Mercurius Shipping Group: Crane Barge (Inland Waterway Logistics)

1. Crane Barges
Optimizing ‘Last & First Mile’ Logistics within Ports

2. Contents
• Introduction Mercurius
• AMS Barge Concept
• Pratical Business Cases

3. Investor, Shipbuilder, Operator and Service Provider
in inland waterway logistics

4. Core Businesses
• Mer-Franchising
• Providing Commercial, Financial, Technical and HRM Services
• Shipyard / Ship Building
• Investments / Venture Capital
• Freight Forwarding
• Recruitment & Temp Agency
• Ship Brokerage
• (Innovative) Logistical Project Development

5. Fleet
36 Inland Waterway Vessels
• 11 chemical tankers (stainless steel)
• 9 chemical tankers (coated)
• 11 ‘small’ container vessels
• 2 container vessels
• 2 crane barges
• 1 push barge

6. Mer-Franchising Concept
Freedom of operating your own ship with
the support of an experienced partner
Co-operation

7. Overview
Activities & Services

8. Freight forwarding
• Independent Barge Operator
• Specialized in container forwarding and Crane Barge handling
• Focused on dedicated barge services between Antwerp,
Rotterdam and Amsterdam
• Clients include: Maersk, Evergreen
• Focused on Customer Service

9. AMS-Barge Concept
Regional transport of containers by inland crane barge
• Initiated by Port of Amsterdam
• Transporting containers from Client to / from container
terminals
• Direct alternative to trucking
• Area of operation: around harbor region

10. The Challenges of Amsterdam
• Increase of Congestion on Roads
– Reliability of Road Transportation decreasing
• Increase in Costs of Road Transportation
• Environmental Restrictions
• Guaranteed, Timely and Unlimited Acces

11. Alkmaar VI
Empty depot
A. NYK
B. MAERSK
UK, I
Scandinavië, Baltic II
Spanje
VII
B
A V
Transhipment to shuttles III
Short Sea(s), Inlandbarge (i),
Rail(r) IV VIII XII
XI
IX XIII
I. Corus (s,i,r)
II. Container X2
Terminal Almere
Beverwijk (s,i,r) Lelystad
III. Ceres (s,i,r) N NL
IV. USA (s,i,r)
V. De Vrede (s,i)
VI. ContainerTermina
l
Alkmaar (i)
VII. Bruins Veem (i)
VIII Waterland (s,i,r)
IX VCK (s,i,r)
X Hoyer (i)
XI IGMA (s,i,r) Utrecht
XII Ter Haak (s,i,r) Rotterdam C
XIII Lelystad (i) Antwerpen
XIV Utrecht (i,r) Roergebied
XV Schiphol Rijk XIV
XV Thionville
Basel

14. Technical Specifications
Mercurius-Amsterdam Transferium
No. of TEU 144 TEU 164 TEU
Max. cap. 2.150 ton 2.400 ton
Dimensions 85 x 11,55 96,50 x 11,50
Crane cap. 30 tons / 30 mtr. 40 tons / 30 mtr.
Handlings 20 TEU p/h 22 TEU p/h
Propulsion 2 x 860 hp 2 x 1.500 hp

15. Logistical Models
•Seaport terminal – Client Location
•Inland terminal – Client Location
•Seaport terminal – Inland drop-off points
•Board – Board (Floating Container Transferium)
•Other

16. Business Case 1 : Import Containers
• Company specialized in importing & handling of fresh produce
• Daily between 10 – 30 incoming TEU
• Client’s own quay, without crane
• Import TEU picked up at sea terminal
• Delivered 1 or 2 x per day, placed neatly next to each other
• Emptied by forklift, at client’s convenience and time-schedule
• Picked up following night, than delivered to empty depot

19. Business Case 1 : Import Containers
Clients Advantages
• Better planning and organization of internal logistics
• About 100 – 180 less trucks per week on site
• No costs for waiting hours of trucks
• Substantial savings on internal logistics costs
• Savings on Transport costs
• Increased turnover

20. Business Case 2: Export Containers
• Company is located in harbor of Rotterdam
• Specialized in producing components for Aluminum
• Client has own quay with crane, but inadequate capacity
Twice a week:
• Empty TEU picked up at Terminal
• Dropped of at quay
• Picked up by reach stacker for loading, returned to quay
• Picked up at quay
• Export TEU delivered to Terminal

23. Business Case 2: Export Containers
Client’s Advantages
• Improved planning and organization of internal logistics
• 120 less trucks per week on site
• No space on site to handle 60 trucks within 6 hour
timeframe
• Substantial savings on internal logistics costs
• Savings on Transport costs
• Increased turnover

24. Business Case 3:
Floating Container Transferium

30. Contact Information
Mercurius Shipping Group
Mr Robert-Jan Zimmerman
Ringdijk 466 C, NL-3331 LK Zwijndrecht
The Netherlands
T +31-(0)78-6259674
E r.j.zimmerman@mercurius-group.nl
W www.mercurius-group.nl