Supply Chain & Maritime transport in Europe
Chettymuni Hari Prudhviraj
Avinash Choudhary
Abinesh Mani
Aayush Vij
Anuj Kumar Singh
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INTRODUCTION1. The whole supply chain and transportation are mainly depends on marine transport and ports.
2. In supply chain there are three flows need to be managed in
A. Material flow,
B. Information flow and
C. Money flow.
3. Cheapest mode of transport in case of transporting the goods to other countries.
Some facts Supply Chain & Maritime transport in Europe
Europe depends heavily on its seaports.
Almost 90 % of the European union’s external freight
40 % of its internal freight is moved by sea.
74 % volume of the goods traded is handle through the seaports to the rest of the world.
The main international shipping routes
1. China and Japan passing through the Mediterranean( the Suez Canal and the Malacca Straits).
2. The North Atlantic route which is linking with Western Europe and the USA and Canada.
3. For Oil routes are starts in the Middle East and ended in the oil demanded countries.
Ports in Europe 1. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2. Antwerp (Belgium)
3. Hamburg (Germany)
4. Marseille (France)
5. Le Havre (France)
6. Bremerhaven (Germany)
Facts and figures of ports in Europe
S.NO NAME OF PORT AREA OF PORT CARGO’S HANDLED TRAFFIC VALUE
1 Rotterdam, Netherlands 12,500 ha (land and water, business site is 6000 ha)
430 Million Tons 35,000 Sea going vessels, 130,000 inland vessels(/year)
Over 21 Euro Billion, 3.5% of GNP
2 Antwerp, Belgium 13,000 hectares 199 Million Tons Container Cargo, Liquid Bulk, Dry Bulk, Break Bulk,
Ro-ro
Invested 2 Billion Euros in the Chemical cluster, 8.7% of Flemish GDP and 5% of
Belgian GDP
3 Hamburg, Germany Germany’s largest and Europe’s second Largest
port
145.7 Million Tons, 12 Million TEU (20 foot standard container)
12,000 ship every year 43 million tons contributed new record for Universal
port
Facts and figures of ports in Europe
S.NO NAME OF PORT AREA OF PORT CARGO’S HANDLED TRAFFIC VALUE
4 Le Harve, France
10,000 hectares 80 million tons, 6 Million TEU
13,000 vessels, 5000 barges and 13,000 trains arrives and departs
5 Bremerhaven, Germany
Fourth Largest in Europe Throughput 1000 T, 300 million tons, 4.9 Million TEU
Bulk cargo increased by 15%
Automobile hub
6 Marseille, France
400 hectares and second largest Mediterranean Port
88 Million Tons 8000 vessels/year Future Investment of 360 million euros
Five types of cargo used in Shipping Line.
1. Container Cargo.
2. Liquid Bulk.
3. Dry Bulk.
4. Break Bulk.
5. Roll on-Roll Off.
Types of Cargo
Container cargo Container cargo mostly use for Clothing,
televisions, Mobiles, clothing, meat, computers and other products. Mostly two types of container are used one twenty foot and another forty foot.
Liquid Bulk
Liquid bulk cargo mostly carries two types of cargo one is dangerous liquids like Petroleum, Gasoline, Natural gas, Nitrogen etc. another one is non-dangerous like Cooking oil, Rubber, Fruit Juice and Vegetable oil etc.
Dry bulkDry bulk cargo mostly use for Coal,
Iron ore, Cement, Sugar, Salt, Sand and Grain etc. These types of cargo can’t package but transported in large quantities in the ships, wagon and lorry. In this types ships made by Barge for storage the cargo.
Break bulk Break bulk cargo is non-container
cargo and it’s usually to transport as individual pieces of cargo often being oversized and overweight freight. In these types of cargo we include goods as construction equipment, machinery, steel, paper, parts of winds turbines, and other products.
Roll on-Roll Off (RORO)RORO is used for cars, busses, trucks;
agricultural vehicle’s and cranes to transport as many of these vehicles in one time go one place to another place. RORO ships are thus commercially viable only in certain specialized trade. In RORO ship’s cargo is loaded and unloaded by means that drive onto the ships and haul cargo to and from the vessel.
Factors that are consider on liner shipping selection criteria
1. Reliability
2. Convenience
3. Personal Service
4. Information
5. Speed
Reliability• Delivering the cargo at the promised time.• Responding to enquiries promptly.• Issuing accurate price quotations and invoices on time.• Dependability in handling problems.• Transit time.• Giving clear & correct information about costs and status of the
shipment. • Delivering the cargo without damage.
Convenience
• Scheduling flexibility• Issuing accurate shipping documentation.• Responding to complaints quickly.• Responding to urgent deliveries quickly.• Willingness of the personnel to help.• Convenient working hours for contact.
Personal Service
• Informing about the condition of the cargo. • Documentation.
Information
• Minimum changes to schedules.• Giving arrival notices on time.• Informing of changes to schedules.
Speed • Accurate and On Time. • Speed shipment. • Daily services.• Issuing shipping documentation quickly.
Challenges in shipping line and strategies to overcome
1. Delay in port operations.
2. Quality management.
3. Cost.
4. Convince to the customer.
CSR in shippingShipping companies are increasingly flagging CSR activities as an important part of their
business strategies.
CSR is an increasingly important part of business strategies at many shipping companies, and
not merely as an add-on activity
Since shipping industry has adopted the policy of CSR it will also spread it to other industries.
Some of the major shipping linesShipping company No of ships
APM-Maersk 616
Mediterranean Shg Co 506
CMA CGM Group 462
Evergreen Line 203
Hapag-Lloyd 185
COSCO Container L. 167
PIL (Pacific Int. Line) 159
CSCL 139
Hamburg Süd Group 129
MOL 111
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