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Global Ports Connecting Global Markets. Scottish Supply Chain Forum Neil Fletcher, Senior Account Manager May 2010. Southampton and Glasgow. 340 miles apart Traditional sea-faring cities Connection with the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth More recently the Queen Elizabeth II. Agenda.
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Scottish Supply Chain ForumNeil Fletcher, Senior Account ManagerMay 2010
Southampton and Glasgow • 340 miles apart • Traditional sea-faring cities • Connection with the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth • More recently the Queen Elizabeth II
Agenda • Facts and figures • Feeder Connections • Rail Connections • Road
Introduction Joint venture: • Dubai Ports World – 51% • Associated British Ports – 49% Employees: • 550 direct employees • 200 contractors
Our customers • Grand Alliance • New World Alliance • Independent • Slot charterers • Feeder lines
Destinations from Southampton • 8 sailings per week for Asia • 1 for Indian Sub continent • 1 for East Coast North America • Singapore five times per week • Hong Kong five times per week • Shanghai four times per week
Transit Times from Asia • TWNA SCX Service fastest time from South Asia • CMA CGM FAL 1 service fastest time from Shanghai • Grand Alliance Loop C fastest from Singapore
Sea access • Ideal first / last port into Europe with minimum deviation • Port operations rarely affected by weather • Unique double tide - 17 hrs out of every 24 of high or rising water • Feeder connections with Ireland, Scotland, Benelux and Portugal
An aerial view of DP World Southampton Feeder berth
2010 developments • 1 super post-panamax crane ordered for delivery in early 2011 with an option for a second • Dredging plans for later in 2010 to give over 1000m of minimum 14.0m draft
Operational capability • 10 ship-to-shore gantry cranes + 1 MHC • 100 straddle carriers • 8 Empty Handlers • Ability for vessels up to 370 metres long • Up to 15 metres depth alongside CMA CGM Vela, largest vessel to date (11,400 TEU)
Unique approach to feeders • Defined berth windows. • Dynamic connections. • Feeder partnerships.
Customer focus Paul Sawyer, Trade Manager, X-Press Container Line “Week 40, marked yet another milestone on our “SIX” Service.. that milestone being 78 x weeks (1.5 years) of “on-day, on-proforma” scheduling. This service over the above period has become a flagship service for us on the Irish/West coast UK trade and has proven not only the reliability of our own services but also the importance of Southampton as a transhipment-hub.”
X-Press Feeder Schedule • Loading Greenock Tuesday • Southampton Thursday to connect with weekend sailings. • Waits for Northbound connections sails Saturday
Road connections • Excellent motorway connections • Europe’s first Vehicle Booking System • Average sub 30 minutes turnaround times for trucks
Rail connections • Choice of two rail operators – Freightliner and DB Schenker • Gauge clearance for hi cube completed by Q1, 2011 • Project Update
Freightliner Timetable Imports from Southampton • Departs at 1027hrs Monday to Friday Arrives for first lifts at 0300hrs Exports from Coatbridge • Departs 1400hrs Monday to Friday • Arrives for first lifts 1830hrs Tuesday to Friday and 0510 Saturday • >
West Coast Mainline Upgrade • 49 structures at a cost of £72m • Southampton Tunnel – one closure both tunnels • Freightliner timetable available from day one
Scottish Supply Chain Implications • Three alternatives for your containers • Feeder, rail and road • Reliability and flexibility • Many and varied destinations from Southampton
Thank youNeil Fletcher, Senior Account Manager, DP World Southampton nfletcher@dpworldsouthampton.com