1. Trimodal Network Solutions - The neska intermodal active chain

2. Imperial Holdings Limited
neska intermodal
Imperial Holdings Limited
South Africa
Car Rental
and Tourism
Logistics
Motor and financial services
Imperial Logistics
International
Europe

3. The neska intermodal Container Terminals

4. The neska intermodal Container Terminals

5. The neska intermodal Container Terminals
scheduled trimodal services to all important Northsea ports
various shuttle connections to local satellite terminals (e.g. Hürth, Unna)
depot services for all major sea carriers
stuffing & stripping
container sales
maintenance & repair
modern infra and supra structures
ISPS certificates
storage of dangerous goods

6. Rhein-Ruhr Terminal Duisburg

7. Rhein-Ruhr Terminal Duisburg
Current Terminal Infra- and Superstructure
m² terminal area ( m² empty depot)
container storage capacity: TEU
warehousing m²
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

8. Rhein-Ruhr Terminal Duisburg
Trimodal Services Barge and Rail
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

9. CTS Container-Terminal GmbH

10. CTS Container-Terminal GmbH
Current Terminal Infra- and Superstructure
m² terminal area
container storage capacity: TEU
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

11. CTS Container-Terminal GmbH
Trimodal Services Barge and Rail
Barge Schedule:
Antwerp: TU / MI / TH / SA
Rotterdam: MO / TU / TH / SA
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

12. 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
TEU p.a. carried per barge
TEU p.a. carried per rail

13. Intermodal Rhine Navigation / Rail Transportation
Alcotrans Container Line B.V.: Weekly Departures
Barge
from Rotterdam to
from Antwerp to
Duisburg v.v. 5 3
Krefeld v.v. 2
Düsseldorf v.v.
Neuss v.v.
Dormagen v.v. 4
Köln v.v.
Rail
from Rotterdam to
Duisburg v.v. 5
Düsseldorf v.v.
Köln v.v.

14. Imbalanced Container Flows?
An other chance for inland water transport…
Imbalanced Container Flows?
Process Optimization ...
One-Stop-Shopping …
Cost Reduction …
neska intermodal network => the efficient solution!

15. Current situation:
RRT
Duisburg
KCT
Krefeld
DCH
Duesseldorf
Container Export
Container Import
CTS
Cologne

16. Our innovation:
RRT
Duisburg
KCT
Krefeld
DCH
Duesseldorf
Container Export
Container Import
CTS
Cologne

17. 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”)

18. 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

19.                                                 
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… TEU
1985… TEU
1995… TEU
2007… TEU
And many others

20. 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

21. Success factors (social and enviromental)
Avoiding road congestion
Less fuel consumption, less emission

22. Major areas
Many terminals and watersided depots
Port of Rotterdam
appr.40
Dutch area appr. 25
Lower Rhine appr. 15
Port of Antwerp
appr.30
Middle Rhine appr.15
Belgian area appr. 15
Upper Rhine appr. 10

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. Figures from the port of Rotterdam
Future Prospects...
Figures from the port of Rotterdam
Source: PoR.
Personal assumption: Port of Antwerp will have a similar development

26. The modal split expected in 2035
The port of Rotterdam has committed itself to promote “GREEN” transport
modes like barge and rail.
Because of this, 5 barge operators began to take a new initiative, in order
to improve container handling.

27. Transparent information
New initiative
Development of an IT system based on GPRS
Data exchange to get grip on the logistical
process
Transparent information

28. GEOFENCES The new system: MIS - CoBiVa
GPS driven data-warehousing system
GEOFENCES
70 ships of 7 operators are equiped with the system,
the results are promising

29. 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

30. Terminal Alliance – The Advantages
Your advantages in numbers:
container terminal area: sqm
container storage capacity: TEU
intermodal departures: 210 per week oneway
barging: barges with capacity of TEU per week
trucking: trucks / 380 chassis
staff: employees
TEU / year

31. Get On Board

32. All in one
neska intermodal provides an all in one solution for your container logistic needs. Flexible, efficient and convenient at all times.
neska intermodal - Logistics made easy.
Members are: Alcotrans, Zwijndrecht; CTS, Köln; DCH, Düsseldorf; KCT, Krefeld; RRT, Duisburg; UCT , Dormagen