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Agenda
• Introduction
• Type of Oil and Gas Projects
• Roles of Freight Forwarder in Oil and Gas Projects
• Opportunities and Risks in Project Forwarding
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Panalpina at a glance
• 500 own offices in 80 countries
• Around 15,000 employees
• CHF 6,617 million net forwarding revenue
• CHF 1,465 million gross profit
• CHF 36 million EBITDA
• Forwarding volumes:
801,000 tons in Air Freight
1,388,000 TEU in Ocean Freight
• More than 1.2 million square meters
warehousing space under management
Peter Ulber, CEO
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What is Project Forwarding?
“It is a very specialized area of shipping that goes beyond standard
freight forwarding, often involving the transportation of heavier or
complicated nature of goods”
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Type of Oil and Gas Projects
Pipeline Laying
Rig Moves
Offshore
infrastructure
construction
Drilling Project
Mobilization
and
Demobilization
for offshore
engineering
work
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What are the roles of Project Forwarder in the Oil and Gas
Sector?
• Investor - Pre-contract investigation to explore the best way of
transportation and working within the financial consideration of
interest
• Civil Engineer - Involve infrastructure changes to site to enable
delivery
• Customs specialist - Ensure movement of equipment are compliance
with local customs
• Maestro – Putting together resources within and outside the network
to support the project delivery through procedure and execution plan
in compliance with company policies and contractual requirement
• Safety officer – Ensure shipping regulation and safety procedure are
in place especially for heavy lift movement
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Risks of Project Forwarding
• Technical Risk
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Adequate resources - overexertion and fatigue are two major causes of accidents
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Properly trained staffs – correct operation of machineries, proper lifting
techniques.
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Risks of Project Forwarding
• Technical Risk
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Proper risk assessment techniques and Carrier/Subcontractor Management
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Proper procedures and policies dealing with specialized domain like Maritime Law.
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Risks of Project Forwarding
• Financial Risk
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Availability investment funding
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Foreign exchange and Tax systems differences
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Credit risk
• Weather and Natural Calamities
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Floods, Earthquakes,
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Hurricanes, Typhoon,
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Snow storms & River Freeze
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Risks of Project Forwarding
• Political Risk
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Civil unrest
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Sovereignty
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War
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