EU Gateway Service

1. ECT - European Gateway Services
24 June 2013

2. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Supply Chain Trends
3. Synchromodality
4. European Gateway Services
5. COMCIS-project

3. • Europe Container Terminals (ECT) founded in 1966
• 3 deep sea terminals in the Port of Rotterdam
• 2.200 employees (2012)
• Volume in 2012: 7,7 million TEU
• Member of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH)
1. Introduction

4. 1. Introduction

5. 1. Introduction
Rotterdam
• 10.500 ha
• 40 km length
• 11 million TEU

6. Delta Terminal
Euromax Terminal
City Terminal
1. Introduction

7. 1. Introduction
Hamburg – Le Havre range
Highly competitive market with 1 hinterland

8. 1. Introduction
mln TEU 2012
• Rotterdam 11.848 30%
• ECT 7.702 19%
• Hamburg 8.890 22%
• Antwerp 8.630 22%
• Bremen/Bremerhaven 6.100 15%
• Le Havre 2.310 6%
• Zeebrugge 1.960 5%
Total 39.738

9. 1. Introduction
Direct hinterland Rotterdam

10. Duisburg
1. Introduction
Willebroek
Moerdijk
Venlo-barge
Venlo-rail

11. 2. Supply Chain Trends
Port Developments
• Growing call-sizes due to Ultra Large Container Ships
• Modal split obligations by Port Authorities
• Low utilization of European transport systems (road, waterways and railways)
• European transport system (infrastructure) reached its maximum
• Competition between ports: overcapacity HLH-range expected
• Increasing competition within Rotterdam: Maasvlakte 2
Supply Chain Trends
• Increasing importance of performance requirements
• Awareness of environment (CO2) and carbon footprint
• More focus on security (a.o. ISPS, AEO)

12. 3. Synchromodality

13. 3. Synchromodality
Synchromodality: making optimal use of all modes of transport and available
capacity, at all times, as an integrated transport solution.
Key aspects:
• Mode free booking
• Dynamic planning and routing
• Switching modes of transport in real time
• Information availability and visibility
• Decision making based on network utilization
• Combining transport flows
• Cooperation

14. • ECT develops a network of inland terminals (ECT Extended Gate®) and bundles
containers on the main corridors from/to its deep sea terminals
• Daily and dedicated barge and rail connections by EGS and partners
• Scheduled, planned, operated on both sides of the inland supply chain
• Developing additional services to support the supply chain
4. European Gateway Services

15. 4. European Gateway Services

16. Building blocks
Logistics
Security
Visibility
Customs
Track & trace as part of EGS web services
Integrated secure lane (ISPS level)
Document free chain (paperless)
Scheduling, planning, transport
Emission Supports reduction of CO2 emission
4. European Gateway Services

17. • Postponing the commercial release to a hinterland gate
• ‘Pushing containers to the hinterland’ using EGS
• Improved prediction of physical container availability after
discharge, allowing for improved hinterland planning.
• More awareness of the hinterland transport links.
• Combining container data, EGS-booking data and hinterland
transport data.
Extended Line Release
Discharge Predictor
Synchromodal Dashboard
5. COMCIS topics
Carrier release + customs release + physical availability  hinterland
Paperless service (customs)

18. 5. COMCIS
Data Consolidation
Data Standardization
Data Aggregation
Build on top of results of Integrity:
aggregate data of terminals, carriers,
customs, hinterland operations.
Standardize data across ECT and EGS:
one booking, one status, one
container release, etc.
One integrated dashboard, with
consolidated data, ready for
operational use to manage sea-
hinterland operations

19. 5. COMCIS: Results
Extended Line Release
Carrier release + customs release + physical availability  hinterland
 Development of company-wide release management as part of IT-
architecture
Tried & tested; further roll-out beyond COMCIS
 Interest confirmed by carriers for carrier-haulage containers:
Improvement possible for 46% of containers
or 12% if paperless customs service is used)
 Significant reduction in time spent at the terminal
-33% for all containers
-74% when combined with paperless customs service
 Attractiveness of Rotterdam as Gateway to Europe confirmed using
statistical analysis (TNO World Container Model™)
+2,5% increase in volume over competitors
? Further legal and commercial agreements required
? High-impact on IT and operations

20. 5. COMCIS: Results
Discharge predictor
Carrier release + customs release + physical availability  hinterland
 Reduction in lead time of up to 42 hours
 Data aggregation: load plans, crane planning, carrier ETA
Tried & tested; further roll-out beyond COMCIS
 95%+ accurate predictions
 97% accuracy in operations (no removal from load-list)
 Reduction in administrative effort by operators/planners confirmed
 Currently being rolled-out as part of the ECT/EGS IT-architecture
Used internally; future option: external use in e-services

21. 5. COMCIS: Results
Synchromodal dashboard
Carrier release + customs release + physical availability  hinterland
The synchromodal dashboard consolidates data on carrier release,
customs release, availability and planned hinterland transport.
Used as an operational tool by European Gateway Services.
? Currently being implemented and evaluated
 Concept matches ECT expectations

22. 5. Summary
• European Gateway Services as a strategic development within ECT
• COMCIS provides enhanced visibility to ‘push’ containers to the
hinterland
• Extended Line Release  take away the commercial release barrier
• Discharge Predictor  physical availability
• Synchromodal Dashboard  linking terminal and hinterland
operations
• Concepts proven within COMCIS; further commercial roll-out already
started

23. Thank you for your attention