThe motorway of the 21st century Sander van ‘t Verlaat
SPC HOLLAND • Started in 1997 based on report “No traffic jams at sea” • Public/private partnership • 62 participants Main aims • Increase awareness of shortsea • Provide information on possibilities • Analyse bottlenecks • Information sourcefor private companies and governmental bodies
Enquiries • Number of enquiries per type
ShortSea Journaal • Content 2009 • Russia, fresh logistics, environment and cooperation • Part only for shortsea sector • Circulation about 4500 copies to: • Shippers/logistic providers 2900 • Shortsea operators 390 • Intermodal operators 270
Factsheets and brochures Following factsheets produced in 2009 • Ro-Ro and freight ferry • mailed to 790 transport companies • Shortsea and Dutch ports • Container dimensions • Internet Country factsheets for • Russia • mailed to 340 shippers with export to Russia • Turkey • mailed to 330 shippers with export to Turkey
www.shortsea.nl Visitors: • 73 unique visitors per calendar day • 5 visitors per calendar day to search engine Added to the site: • Container sizes • Statistics – transhipments Dutch ports • Map and lines with 45ft pw containers
Cooperation Under name of Holland Intermodal with • Rail cargo information Netherlands • Inland shipping information agency • European Shortsea Network (ESN) • In total 22 members • In Romania - RIA
Definitions Shortsea EU Shortsea shipping means the movement ofcargoand passengers by sea between ports situated in geographical Europeor between those ports and ports situated in non European countries having a coastline on the enclosed seas Bordering Europe. Shortsea shipping includes domestic and international maritime transport, including feeder services, along the coast, to and from the islands, rivers and lakes. The concept of short sea shipping also extends to maritime transport between the Member States of the Union and Norway and Iceland and other States on the Baltic Sea,the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
Shortsea in perspective • Major part is non-liner services • dry and wet bulk • neo bulk • in Europe more than 60% is dry or liquid bulk • More than 50% of total transhipment in all Dutch ports is shortsea • Shortsea tonnes in containers, all Dutch ports is about 16% • Mix of feeder and intra European containers
Shortsea containers • Feeder containers • Schedule follows deepsea carrier • Intra- European containers • Schedule according to market demand • Competing with road transport Often on the same vessels !
Shortsea is intermodal • Combination of sea- and landtransport • With containers: multimodal • by road • by rail • by inland barge
Developments - containers Types of cargo in containers • Cargo (on pallets) in 20 and 40ft (pallet wide) containers • Partloads (groupage) • Liquids, food and non-food in 20ft tankcontainers • Dry bulk such as plastics in 30ft bulkcontainers
Equipment requirements • Already different types of containers to suit the cargo e.g. flats, open top • In order to compete with road transport (13.60 mtr trailers) adapt container to cargo (build a box around the cargo) 40ft pallet wide container • 24 pallets of 100 x 120 45ft pallet wide container • 26 pallets of 100 x 120
45ft PW diesel-electric reefer special flowercontainerdevelopedfor GreenRail
45ft PW diesel-electric reefer • Inside length 13,275 mtr suitable for 33 euro pallets • 45ft container = 13.60 meter trailer • Double stack system possible • Suitable for rail and inland shipping • Sufficient fuel for couple of days • Temperature settings and controll from a distance through micro processor • The unit for intermodal Transport
Intermodal shortsea chain Cooperation Necessary!!! Shortsea is an alternative to road transport • BUT always needs road transport Shortsea can be competitive on longer distances • In combination with rail and road e.g. Italy • In combination with inland barge and road e.g. Germany
Advantages Environmentally friendly Guaranteed transittime onecontact person € Cheaper than road transport Via more than 200 ports door to door transport
Shortsea Promotion Centre Holland Tel. +31 10 2041888 Fax. +31 1050619035 e-mail shortsea@shortsea.nl www.shortsea.nl